Interval Licensing LLC v. AOL, Inc. et al

Filing 225

NOTICE of Supplemental Authority in Support of its Opposition to Defendants' Renewed Motions to Sever re #200 Response to Motion ; filed by Plaintiff Interval Licensing LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1)(Nelson, Justin)

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Hon. Marsha J. Pechman

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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INTERVAL LICENSING LLC,
Case No. 2:10-cv-01385-MJP

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Plaintiff,

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v.

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AOL, INC.; APPLE, INC.; eBAY, INC.;
FACEBOOK, INC.; GOOGLE INC.;
NETFLIX, INC.; OFFICE DEPOT, INC.;
OFFICEMAX INC.; STAPLES, INC.;
YAHOO! INC.; AND YOUTUBE, LLC,

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INTERVAL LICENSING LLC’S
NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL
AUTHORITY IN SUPPORT OF ITS
OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’
RENEWED MOTIONS TO SEVER
JURY DEMAND

Defendants.

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Interval respectfully files this Notice of Supplemental Authority to bring to the Court’s

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attention a recent opinion issued by the Federal Circuit that further supports Interval’s Opposition

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to Defendants’ Renewed Motions to Sever. (Dkt. # 200). On March 4, 2011, the Federal Circuit

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denied a petition for writ of mandamus in In re Google, Inc., et al., Misc. Docket # 968, 2011 WL

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772875 (Fed. Cir. March 4, 2011) (attached as Exhibit 1).1 The petition arose out of the district

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court’s denial of the defendants’ motion to sever and transfer in a patent infringement action that

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the respondent had filed against twenty-two defendants in the Eastern District of Texas. Id. at 1.

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In denying the motion to sever, the district court concluded “that the products, facts, and issues of

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law were significantly related and overlapping and that severance and transfer would not preserve

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judicial economy.” Id.

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Note that six of the defendants in this action were also defendants in In re Google, Inc., et al.

INTERVAL LICENSING LLC’S NOTICE OF
SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY
Case No. 2:10-cv-01385-MJP

Susman Godfrey, LLP
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800
Seattle WA 98101-3000

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The Federal Circuit denied the mandamus petition, holding that the district court had not

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abused its discretion in denying the motion to sever and transfer. It concluded that “Courts have

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consistently held that judicial economy plays a paramount role in trying to maintain an orderly,

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effective, administration of justice and having one trial court decide all of these claims clearly

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furthers that objective.” Id. at 4. The court also held that it was not an abuse of discretion for the

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district court to have determined that “adjudicating infringement . . . will involve substantially

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overlapping questions of law or fact.” Id. (quoting the Transfer Order at 3; alteration in original).

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The Federal Circuit’s reasoning applies equally to Defendants’ Renewed Motions to Sever.

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Counsel for Interval has notified counsel for Defendants that it intends to rely on In re

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Google, Inc., et al., and has provided counsel with a copy of the decision. It will also bring

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copies of the decision to the hearing on the Renewed Motions to Sever.

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Respectfully Submitted:

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April 25, 2011
/s/ Justin Nelson
Justin A. Nelson
WA Bar No. 31864
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Edgar G. Sargent
WA Bar No. 28283
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Matthew R. Berry
WA Bar No. 37364
E-Mail: [e-mail]
SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
1201 Third Ave, Suite 3800
Seattle, WA 98101
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Max L. Tribble, Jr.
E-Mail: [e-mail]
SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5100
Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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INTERVAL LICENSING LLC’S NOTICE OF
SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY
Case No. 2:10-cv-01385-MJP
1539290v1/011873

Susman Godfrey, LLP
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800
Seattle WA 98101-3000

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Oleg Elkunovich
E-Mail: [e-mail]
SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 950
Los Angeles, California 90067
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Michael F. Heim
E-mail: [e-mail]
Eric J. Enger
E-mail: [e-mail]
Nate Davis
E-mail: [e-mail]
HEIM, PAYNE & CHORUSH, L.L.P.
600 Travis, Suite 6710
Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for INTERVAL LICENSING LLC
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INTERVAL LICENSING LLC’S NOTICE OF
SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY
Case No. 2:10-cv-01385-MJP
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Susman Godfrey, LLP
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800
Seattle WA 98101-3000

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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I hereby certify that on April 25, 2011, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk
of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the
following counsel of record:

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Attorneys for AOL, Inc.
Aneelah Afzali
Cortney Alexander
Robert Burns
Elliot Cook
Gerald Ivey
Scott Johnson
Shannon Jost

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
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Attorneys for Apple, Inc.
David Almeling
Brian Berliner
George Riley
Jeremy Roller
Scott Wilsdon
Neil Yang

[e-mail]
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Attorneys for eBay, Inc., Netflix, Inc., and Staples, Inc.
Chris Carraway
[e-mail]
Kristin Cleveland
[e-mail]
Klaus Hamm
[e-mail]
Arthur Harrigan, Jr.
[e-mail]
John Vandenberg
[e-mail]
Christopher Wion
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Facebook, Inc.
Heidi Keefe
Sudhir Pala
Michael Rhodes
Elizabeth Stameshkin
Mark Weinstein

[e-mail]
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Attorneys for Google, Inc. and YouTube, LLC
Aneelah Afzali
[e-mail]
Aaron Chase
[e-mail]
Dimitrios Drivas
[e-mail]
John Handy
[e-mail]
Warren Heit
[e-mail]
Scott Johnson
[e-mail]
INTERVAL LICENSING LLC’S NOTICE OF
SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY
Case No. 2:10-cv-01385-MJP

Susman Godfrey, LLP
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800
Seattle WA 98101-3000

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Shannon Jost
Kevin McGann
Wendi Schepler

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Attorneys for Office Depot, Inc.
Chris Carraway
Kristin Cleveland
Klaus Hamm
Arthur Harrigan, Jr.
John Vandenberg
Christopher Wion

[e-mail]
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Attorneys for OfficeMax, Inc.
Kevin Baumgardner
Steven Fogg
John Letchinger
Douglas Rupert

[e-mail]
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Attorneys for Yahoo! Inc.
Francis Ho
Richard S.J. Hung
Michael Jacobs
Matthew Kreeger
Dario Machleidt
Eric Ow
Mark Walters

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By: _/s/ Matthew R. Berry_________
Matthew R. Berry

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INTERVAL LICENSING LLC’S NOTICE OF
SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY
Case No. 2:10-cv-01385-MJP
1539290v1/011873

Susman Godfrey, LLP
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800
Seattle WA 98101-3000