Interval Licensing LLC v. AOL, Inc. et al

Filing 80

MOTION to Dismiss by Defendant Apple Inc. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order) Noting Date 11/12/2010, (Roller, Jeremy)

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Hon. Marsha J. Pechman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON INTERVAL LICENSING LLC, Plaintiff, No. 2:10-CV-01385-MJP DEFENDANT APPLE INC.'S MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF CAN BE GRANTED PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 12(B)(6) NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: November 12, 2010

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), Defendant Apple Inc. ("Apple") respectfully moves the Court to dismiss Interval Licensing LLC's ("Interval") Complaint for Patent Infringement ("Complaint"). Interval has failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted for the reasons set forth in Google Inc. and YouTube LLC's (collectively, "Google") joint Motion To Dismiss For Failure To State A Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted Pursuant To Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). (Docket No. 62.) As summarized in Google's motion, Interval repeats the same, generic, conclusory allegations as the putative basis for Interval's infringement claims against each of the eleven defendants. These allegations fail to comply with the pleading requirements set APPLE'S MOTION TO DISMISS NO. 2:10-CV-01385-MJP ­ Page 1
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forth in Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S. Ct. 1937 (2009), and Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007), because the allegations fail to plead sufficient facts to show that Interval has a plausible claim against Apple and the other defendants. In particular, Interval has failed to identify: · · the specific Apple products and/or services, if any, that allegedly infringe; the alleged basis for that infringement (i.e. direct infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), inducing infringement under § 271(b), and/or contributory infringement under § 271(c)); and the alleged factual support necessary to satisfy each material element of each of the three potential bases of infringement.

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In short, Interval has sued eleven major corporations and made the same bald assertions that each defendant infringes 197 claims in four patents. As the U.S. Supreme Court noted in Twombly, it is in this type of situation in which courts should use their "power to insist upon some specificity in pleading before allowing a potentially massive factual controversy to proceed." 550 U.S. at 558 (quotation omitted). In the interest of expeditiously disposing of this case, Apple hereby joins in Google's motion and incorporates by reference the authority and arguments presented therein. Accordingly, based on that authority and those arguments as well as the analysis in this motion, Apple requests that the Court dismiss Interval's Complaint against Apple. Apple expressly reserves the right to file its own brief in reply to any opposition filed by Interval. /// /// /// /// /// /// APPLE'S MOTION TO DISMISS NO. 2:10-CV-01385-MJP ­ Page 2
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DATED: October 21, 2010.

O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP By: /s/ Brian M. Berliner Brian M. Berliner, CA Bar No. 156732 (pro hac vice) Neil L. Yang, CA Bar No. 262719 (pro hac vice) 400 South Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 213.430.6407 Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail] George A. Riley, CA Bar No. 118304 (pro hac vice) David S. Almeling, CA Bar No. 235449 (pro hac vice) Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-3823 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 415.984.8701 Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail] YARMUTH WILSDON CALFO PLLC By: /s/ Jeremy E. Roller Scott T. Wilsdon, WSBA No. 20608 Jeremy E. Roller, WSBA No. 32021 818 Stewart Street, Suite 1400 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 206.516.3888 Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Apple Inc.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this date, I electronically filed the foregoing document with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to: Attorneys for Plaintiff Justin A. Nelson Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Plaintiff Eric J. Enger Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Plaintiff Nathan J. Davis Email: [e-mail] Attorney for eBay, Netflix, Office Depot, & Staples J. Christopher Caraway Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Google & YouTube Aaron Chase Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Google & YouTube John Handy Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Google & YouTube Aneelah Afzali Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Office Depot Edward J. Bennett Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Plaintiff Matthew R. Berry Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Plaintiff Michael F. Heim Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Plaintiff Max L. Tribble Email: [e-mail] Attorney for eBay, Netflix, Office Depot, & Staples John D. Vandenberg Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Google & YouTube Dimitrios T. Drivas Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Google & YouTube Kevin X. McGann Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Google & YouTube Scott A. W. Johnson Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Office Depot Michael D. Hunsinger Email: [e-mail]

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Attorney for Office Max Kevin Carl Baumgardner Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Yahoo! Dario A. Machleidt Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Yahoo! Francis Ho Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Yahoo! Michael A. Jacobs Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Yahoo! Mark P. Walters Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Google & YouTube Warren S. Heit Email: [e-mail] Attorney for OfficeMax John S. Letchinger Email: [e-mail] /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ///

Attorney for Office Max Steven Fogg Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Yahoo! Eric W. Ow Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Yahoo! Matthew I. Kreeger Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Yahoo! Richard S. J. Hung Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Google & YouTube Shannon M. Jost Email: [e-mail] Attorney for OfficeMax Jeffrey D. Neumeyer Email: [e-mail]

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Washington that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 21st day of October, 2010 at Seattle, Washington. s/ Colette D. Saunders Colette D. Saunders Legal Assistant

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