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`J. DAVID HADDEN (CSB No. 176148)
`dhadden@fenwick.com
`SAINA S. SHAMILOV (CSB No. 215636)
`sshamilov@fenwick.com
`MELANIE L. MAYER (admitted pro hac vice)
`mmayer@fenwick.com
`TODD R. GREGORIAN (CSB No. 236096)
`tgregorian@fenwick.com
`RAVI R. RANGANATH (CSB No. 272981)
`rranganath@fenwick.com
`CHIEH TUNG (CSB No. 318963)
`ctung@fenwick.com
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`Silicon Valley Center
`801 California Street
`Mountain View, CA 94041
`Telephone:
`650.988.8500
`Facsimile:
`650.938.5200
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`Counsel for AMAZON.COM, INC.,
`AMAZON WEB SERVICES INC., and
`TWITCH INTERACTIVE, INC.
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`SAN JOSE DIVISION
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`IN RE: PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES,
`LLC ET AL., PATENT LITIGATION,
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`AMAZON.COM, INC., and AMAZON WEB
`SERVICES, INC.,
`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC and
`LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,
`Defendants.
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`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC and
`LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,
`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`TWITCH INTERACTIVE, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`Case No.: 5:18-md-02834-BLF
`Case No.: 5:18-cv-00767-BLF
`Case No. 5:18-cv-05619-BLF
`DECLARATION OF TODD R.
`GREGORIAN IN SUPPORT OF EX
`PARTE APPLICATION OF
`AMAZON.COM, INC., AMAZON WEB
`SERVICES, INC., AND TWITCH
`INTERACTIVE, INC. FOR AN ORDER
`THAT JUDGMENT DEBTOR
`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES,
`LLC APPEAR FOR EXAMINATION
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`Dept:
`Judge:
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`Courtroom 3, 5th Floor
`Hon. Beth L. Freeman
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`GREGORIAN DECL. ISO EX PARTE APPLICATION
`REQUESTING ORDER TO APPEAR FOR EXAMINATION
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`CASE NOS.: 5:18-md-02834-BLF;
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`1.
`I am counsel to Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc. and Twitch Inter-
`active, Inc. (collectively, “Amazon”) in this matter. I submit this declaration in support of Ama-
`zon’s Ex Parte Application for an order that judgment-debtor PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC
`(“PersonalWeb”) appear for an examination.
`2.
`On March 31, 2021, after PersonalWeb noticed its appeal of this Court’s March 2,
`2021 award for attorneys’ fees and non-taxable costs, I emailed Michael Sherman and Jeffrey
`Gersh, counsel of record for PersonalWeb, to inquire whether PersonalWeb intends to post bond to
`extend the automatic stay of enforcement. Having received no response, I followed up again on
`April 5, indicating that Amazon wished to avoid any unnecessary enforcement expenses. That
`same day, Mr. Gersh stated that “[PersonalWeb] is considering its options,” and invited me to fol-
`low up with him in the subsequent weeks. I did so on April 17, and requested a meet and confer to
`discuss whether PersonalWeb would be able to satisfy the judgment. I followed up again on April
`19. I received no response to these requests.
`3.
`Amazon served interrogatories and requests for production of documents under Fed.
`R. Civ. P. 69 and Cal. Civ. Code §§ 708.020 and 708.030 on April 19. On April 21, I again followed
`up with counsel for PersonalWeb, requesting that they identify bank or financial accounts for en-
`forcement purposes, separate from their obligations under Amazon’s written discovery, and pro-
`vided notice that Amazon intends to apply ex parte for a debtor’s examination. I also provided my
`availability for a meet and confer on these issues. On April 22, Mr. Gersh responded by stating he
`and his colleagues “do not represent [PersonalWeb] in the post judgment proceedings,” and that
`Amazon has “no authority” to serve discovery requests on his law firm.
`4.
`To date, PersonalWeb has not satisfied any portion of the Court’s March 2, 2021
`judgment, has not posted a supersedeas bond, has not provided any information about its accounts
`and assets in response to Amazon’s discovery requests or informal request, and has not conferred
`with Amazon on these issues. Given PersonalWeb’s silence, and based on the August 22, 2019
`deposition testimony of PersonalWeb’s principal Kevin Bermeister (Dkt. 659-2) indicating a real
`possibility of undercapitalization or insolvency, Amazon has serious concerns about its ability to
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`collect on the judgment. Amazon has not yet had any opportunity to examine PersonalWeb on the
`issue of judgment.
`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United Sates that the foregoing is
`true and correct. Executed in Truckee, California on this 26th day of April, 2021.
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`Todd R. Gregorian
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`GREGORIAN DECL. ISO EX PARTE APPLICATION
`REQUESTING ORDER TO APPEAR FOR EXAMINATION
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