Microsoft Corporation v. TIVO Inc

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DECLARATION of Eric Carsten filed by Defendant TIVO Inc. re 21 MOTION to Stay Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1659 and Transfer Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) MOTION to Stay Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1659 and Transfer Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) (McWilliam, Jofrey)

Microsoft Corporation v. TIVO Inc

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The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez

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No. 2:11-cv-00134 RSM DECLARATION OF ERIC CARSTEN NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2011

I, Eric Carsten, hereby declare as follows: I am an attorney at the law firm of Irell & Manella LLP, counsel of record for

Defendant TiVo Inc. ("TiVo") in this matter. I submit this Declaration in support of Defendant's Reply in Support of Motion to Stay Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1659 and to Transfer Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Except where stated, I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth in this Declaration and, if called as a witness, could and would testify competently to such facts. 2. Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of Defendants' Motion To

Dismiss, Stay Pending Arbitration, Or Transfer Venue, filed on July 2, 2008, in the matter Moura v. Personal Business Advisors, LLC, et al., Case No. C08-5403-BHS (W.D. Wash.), which I retrieved online from the public PACER website for the Western District of Washington.

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Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of an email I received from

Shane Cramer, counsel for Microsoft, on March 17, 2011.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 18th day of March, 2011 at Los Angeles, California.

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Carsten, Eric
From: Sent: To: Cc: Shane Cramer [[e-mail]] Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:24 AM Carsten, Eric Lipner, Joseph; ~Wion, Christopher; ~Harrigan, Arthur W. Jr.; ~Davis, Mark; ~Demasi, Timothy; Muzzy, Lucy

Subject: RE: Microsoft v. TiVo -- No. 2:11-cv-00134 (W.D. Wash), Investigation No. 337-TA-761 (ITC) Eric, Your understanding is correct. Regards, Shane -----Original Message----From: Carsten, Eric [mailto:[e-mail]] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:40 PM To: Shane Cramer; Chris Wion; Arthur Harrigan; ~Davis, Mark; ~Demasi, Timothy Cc: Lipner, Joseph Subject: Microsoft v. TiVo -- No. 2:11-cv-00134 (W.D. Wash), Investigation No. 337-TA-761 (ITC) Counsel: My understanding is that as Microsoft's counsel, your firms will be representing each of the individual investors named on the '838, '258, '844, and '604 patents in the above-referenced litigations, and should be contacted in connection with these actions solely through you. Please confirm if this is the case by the end of the day tomorrow. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Regards, Eric Eric J. Carsten Irell & Manella LLP 1800 Ave. of the Stars, Suite 900 Los Angeles, CA 90067 [phone]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned attorney certifies that on the 18th day of March, 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: Arthur W. Harrigan, Jr. Christopher Wion Shane P. Cramer Danielson Harrigan Leyh & Tollefson LLP 999 Third Avenue, Suite 4400 Seattle, WA 98104 [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] T. Andrew Culbert Stacy Quan Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 [e-mail] [e-mail] Mark Davis Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 1300 Eye Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005-3314 [e-mail] Tim DeMasi Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 767 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10153 [e-mail] Counsel for Microsoft Corporation

/s/ Jofrey M. McWilliam Jofrey M. McWilliam 1000 Second Avenue, Suite 3800 Seattle, WA 98104-4082 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

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