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`Robert W. Dickerson, Jr. (SBN 89367)
`E-mail: rdickerson@bwslaw.com
`BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP
`444 South Flower Street, Suite 2400
`Los Angeles, CA 90071-2953
`Tel: 213.236.0600
`Fax: 213.236.2700
`Patricia L. Peden (SBN 206440)
`E-mail: ppeden@bwslaw.com
`Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP
`1901 Harrison Street, Suite 900
`Oakland, California 94612-3501
`Tel: 510-273-8780
`Fax: 510-839-9104
`Lenny Huang (SBN 264386)
`E-mail: lhuang@bwslaw.com
`BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP
`1 California Street, Suite 3050
`San Francisco, California 94111-5432
`Tel: 408-606-6300
`Fax: 408-6064333
`Attorneys for Plaintiffs
`SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC. and
`SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, LLC
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC.
`and SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE,
`LLC,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
`AGIS SOFTWARE
`DEVELOPMENT LLC, and DOES
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`Defendants.
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`Case No. 3:21-cv-03677-JD
`PLAINTIFF’S ADMINISTRATIVE
`MOTION TO CONSIDER
`WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE
`RELATED
`[Proposed Order filed concurrently
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`Judge:
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`Honorable James Donato
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`Pursuant to Civil L.R. 3-12, Plaintiffs Smith Micro Software, Inc. and Smith
`Micro Software, LLC (jointly “Smith Micro” or “Plaintiffs”) hereby move this
`Court for an Order declaring that the pending case WhatsApp LLC v. AGIS Software
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`Development LLC, Case No. 5:21-cv-03076-BLF (“WhatsApp action”) and the
`pending case Smith Micro Software, Inc., Smith Micro Software, LLC v. AGIS
`Software Development LLC, Case No. Case No. 5:21-cv-3677 (“Smith Micro
`action”) are “related” such that the Smith Micro action should be assigned to the
`Honorable Judge Beth Labson Freeman, who presides over the earlier-filed
`WhatsApp action.
`Defendant in both actions, AGIS Software Development LLC (“AGIS”), has
`agreed that the cases are related under Civil Rule L.R. 3-12 (see Exhibit A
`attached).
`Both actions are in their infancy, as defendant AGIS has not yet responded to
`the complaint in either action.
`I.
`FACTUAL BACKGROUND
`AGIS has filed separate patent infringement lawsuits against four defendants
`in the Eastern District of Texas, including a case against Smith Micro’s customer,
`T-Mobile USA, Inc. and T-Mobile US, Inc. (together, “T-Mobile”), and a case
`against WhatsApp LLC (“WhatsApp”).1
`AGIS’s Texas action against T-Mobile alleges that T-Mobile’s FamilyMode
`and FamilyWhere applications (“Accused Products”) infringe various AGIS
`patents.2 AGIS Software Development LLC v. T-Mobile USA, Inc., et al., 2:21-cv-
`00072-JRG (E.D. Tex.), Dkt. No. 1 (the “EDTex action”). The Smith Micro
`plaintiffs supply the technology that is used by T-Mobile in the Accused Products.
`The same Patents-in-Suit are asserted against WhatsApp in Texas.
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`1 AGIS has filed the following cases in the Eastern District of Texas: 1) AGIS
`Software Development LLC v. Uber Technologies Inc. d/b/a Uber, Case No. 2:21-
`cv-00026-JRG-RSP; 2) AGIS Software Development LLC v. Lyft, Inc., Case No.
`2:21-cv-00024-JRG-RSP; 3) AGIS Software Development LLC v. WhatsApp, Inc.,
`Case No. 2:21-cv-00029-JRG-RSP; and 4) AGIS Software Development LLC v. T-
`Mobile USA, Inc. et al., Case No. 2:21-cv-00072-JRG-RSP, all assigned to the
`same judge. The Court in EDTex has consolidated these cases for pre-trial matters.
`2 U.S. Patent Nos. 7,031,728; 7,630,724; 9,408,055; 9,445,251; 9,467,838; and
`9,749,829 (collectively, the “Patents-in-Suit”).
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`WhatsApp then filed the WhatsApp action in the Northern District of California, a
`declaratory judgment action alleging that WhatsApp does not infringe the same
`Patents-in-Suit and/or that the Patents-in-Suit are invalid. The earlier filed
`WhatsApp action is assigned to the Honorable Judge Beth Labson Freeman.
`Because the AGIS EDTex action vs. T-Mobile places the Smith Micro
`technology at issue regarding AGIS’s allegations of patent infringement, Smith
`Micro filed the Smith Micro action, a declaratory judgment action against AGIS
`alleging that Smith Micro’s technology does not infringe the same Patents-in-Suit
`as in the WhatsApp action, and/or that the Patents-in-Suit are invalid. The Smith
`Micro action is currently assigned to the Honorable Judge .James Donato.
`II.
`THE SMITH MICRO ACTION AND THE WHATSAPP ACTION ARE RELATED
`As defined in Civil L.R. 3-12, actions are related when: “(1) The actions
`concern substantially the same parties, property, transaction or event; and (2) 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.”
`Civ. L.R. 3-12(a). The Smith Micro and WhatsApp actions satisfy both prongs of
`the requirement.
`First, the two actions concern the same parties (defendant AGIS), and the
`same property (the Patents-in-Suit). Therefore, issues of validity and claim
`construction will be at least substantially the same, if not very much the same.
`Duplicate claim constructions, tutorials, pre-trials and trials would be a waste of
`time and resources for the Courts, juries and the parties. If AGIS disputes venue or
`jurisdiction in the Northern District of California, it is expected to do so in both
`actions, so those issues will also be substantially related in both actions.
`Second, there is no reasonable basis to incur the undue burden or risk of
`inconsistent rulings that would result from two different judges, sitting in different
`courthouses, adjudicating the same claims asserted against the same declaratory
`judgment defendant. Thus, the Court should find the Smith Micro action and
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`WhatsApp action related under Civil L.R. 3-12(a) and assign both actions to one
`judge to conserve judicial resources and promote the efficient resolution of the
`action. Otherwise, there is too great a risk of inconsistent findings that will have to
`be reconciled at the appellate level. See Civil L.R. 3-12(a)(2).
`III.
`CONCLUSION
`Smith Micro respectfully requests a determination that the above-captioned
`Smith Micro action is related to the WhatsApp action and an assignment of the
`Smith Micro action to the Honorable Judge Beth Labson Freeman.
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`Dated: August 20, 2021
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`Respectfully Submitted,
`BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP
`Lenny Huang
`Patricia L. Peden
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`By:
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`/s/ Robert W. Dickerson, Jr.
`Robert W. Dickerson, Jr.
`Attorneys for Plaintiffs
`SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, and SMITH
`MICRO SOFTWARE, LLC
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`EXHIBIT A
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`Robert W. Dickerson, Jr. (SBN 89367)
`E-mail: rdickerson@bwslaw.com
`BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP
`444 South Flower Street, Suite 2400
`Los Angeles, CA 90071-2953
`Tel: 213.236.0600
`Fax: 213.236.2700
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`Patricia L. Peden (SBN 206440)
`E-mail: ppeden@bwslaw.com
`Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP
`1901 Harrison Street, Suite 900
`Oakland, California 94612-3501
`Tel: 510-273-8780
`Fax: 510-839-9104
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`Lenny Huang (SBN 264386)
`E-mail: lhuang@bwslaw.com
`BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP
`1 California Street, Suite 3050
`San Francisco, California 94111-5432
`Tel: 408-606-6300
`Fax: 408-6064333
`Attorneys for Plaintiffs
`SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, and SMITH
`MICRO SOFTWARE, LLC
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, and
`SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, LLC,
`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
`AGIS SOFTWARE
`DEVELOPMENT LLC, and DOES
`1 to 10,
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`Defendants.
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`Case No. 3:21-cv-03677-JD
`JOINT STIPULATION AND
`REQUEST FOR ORDER
`EXTENDING DATE FOR THE CASE
`MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
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`[Proposed order filed concurrently
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`Judge: Honorable James Donato
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`TO THE HONORABLE JAMES DONATO:
`WHEREAS, the parties, via counsel, have stipulated to extend the date for
`defendant to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint to August 23, 2021
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`WHEREAS, the parties have agreed that the above captioned case is
`“related” under Civil Local Rule 3-12 to the earlier-filed case WhatsApp LLC v.
`AGIS Software Development LLC, Case No. 5:21-cv-03076-BLF (“WhatsApp
`action”) and plaintiff will be shortly filing an administrative motion to have this
`case assigned to the Honorable Judge Beth Labson Freeman, who presides over the
`earlier-filed WhatsApp action;
`WHEREAS, to avoid unnecessary expense for the parties and burden on this
`Court, the parties jointly request that the Court extend the date for the Case
`Management in this case for approximately 30 days, to September 15, 2021 at
`10:00 am.
`THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by the
`parties as follows:
`The Case Management Conference, currently scheduled for August 12,
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`2021, be continued and reset for September 15, 2021 at 10:00 am; and
`The Joint Case Management Statement shall be filed no later than
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`September 8, 2021.
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`Dated: August 4, 2021
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP
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`By: /s/ Robert W. Dickerson Jr.
` Robert W. Dickerson, Jr.
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`Attorneys for Plaintiffs
`SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, and SMITH
`MICRO SOFTWARE, LLC
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`RUSS AUGUST & KABAT
`Benjamin T. Wang
`Minna Y. Chan
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`FABRICANT LLP
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`Alfred R. Fabricant
`Peter Lambrianakos
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`By: /s/ Benjamin T. Wang
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
`LLC
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`ATTESTATION
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`I, Robert W. Dickerson, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being
`used to file this document. In compliance with Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest
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