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`Garrett M. Mott
`gmott@hansonbridgett.com
`Raffi Zerounian
`rzerounian@hansonbridgett.com
`HANSON BRIDGETT LLP
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`Los Angeles, CA 90071
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`Russell C. Petersen
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`HANSON BRIDGETT LLP
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`Li Chen (admitted pro hac vice)
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`Steven C. Malin (admitted pro hac vice)
`smalin@chenmalin.com
`CHEN MALIN LLP
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`DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.,
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`EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS CO.,
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`Case Number: 2:17-cv-04273-JVS-JCG
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`DEFENDANTS EVERLIGHT
`ELECTRONICS’ AND EVERLIGHT
`AMERICAS’ NOTICE OF JOINDER TO
`SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO.’S
`MOTION TO STAY IN RELATED CASE
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`June 8, 2017
`Original Complaint Filed:
`1st Amended Complaint Filed: Sept. 26, 2017
`2nd Amended Complaint Filed: Nov. 30, 2017
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`Judge:
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`Hon. James V. Selna
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`Case 2:17-cv-04273-JVS-JCG Document 65 Filed 03/12/18 Page 2 of 4 Page ID #:918
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`On February 26, 2018, Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. and Seoul Semiconductor, Inc.
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`(collectively, “Seoul”) filed a Motion to Stay Pending Inter Partes Review (“Motion to Stay”) in
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`related case no. 8:17-cv-981-JVS-JCG. Seoul asked the Court to stay proceedings while the United
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`State Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) considers issues of validity with respect to U.S. Pat.
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`Nos. 6,949,771; 7,256,486; and 7,524,087 asserted by Plaintiff Document Security Systems, Inc.
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`(“DSS”). Mot. to Stay, Case 8:17-cv-981-JVS-JCG, ECF No. 57, at 1-2, 4 (Feb. 26, 2018). DSS has
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`asserted the same three patents in this action against Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. and Everlight
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`Americas, Inc. (collectively, “Everlight”).
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`Seoul’s motion was based, in part, on plaintiff’s track record of asserting patents that are
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`ultimately determined to be invalid by the USPTO. Mot. to Stay 2-4. Under such circumstances, a
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`stay would preserve judicial resources by avoiding unnecessary discovery, claim construction, and
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`motion practice on patents later invalidated by the USPTO.1 The same or greater efficiencies would
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`be obtained by a stay of proceedings in the present action with little likelihood of prejudice because
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`the schedule in this action trails the schedule in Plaintiff’s case against Seoul. Accordingly, for these
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`reasons, and all of the reasons articulated in Seoul’s Motion to Stay, Everlight hereby joins Seoul’s
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`motion and asks the Court to stay this action pending the outcome of the USPTO’s consideration and
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`inter partes review of U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,949,771; 7,256,486; and 7,524,087.
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`1 Everlight understands that the defendants in related actions, Cree, Inc. (Case No. 2:17-cv-04263)
`and Lite-On, Inc. and Lite-In Technology Corporation (Case No. 2:17-cv-06050), do not oppose a
`stay pending IPR in their cases.
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`EVERLIGHT’S NOTICE OF JOINDER IN SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR’S MOTION TO STAY
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`Case 2:17-cv-04273-JVS-JCG Document 65 Filed 03/12/18 Page 3 of 4 Page ID #:919
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Kristoffer Leftwich
`Garrett M. Mott
`gmott@hansonbridgett.com
`Raffi Zerounian
`rzerounian@hansonbridgett.com
`HANSON BRIDGETT LLP
`555 S. Flower St., Ste. 650
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Tel: (213) 395-7620
`Fax: (213) 395-7615
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`Russell C. Petersen
`russ.petersen@hansonbridgett.com
`HANSON BRIDGETT LLP
`425 Market St., 26th Fl.
`San Francisco, CA 94105
`Tel: (415) 777-3200
`Fax: (415) 541-9366
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`Li Chen (admitted pro hac vice)
`lchen@chenmalin.com
`Steven C. Malin (admitted pro hac vice)
`smalin@chenmalin.com
`Kristoffer B. Leftwich (admitted pro hac vice)
`kleftwich@chenmalin.com
`CHEN MALIN LLP
`1700 Pacific Ave., Ste. 2400
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Tel: (214) 627-9950
`Fax: (214) 627-9940
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`Attorneys for Defendants
`Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. and
`Everlight Americas, Inc.
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`Date: March 12, 2018
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`Case 2:17-cv-04273-JVS-JCG Document 65 Filed 03/12/18 Page 4 of 4 Page ID #:920
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that the foregoing document was filed with the Court’s CM/ECF system
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`which will provide notice on all counsel deemed to have consented to electronic service. All other
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`counsel of record not deemed to have consented to electronic service were served with a true and
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`correct copy of the foregoing document by electronic mail on this day.
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`Dated: March 12, 2017
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` Respectfully submitted,
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`CHEN MALIN LLP
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`/s/ Kristoffer Leftwich
`LI CHEN (Admitted pro hac vice)
`STEVE MALIN (Admitted pro hac vice)
`KRISTOFFER LEFTWICH (Admitted pro
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
`Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. and
`Everlight Americas, Inc.
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`By:
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