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`Case 5:18-md-02834-BLF Document 768 Filed 08/02/22 Page 1 of 3
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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
`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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`Case No.: 5:18-md-02834-BLF
`Case No.: 5:18-cv-00767-BLF
`Case No.: 5:18-cv-05619-BLF
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`OBJECTION OF AMAZON.COM, INC.,
`AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC., AND
`TWITCH INTERACTIVE, INC. TO
`NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF STUBBS
`ALDERTON & MARKILES LLP AS
`COUNSEL OF RECORD FOR
`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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`IN RE: PERSONAL WEB 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,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`TWITCH INTERACTIVE, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`OBJECTION TO NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL
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`Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc., and Twitch Interactive, Inc. (collectively,
`“Amazon”) object to the purported notice of substitution of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP
`(“Stubbs Alderton”) as not in compliance with the Court’s order (Dkt. 760) or the Local Rules.
`Instead, PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC (“PersonalWeb”) and its counsel appear to be continuing
`to game the proceedings in order to prejudice Amazon’s enforcement of the judgment.
`While Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP (“Lewis Roca”) have filed a purported notice
`of appearance for PersonalWeb, that notice is deficient in numerous respects:
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`The notice is not filed in the lead case, No. 18-md-2834 (or 18-cv-05619-
`BLF either), and so permitting Stubbs Alderton to withdraw would leave
`PersonalWeb without any representation as to the MDL.
`Lewis Roca has specifically not agreed to serve as counsel of record for all
`purposes as the Court’s rules require [L.R. 11-5(b)] but appears to be
`attempting to limit its representation much in the same way that
`PersonalWeb divided representation between Stubbs Alderton and Ronald
`Richards previously in order to avoid judgment enforcement.
`Lewis Roca has attempted to limit its representation to certain judgment
`enforcement tasks, potentially to the exclusion of other issues that may
`arise, for example issues concerning any remand of the fee award from the
`Federal Circuit.
`The Court set forth an exceedingly simple requirement for Stubbs Alderton’s withdrawal,
`one that would be satisfied by Lewis Roca filing a simple notice of appearance in the appropriate
`case numbers without attempting unilaterally to impose conditions contrary to the Court’s rules
`about the representation of parties. The Court should not tolerate further gamesmanship from
`PersonalWeb or its counsel, and it should require that PersonalWeb comply with its prior order
`before Stubbs Alderton is permitted to withdraw.
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`Dated: August 2, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`FENWICK & WEST LLP
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`By: /s/ Todd R. Gregorian
`Todd R. Gregorian
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`Attorney for AMAZON.COM, INC.,
`AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC., and
`TWITCH INTERACTIVE, INC.
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