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`Robert F. McCauley (SBN 162056)
`robert.mccauley@finnegan.com
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
` GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`3300 Hillview Avenue
`Palo Alto, California 94304
`Telephone:
`(650) 849-6600
`Facsimile:
`(650) 849-6666
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`C. Gregory Gramenopoulos (pro hac vice)
`c.gregory.gramenopoulos@finnegan.com
`Christopher C. Johns (pro hac vice)
`christopher.johns@finnegan.com
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
` GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`901 New York Avenue NW
`Washington, DC 20001-4413
`Telephone:
`(202) 408-4000
`Facsimile:
`(202) 408-4400
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`MERKLE, INC.
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`MICHAEL A. SHERMAN (SBN 94783)
`masherman@stubbsalderton.com
`JEFFREY F. GERSH (SBN 87124)
`jgersh@stubbsalderton.com
`SANDEEP SETH (SBN 195914)
`sseth@stubbsalderton.com
`WESLEY W. MONROE (SBN 149211)
`wmonroe@stubbsalderton.com
`VIVIANA B. HEDRICK (SBN 239359)
`vhedrick@stubbsalderton.com
`STUBBS ALDERTON MARKILES, LLP
`15260 Ventura Boulevard, 20TH Floor
`Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
`Telephone:
`(818) 444-4500
`Facsimile:
`(818) 444-4520
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`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
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PERSONALWEB
`TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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`DAVID D. WIER (PRO HAC VICE)
`david.wier@level3.com
`Assistant General Counsel
`1025 Eldorado Boulevard
`Broomfield, CO 80021
`Telephone:
`(720) 888-3539
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`ATTORNEY FOR LEVEL 3
`COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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` Case No. 5:18-md-02834-BLF
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`IN RE: PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES,
`LLC ET AL.
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`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, a
`Texas limited liability company, and
`LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, a
`Delaware limited liability company,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`MERKLE, INC., a Maryland corporation,
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`Defendant.
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` Case No. 5:18-cv-00409
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`JOINT STIPULATION AND
`PROPOSED ORDER EXTENDING
`TIME FOR DEFENDANT TO
`RESPOND TO FIRST AMENDED
`COMPLAINT
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`STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO FIRST
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`Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-1 and 6-2, plaintiffs PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC and Level 3
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`Communications, LLC (collectively “PersonalWeb”) and defendant Merkle, Inc. (“Merkle”)
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`hereby stipulate and recite as follows:
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`WHEREAS, on January 18, 2018, PersonalWeb filed a Complaint (Dkt. No. 1) for patent
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`infringement naming Merkle as the defendant;
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`WHEREAS, on February 20, 2018, Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon Web Services, Inc.
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`(collectively “Amazon”) filed a motion for preliminary injunction to enjoin this case and other
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`similar patent infringement lawsuits that PersonalWeb filed against other website operators (Dkt.
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`No. 15; Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v. PersonalWeb Tech., LLC et al., Case No. 5:18-cv-00767-BLF
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`(N.D. Cal.));
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`WHEREAS, on February 20, 2018, PersonalWeb and Merkle filed a stipulation (Dkt. No. 15)
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`to extend the time for Merkle to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint to April 7, 2018;
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`WHEREAS, on March 29, 2018, PersonalWeb and Merkle filed a second stipulation (Dkt.
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`No. 22) to extend the time for Merkle to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint to June 22,
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`2018, and the Court granted that stipulation on April 2, 2018 (Dkt. No. 24);
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`WHEREAS, on April 10, 2018, Merkle filed a motion to stay this case (Dkt. No. 28) pending
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`resolution of Amazon’s DJ action and that motion is fully briefed;
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`WHEREAS, on April 13, 2018, PersonalWeb filed a motion to dismiss Amazon’s First
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`Amended Complaint in the Amazon DJ action (Dkt. No. 43; Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v. PersonalWeb
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`Tech., LLC et al., Case No. 5:18-cv-00767-BLF (N.D. Cal.));
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`WHEREAS, on April 27, 2018, this Court held a hearing on Amazon’s preliminary
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`injunction motion and motions to stay in fourteen suits PersonalWeb filed against website operators;
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`WHEREAS, at the April 27, 2018 hearing, the parties agreed to a stay of those fourteen
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`actions against other website operators until the June 7, 2018 hearing on PersonalWeb’s motion to
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`dismiss Amazon’s First Amended Complaint (Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v. PersonalWeb Tech., LLC
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`et al., Case No. 5:18-cv-00767-BLF (N.D. Cal.));
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`WHEREAS, on May 11, 2018, PersonalWeb withdrew its motion to dismiss Amazon’s First
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`Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 59; Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v. PersonalWeb Tech., LLC et al., Case
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`No. 5:18-cv-00767-BLF (N.D. Cal.)), and the June 7, 2018 hearing was taken off calendar;
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`WHEREAS, on May 29, 2018, PersonalWeb filed a First Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 37)
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`and Merkle’s deadline to answer or otherwise respond to that First Amended Complaint is June 15,
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`2018;
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`WHEREAS, Merkle’s motion to stay this case remains pending and is set to be heard on July
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`19, 2018;
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`WHEREAS, Merkle has requested, and PersonalWeb has agreed to, an extension of time, up
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`to and including August 16, 2018, for Merkle to file an answer or otherwise respond to
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`PersonalWeb’s First Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 37);
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`WHEREAS, the parties may consider an additional extension of the deadline for Merkle to
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`file an answer or otherwise respond to the First Amended Complaint if the Court has not yet issued
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`an order on Merkle’s motion to stay (Dkt. No. 28) as of August 2, 2018;
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`WHEREAS, the parties do not expect that this change will impact any other dates already
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`fixed by Court Order;
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`THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE and jointly request that Merkle shall have up to and
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`including August 16, 2018 to submit an answer or otherwise respond to PersonalWeb’s First
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`Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 37).
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Dated: June 14, 2018
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`Dated: June 14, 2018
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`PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
` GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
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`/s/ Robert F. McCauley
`By:
`Robert F. McCauley
`Attorneys for Defendant
`MERKLE, INC
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`STUBBS ALDERTON MARKILES, LLP
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`/s/ Michael A. Sherman
`By:
`Michael A. Sherman
`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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`DAVID D. WIER
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`/s/ David D. Wier
`By:
`David D. Wier
`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
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`Honorable Beth Labson Freeman
`United States District Judge
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`ATTESTATION
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`Counsel for Merkle hereby attests by his signature below that concurrence in the filing of this
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`document was obtained from counsel for PersonalWeb and Level 3.
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`Dated: June 14, 2018
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`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
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`/s/ Robert F. McCauley
`By:
`Robert F. McCauley
`Attorneys for Defendant
`MERKLE, INC.
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