Microsoft Corporation v. The Search People Enterprises LTD et al

Filing 80

ORDER granting Parties' 79 Stipulated Motion. Signed by Judge Tana Lin. (MJV)

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1 The Honorable Tana Lin 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 11 MICROSOFT CORPORATION, a Washington corporation, Plaintiff, 12 13 v 16 THE SEARCH PEOPLE ENTERPRISES LTD., a British Columbia, Canada, corporation; MEHTABJIT SINGH TEJA, aka RONNIE TEJA, an individual; and DOES 1– 10, 17 Defendants. 14 15 Case No. 2:22-cv-01113-TL STIPULATED MOTION REGARDING THE DEPOSITION OF MICROSOFT CORPORATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: January 24, 2025 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION RE DEPOSITION OF MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Page 1 Case No. 2:22-cv-01113-TL PREG O'DONNELL & GILLETT PLLC 901 Fifth Avenue Suite 3400 Seattle, WA, 98164 PH: (206) 287-1775 FAX: (206) 287-9113 HANSEN LAW FIRM, P.C. 75 E. Santa Clara Street Suite 1150 San Jose, CA 95113 PH: (408) 715-7980 FAX: (408) 715-7001 1 Defendants The Search People Enterprises Ltd. (“TSPE”) and Mehtabjit Singh Teja, aka 2 Ronnie Teja (“Teja”) (collectively, “Defendants”) and Plaintiff Microsoft Corporation 3 (“Plaintiff”) (Defendants and Plaintiff collectively, “The Parties”) stipulate as follows: I. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1. RECITALS Pursuant to the Order Resetting Bench Trial Date and Related Dates (Dkt. No. 43), fact discovery in this matter is to be completed by February 3, 2025. 2. On January 8, 2025, Defendants served Plaintiff with an amended notice to take the deposition of Plaintiff on January 30, 2025 (the “Depo Notice”). 3. On January 16, 2025, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Protective Order Under Rule 26(c)(1) (“MPO”) (Dkt. No. 74) seeking a protective order. 4. The MPO is a 14-Day Motion under LCR 7(d), and thus will not be fully briefed until January 30, 2025, the same date the deposition is scheduled to take place. 5. On January 21, 2025, the Court issued its Order on Discovery Motions (Dkt No. 14 77) (the “Discovery Order”). The Discovery Order requires Microsoft to provide additional 15 information as to Defendants’ Interrogatories Nos. 2 and 3 and Request for Production No. 8. 16 6. Defendants want to be able to review the forthcoming documents and amended 17 interrogatory responses prior to deposing Microsoft and intend to depose Microsoft on topics 18 related to those forthcoming documents and amended interrogatory responses. 19 7. The Parties further wish to postpone the deposition of Plaintiff until they receive 20 the Court’s ruling on Plaintiff’s MPO. 21 II. 22 8. STIPULATION Given the pending MPO and forthcoming documents and amended interrogatory 23 responses, the Parties stipulate to allow Defendants to depose Plaintiff after the February 3, 2025 24 discovery cutoff but before the end of February 2025. The Parties will meet and confer and set a 25 new date for the deposition to occur before the end of February 2025. 26 27 28 STIPULATION RE DEPOSITION OF MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Page 2 Case No. 2:22-cv-01113-TL PREG O'DONNELL & GILLETT PLLC 901 Fifth Ave. Suite 3400 Seattle, WA, 98164 PH: (206) 287-1775 FAX: (206) 287-9113 HANSEN LAW FIRM, P.C. 75 E. Santa Clara Street, Suite 1150 San Jose, CA 95113 PH: (408) 715-7980 FAX: (408) 715-7001 III. 1 2 3 4 9. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT A party may obtain relief from the discovery cutoff date by demonstrating good cause for allowing further discovery. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). 10. The Parties demonstrate good cause for allowing this deposition to occur after the 5 discovery cutoff. The MPO should be resolved prior to the deposition occurring and after 6 Microsoft provides the documents and amended interrogatory responses required by the 7 Discovery Order. Postponing the deposition until after the Court enters its order on Plaintiff’s 8 MPO will promote efficiency and provide clarity on the topics for which Microsoft’s witness 9 must be prepared to testify. Therefore, the Parties respectfully request that the Court grant this 10 stipulation between the Parties, which is limited to Microsoft’s deposition. 11 12 DATED: January 24, 2025 13 HANSEN LAW FIRM, P.C. Attorney for Defendants, The Search People Enterprises Ltd. and Mehtabjit Singh Teja, aka Ronnie Teja 14 15 16 17 By /s/ Craig A. Hansen Craig A. Hansen (pro hac vice) Collin D. Greene (pro hac vice) 75 E. Santa Clara Street, Suite 1150 San Jose, CA 95113 craig@hansenlawfirm.net collin@hansenlawfirm.net 18 19 20 21 22 DATED: January 24, 2025 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Microsoft Corporation 23 24 By /s/ John D. Freed Bonnie E. MacNaughton, WSBA #36110 Xiang Li, WSBA #52306 Emily Parsons, WSBA #57061 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION RE DEPOSITION OF MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Page 3 Case No. 2:22-cv-01113-TL PREG O'DONNELL & GILLETT PLLC 901 Fifth Ave. Suite 3400 Seattle, WA, 98164 PH: (206) 287-1775 FAX: (206) 287-9113 HANSEN LAW FIRM, P.C. 75 E. Santa Clara Street, Suite 1150 San Jose, CA 95113 PH: (408) 715-7980 FAX: (408) 715-7001 1 920 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 Seattle, WA 98104-1610 Telephone: (206) 622-3150 Email: bonniemacnaughton@dwt.com Email: xiangli@dwt.com Email: emilyparsons@dwt.com 2 3 4 John D. Freed (pro hac vice) 50 California Street, 23rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 276-6532 Email: jakefreed@dwt.com 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ORDER Based on the foregoing, IT IS SO ORDERED. 12 13 DATED: January 27, 2025 A 14 15 Tana Lin United States District Judge 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION RE DEPOSITION OF MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Page 4 Case No. 2:22-cv-01113-TL PREG O'DONNELL & GILLETT PLLC 901 Fifth Ave. Suite 3400 Seattle, WA, 98164 PH: (206) 287-1775 FAX: (206) 287-9113 HANSEN LAW FIRM, P.C. 75 E. Santa Clara Street, Suite 1150 San Jose, CA 95113 PH: (408) 715-7980 FAX: (408) 715-7001

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