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`Case 5:18—md-02834-BLF Document 38 Filed 08/17/18 Page 1 of 6
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`IN RE. PERSONALWEB
`1ECHNOLOGIES,LLC ET AL.
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`CASE NO.: 5:18-md-02834-BLF
`NOTICE OF RELATEDCASES
`PURSUANT TO CIVIL L.R. 3-12 TO
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`MOTION TO CONSIDER
`WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE
`RELATED PURSUANT TO CIVIL
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`NOTICE OF RELATED CASES
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`Case 5:18-md-02834-BLF Document 38 Filed 08/17/18 Page 2 of 6
`Case 5:18-md-02834-BLF Document 38 Filed 08/17/18 Page 2 of 6
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`TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
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`PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on or about July 31, 2018, in the United States
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`District Court for the Northern District of California, PersonalWeb Technologies,
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`LLC and Level 3 Communications, LLC (“Plaintiffs”) filed certain cases related to the
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`within coordinated or consolidated pretrial patent proceedings under 28 U.S.C. §1407.
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`action. Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 3-12(b) and 7-11 of the United States District
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`Court for the Northern District of California, and Paragraph 4 of the June 18, 2018
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`Order re Preliminary Case Management Conference issued by the Honorable Beth
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`Labson Freeman, presiding judge over this MDL matter [18-md-02834, Dkt. 19],
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`Plaintiff Personal Web Technologies LLC and Level 3 Communications submit this
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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
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`actions concern substantially the same parties, property, transaction or event; and (2)
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`It appears likely that there will be an unduly burdensome duplication of labor and
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`expense or conflicting results if the case is conducted by different judges.” Civil L.R.
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`7-11.” 1
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`II.
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`RELATED CASES
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`The actions below should be related to the within action, In re. Personal Web
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`Technologies, LLC et al. because the related cases involve substantially the same
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`issues, similar wrongful act or acts and occurrences, and infringement of the same
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`Patents by Defendants, namely: US. Patent No. 6,928,442 (the “’442 patent”), US.
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`Patent No. 7,802,310 (the “’310 patent”), US. Patent No. 7,945,544 (the “’544
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`1 “In addition to complying with Civil L.R. 7-11, a copy of the motion, together
`with proof of service pursuant to Civil L.R. 5-5, must be served on all known parties
`to each apparently related action. A Chambers copy of the motion lodged with the
`assigned Judge in each apparently related case under Civil L.R. 5-1(e).” Civil L.R. 3-
`12(b).
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`patent”), and US. Patent No.8,099,420 (the “’420 patent”), all owned by Plaintiffs:
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`PersonalWeb Technologies LLC, et al. v.
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`5:18-cv-04624
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`Nathanael M. Cousins
`Braze, Inc.
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`Hon. Magistrate Judge
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`Hon. Magistrate Judge
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`Joseph C. Spero
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`Hon. Magistrate Judge
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`Personal Web Technologies LLC, et al. v. —5-:18-cv—04625
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`Kongregate, Inc.
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`Personal Web Technologies LLC, et al. v.
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`5:18-cv-04628
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`Peek Travel, Inc.
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`Maria-Elena James
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`Personal Web Technologies LLC, et al. v.
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`Shopify (USA), Inc. and Shopifiz, Inc. Elizabeth D. Laporte
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`PersonalWeb Technologies LLC, et al. v.
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`Strava, Inc.
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`Hon. Magistrate Judge
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`Sallie Kim
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`As a result, the cases require determination of substantially the same questions of
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`fact and law. Specifically, each case involves Defendants who operate or operated a
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`website and have done so since before the expiration of the last to expire of the
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`Patents-In-Suit, which provides webpage content to its users.
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`As such, the following similar questions of law and facts exist in one or more of
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`the apparently related cases.
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`0 Defendants have infringed at least claims 10 and 1 1 of the '442 patent by their
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`manufacture, use, sale,
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`importation, and/or offer for sale of products or
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`services, and/or controlling the distribution of its webpage content.
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`Defendants are liable for their infringement of the '442 patent pursuant to
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`35 U.S.C. § 271.
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`I Defendants have infringed at least claims 20 and 69 of the '310 patent by
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`their manufacture, use, sale, importation, and/or offer for sale of products or
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`services, and/or controlling the distribution of its webpage content.
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`Defendants are liable for their infringement of the '310 patent pursuant to
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`35 U.S.C. § 271.
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`o Defendants have infringed at least claims 46, 48, 52, and 55 of the '544
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`patent by their manufacture, use, sale, importation, and/or offer for sale of
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`products or services, and/or controlling the distribution of its webpage
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`content. Defendants are liable for its infringement of the ‘544 patent
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`pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271.
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`o Defendants have infringed claims 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 34-36 and 166 of
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`the '420 patent by their manufacture, use, sale, importation, and/or offer for
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`sale of products or services, and/or controlling the distribution of its
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`webpage content. Defendants are liable for their infringement of the '420
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`patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271.
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`Accordingly, there will be an unduly burdensome duplication of labor and
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`expense, and there will be a risk of conflicting results if the case set forth above is not
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`related to the within action, In re. Personal Web Technologies, LLC et al., and the
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`cases proceed before differentjuglges.
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`111.
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`STATUS OF SERVICE
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`Each of the aforementioned defendants have been personally served pursuant
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`FRCP Rule 4(c), and subject to pending extension requests, have corresponding
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`responsive pleading deadlines as listed below:
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`Defendant
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`Responsive Pleading Deadline
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`Braze, Inc.
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`August 1, 2018
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`August 22, 2018
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`Kongregate, Inc. August 6, 2018
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`August 27, 2018
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`Peek Travel, Inc. August 7, 2018
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`August 28, 2018
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`Shopify, Inc. et al. August 3, 2018
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`August 24, 2018
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`Strava, Inc.
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`August 3, 2018
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`August 24, 2018
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`[See Dkt Nos. 10, 10, 10, 12 and 10, respectively]. This Notice of Related Case
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`will be served on Defendants.
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`Dated: August 17, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STUBBS ALDERTON
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`& MARKILES, LLP
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`By: /s/ Michael A. Sherman
`Michael A. Sherman
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`Jeffrey F. Gersh
`Sandeep Seth
`Wesley W. Monroe
`Stanley H. Thompson, Jr.
`Viviana Boero Hedrick
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`Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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`Dated: August 17, 2018
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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
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`420 2nd Street
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`Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
`Telephone: (310) 545-3311
`Facsimile:
`(310) 545-3344
`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`PERSONALWEB
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`TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, a Texas
`limited liability company
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`1 Dated: August 17, 2018
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`DAVID D. WIER
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`By: /s/ David D. Wier
`David D. Wier
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`David.wier@level3.com
`Vice President and Assistant General
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`Counsel
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`1025 Eldorado Boulevard
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`Broomfield, CO 80021
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`Telephone: (720) 888-3539
`Attorney for Plaintiff
`LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS,
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