Case 5:21-cv-03076-BLF Document 36 Filed 08/20/21 Page 1 of 4
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`Alfred R. Fabricant (pro hac vice)
`afabricant@fabricantllp.com
`Peter Lambrianakos (pro hac vice)
`plambrianakos@fabricantllp.com
`Vincent J. Rubino, III (pro hac vice)
`vrubino@fabricantllp.com
`Enrique Iturralde (pro hac vice)
`eiturralde@fabricantllp.com
`FABRICANT LLP
`411 Theodore Fremd Road, Suite 206 South
`Rye, New York 10580
`Telephone: (212) 257-5797
`Facsimile: (212) 257-5796
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`Benjamin T. Wang (CA SBN 228712)
`bwang@raklaw.com
`Minna Y. Chan (CA SBN 305941)
`mchan@raklaw.com
`RUSS AUGUST & KABAT
`12424 Wilshire Boulevard, 12th Floor
`Los Angeles, California 90025
`Telephone: (310) 826-7474
`Facsimile: (310) 826-9226
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`AGIS Software Development LLC
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`SAN JOSE DIVISION
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`WHATSAPP LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC,
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`Defendants.
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` Case No. 5:21-cv-03076-BLF
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`DEFENDANT AGIS SOFTWARE
`DEVELOPMENT LLC’S NOTICE OF
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`PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO LOCAL
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`Hon. Beth Labson Freeman
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`Case 5:21-cv-03076-BLF Document 36 Filed 08/20/21 Page 2 of 4
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`Pursuant to Local Rule 3-13, Defendant AGIS Software Development LLC (“AGIS”) hereby
`provides this Notice of Pendency of Other Action or Proceeding.
`This case began when, on April 27, 2021, Plaintiff WhatsApp LLC (“WhatsApp”) filed a
`complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against AGIS, alleging
`infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,031,728 (“’728 patent”), 7,630,724 (“’724 patent”), 9,408,055
`(“’055 patent”), 9,445,251 (“’251 patent”), 9,467,838 (“’7,838 patent”), and 9,749,829 (“’829
`patent”).
`AGIS is the defendant in two other pending patent cases in this District, Smith Micro
`Software, Inc. v. AGIS Software Development LLC, Case No. 5:21-cv-3677-JD (“Smith Micro
`action”), which was initiated on May 17, 2021, and Lyft, Inc. v. AGIS Software Development LLC,
`Case No. 4:21-cv-04653-HSG (“Lyft action”), which was initiated on June 16, 2021.
`Both the WhatsApp action and the Smith Micro action involve the exact same patents, and
`therefore will likely involve the same issues as to claim construction and validity of the patents.
`Two out of five1 of the patents at issue in the Lyft action are also at issue in the WhatsApp and Smith
`Micro actions, and will involve the same issues as to claim construction and validity of these patents.
`Certain venue and jurisdictional issues are also the same or closely related.
`The three Lyft, WhatsApp, and Smith Micro actions concern substantially the same parties in
`that AGIS Software is a defendant in each, substantially the same property (i.e., the patents at issue
`in each action), and it appears likely that there will be unduly burdensome duplication of labor and
`expense or conflicting results if the cases are conducted before different judges. Therefore, transfer
`and coordination of the Smith Micro and Lyft cases into the first-filed case (this WhatsApp action)
`should be effected under Local Rule 3-13(b) because it would avoid conflicts, conserve resources
`and promote an efficient determination of the action.
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`1 The ’728 and ’724 Patents are commonly at issue in all three Lyft, WhatsApp, and Smith Micro
`actions. In addition, U.S. Patent Nos. 8,213,970 (“’970 patent”), 10,299,100 (“’100 patent”), and
`10,341,838 (“’1,838 patent”) are asserted in the Lyft action. The WhatsApp and Smith Micro actions
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`also both involve the ’055 patent, the ’251 patent, the ’7,838 patent, and the ’829 patent.
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`Case 5:21-cv-03076-BLF Document 36 Filed 08/20/21 Page 3 of 4
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`RUSS AUGUST & KABAT
`By: /s/ Benjamin T. Wang
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` Benjamin T. Wang
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`Alfred R. Fabricant (pro hac vice)
`afabricant@fabricantllp.com
`Peter Lambrianakos (pro hac vice)
`plambrianakos@fabricantllp.com
`Vincent J. Rubino, III (pro hac vice)
`vrubino@fabricantllp.com
`Enrique Iturralde (pro hac vice)
`eiturralde@fabricantllp.com
`FABRICANT LLP
`411 Theodore Fremd Road, Suite 206 South
`Rye, New York 10580
`Telephone: (212) 257-5797
`Facsimile: (212) 257-5796
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`Benjamin T. Wang (CA SBN 228712)
`bwang@raklaw.com
`Minna Y. Chan (CA SBN 305941)
`mchan@raklaw.com
`RUSS AUGUST & KABAT
`12424 Wilshire Boulevard, 12th Floor
`Los Angeles, California 90025
`Telephone: (310) 826-7474
`Facsimile: (310) 826-9226
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`AGIS Software Development LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that I caused the foregoing document to be electronically filed with the Clerk of
`the Court for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California using the
`CM/ECF System on August 20, 2021.
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`I certify that all counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic service
`are being served on August 20, 2021 with a copy of this document via the Court’s CM/ECF systems
`per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3). Any other counsel will be served by electronic mail, facsimile, overnight
`delivery and/or First Class Mail on this date.
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`DATED: August 20, 2021
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`/s/ Benjamin T. Wang
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