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`Case 5:18-md-02834-BLF Document 279 Filed 11/01/18 Page 1 of 5
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`Michael A. Sherman (SBN 94783)
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`masherman@stubbsalderton.com
`Jeffrey F. Gersh (SBN 87124)
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`jgersh@stubbsalderton.com
`Sandeep Seth (SBN 195914)
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`sseth@stubbsalderton.com
`Wesley W. Monroe (SBN 149211)
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`wmonroe@stubbsalderton.com
`Stanley H. Thompson, Jr. (SBN 198825)
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`sthompson@stubbsalderton.com
`Viviana Boero Hedrick (SBN 239359)
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`vhedrick@stubbsalderton.com
`STUBBS ALDERTON & MARKILES, LLP
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`15260 Ventura Blvd., 20th Floor
`Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
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`Telephone:
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`Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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`[ADDITIONAL ATTORNEYS LISTED ON
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`SAN JOSE DIVISION
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`IN RE. PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES,
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`CASE NO.: 5:18-md-02834-BLF
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`NOTICE OF RELATED CASES
`PURSUANT TO CIVIL L.R. 3-12 TO BE
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`ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO
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`TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
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`PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on or about October 30, 2018, in the United States District Court
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`Communications, LLC (“Plaintiffs”) filed certain cases related to the within coordinated or
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`consolidated pretrial patent proceedings under 28 U.S.C. §1407. action. Pursuant to Civil Local
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`Rules 3-12(b) and 7-11 of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California,
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`the Honorable Beth Labson Freeman, presiding judge over this MDL matter [18-md-02834, Dkt.
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`Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related.
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`APPLICABLE STANDARD UNDER CIVIL L.R. 3-12
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`Under Civil Local Rule 3-12(a), an “action is related to another when: (1) The actions concern
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`substantially the same parties, property, transaction or event; and (2) It appears likely that there will
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`conducted by different judges.” Civil L.R. 7-11.” 1
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`RELATED CASES
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`The actions below should be related to the within action, In re. PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC
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`et al. because the related cases involve substantially the same issues, similar wrongful act or acts and
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`occurrences, and infringement of the same Patents by Defendants, namely: U.S. Patent No.
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`6,928,442 (the “’442 patent”), U.S. Patent No. 7,802,310 (the “’310 patent”), and U.S. Patent
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`No.8,099,420 (the “’420 patent”), all owned by Plaintiffs:
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`1 “In addition to complying with Civil L.R. 7-11, a copy of the motion, together with proof of
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`action. A Chambers copy of the motion lodged with the assigned Judge in each apparently related
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`CASE NAME:
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`PersonalWeb Technologies LLC, et al. v.
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`PersonalWeb Technologies LLC, et al. v.
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`As a result, the cases require determination of substantially the same questions of fact and law.
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`Specifically, each case involves Defendants who operate or operated a website and have done so
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`since before the expiration of the last to expire of the Patents-In-Suit, which provides webpage
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`As such, the following similar questions of law and facts exist in one or more of the apparently
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`• Defendants have infringed at least claims 10 and 11 of the ’442 patent by their manufacture,
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`use, sale, importation, and/or offer for sale of products or services, and/or controlling the
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`distribution of its webpage content. Defendants are liable for their infringement of
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`the ’442 patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271.
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`• Defendants have infringed at least claims 20 and/or 69 of the ’310 patent by their
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`manufacture, use, sale, importation, and/or offer for sale of products or services, and/or
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`controlling the distribution of its webpage content. Defendants are liable for their
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`infringement of the ’310 patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271.
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`• Defendants have infringed claims 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 34-36 and 166 of the ’420 patent
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`services, and/or controlling the distribution of its webpage content. Defendants are liable
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`for their infringement of the ‘420 patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271.
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`Accordingly, there will be an unduly burdensome duplication of labor and expense, and there
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`will be a risk of conflicting results if the case set forth above is not related to the within action, In re.
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`STATUS OF SERVICE
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`For each of the aforementioned defendants, the summons and complaint, and all related
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`This Notice of Related Case will be served on Defendants.
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`Dated: November 1, 2018
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` Respectfully submitted,
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`STUBBS ALDERTON
`& MARKILES, LLP
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`By: /s/ Michael A. Sherman
` Michael A. Sherman
` Jeffrey F. Gersh
` Sandeep Seth
` Wesley W. Monroe
` Stanley H. Thompson, Jr.
` Viviana Boero Hedrick
` Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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`MACEIKO IP
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`By: /s/ Theodore S. Maceiko
` Theodore S. Maceiko (SBN 150211)
` ted@maceikoip.com
` MACEIKO IP
` 420 2nd Street
` Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
` Telephone: (310) 545-3311
` Facsimile: (310) 545-3344
` Attorneys for Plaintiff
` PERSONALWEB
` TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, a Texas
` limited liability company
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`DAVID D. WIER
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`By: /s/ David D. Wier
` David D. Wier
` David.wier@level3.com
` Vice President and Assistant General
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` 1025 Eldorado Boulevard
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` Telephone: (720) 888-3539
` Attorney for Plaintiff
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