Microsoft Corporation v. Immersion Corporation

Filing 68

NOTICE re: Potential Conflict With Trial Date ; filed by Defendant Immersion Corporation. (Kaplan, David)

Microsoft Corporation v. Immersion Corporation

Doc. 68

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 MICROSOFT CORPORATION, a Washington corporation, 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 IMMERSION CORPORATION, a Delaware 15 corporation, 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
IRELL & MANELLA LLP
A Registered Limited Liability Law Partnership Including Professional Corporations

The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

Defendant.

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Case No. CV07 936RSM IMMERSION CORPORATION'S NOTICE RE: POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITH TRIAL DATE

IMMERSION'S NOTICE RE TRIAL DATE (CV07 936RSM)

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A seven- to ten-day trial is currently scheduled to commence in this case on October 14,

2 2008. Immersion hereby wishes to call to the Court's attention and to opposing counsel that 3 Immersion's lead trial counsel at Irell & Manella LLP, Morgan Chu and undersigned counsel 4 Alan Heinrich, have a potential trial conflict. Both Mr. Chu and the undersigned also are trial 5 counsel in a case pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 6 Peer Communications Corp. v. Skype Technologies S.A. et al., civil action no. 6:06cv370, before 7 the Hon. Leonard Davis. That case has a previously-scheduled trial date set to commence on 8 October 13, 2008, pursuant to the court's Agreed Docket Control Order entered on February 14, 9 2007. Counsel is also notifying the Eastern District of Texas of this potential conflict. Counsel is 10 willing to make an adjustment to the case schedule to resolve this potential scheduling conflict 11 now, and if the Court wishes to file a more formal motion, or alternatively to reassess this 12 scheduling issue at a later date in the event that one of the two cases is not resolved or does not 13 have a trial postponement for another reason. 14 15 Dated: April 8, 2008 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
IRELL & MANELLA LLP
A Registered Limited Liability Law Partnership Including Professional Corporations

Respectfully Submitted, IRELL & MANELLA LLP Morgan Chu Richard M. Birnholz Alan J. Heinrich David R. Kaplan By /s/ Alan J. Heinrich Alan J. Heinrich (Admitted pro hac vice) Irell & Manella LLP 1800 Avenue of the Starts, Suite 900 Los Angeles, CA 90067-4276 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Byrnes & Keller LLP 1000 Second Avenue, 38th Floor Seattle, WA 98104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant Immersion Corporation

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned attorney certifies that on the 8th day of April, 2008, I electronically filed 3 the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following: 4 Paul J. Kundtz ([e-mail]) 5 Blake Marks-Dias ([e-mail]) Wendy E. Lyon ([e-mail]) 6 Riddell Williams P.S. 1001 Fourth Avenue Plaza, Suite 4500 7 Seattle, WA 98154-3600 8 Attorneys for Plaintiff 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
IRELL & MANELLA LLP
A Registered Limited Liability Law Partnership Including Professional Corporations

/s/ David R. Kaplan David R. Kaplan Irell & Manella LLP 1800 Avenue of the Starts, Suite 900 Los Angeles, CA 90067-4276 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] ([e-mail]) Byrnes & Keller LLP 1000 Second Avenue, 38th Floor Seattle, WA 98104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant Immersion Corporation

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