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`Case 5:18-md-02834-BLF Document 806 Filed 11/23/22 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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`SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF OF
`AMAZON.COM, INC., AMAZON WEB
`SERVICES, INC., AND TWITCH
`INTERACTIVE, INC. AS ORDERED BY
`THE COURT IN ITS ORDER DATED
`NOVEMBER 16, 2022 (DKT. 803)
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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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`AMAZON’S SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF
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`The Court ordered supplemental briefing to address the statement by Claria Innovations,
`LLC (“Claria”) and Europlay Capital Advisors, LLC (“ECA”) that the dispute over the collection
`of emails from Mr. Markiles’ Stubbs Alderton email accounts “appears to be a moot issue given
`the Court’s October 31, 2022 order ordering Personal Web to produce documents from its counsel
`at the Stubbs Alderton firm.” (Dkt. 803.)
`The dispute is not moot, for several reasons:
`1. PersonalWeb is continuing to resist complete production of the responsive emails in
`Stubbs Alderton’s possession. It has cut off meet and confer efforts with Amazon
`concerning the categories of documents to be produced, including proposals Amazon
`has made to streamline the production. Those proposals included that PersonalWeb
`prioritize the production of Mr. Markiles’s documents and communications. Amazon
`is also informed that, for its part, Stubbs Alderton refused to provide PersonalWeb’s
`new counsel with information concerning the criteria it is using to search for responsive
`documents, leaving PersonalWeb’s new counsel unable to supply the status report the
`Court had ordered beyond simply repeating information it had already disclosed. So,
`thus far, Stubbs Alderton has not committed to search Mr. Markiles’s email accounts at
`all. Amazon has serious concerns about both Stubbs Alderton’s and PersonalWeb’s
`compliance with the order—but it intends to attempt a further conference before raising
`these with the Court.
`2. PersonalWeb itself has stated that it takes no position on whether its production will
`satisfy the Court’s order as to Claria and ECA and therefore render the current discovery
`dispute moot. (See Declaration of Todd R. Gregorian in Support of Supplemental Brief,
`Ex. 1.) That PersonalWeb cannot make that representation should end the current
`inquiry.
`3. Even if PersonalWeb committed to search Mr. Markiles’s accounts, the Court’s October
`31, 2022 order directing PersonalWeb to produce documents from the Stubbs Alderton
`firm concerns emails in the possession, custody, or control of PersonalWeb. (Dkt. 793
`at 7:1-3; Dkt. 799 at 1:17-19.) Although PersonalWeb, Claria, and ECA are closely-
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`related entities, Amazon expects PersonalWeb to take the position that Mr. Markiles’s
`communications in his role as managing agent of Claria or ECA or made on their behalf
`are not subject to the Court’s order to PersonalWeb.
`4. Finally, even if PersonalWeb and Stubbs Alderton agreed that the October 31, 2022
`order covered the responsive documents of Claria and ECA, the underlying requests for
`production to PersonalWeb differ from those to Claria and ECA. (Compare Dkt. 689-
`2 (RFPs to PersonalWeb) to Dkts. 733-2 at 9-16 (RFPs to Claria) & 733-3 at 9-16 (RFPs
`to ECA).) Moreover, the parties have agreed to produce from different relevant time
`periods.
`For these reasons, the dispute over discovery of emails for Claria and ECA from Mr.
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`Markiles’ Stubbs Alderton email accounts is not moot. Accordingly, the Court should grant the
`motion to compel.
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`Dated: November 23, 2022
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`FENWICK & WEST LLP
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Todd R. Gregorian
`TODD R. GREGORIAN (CSB No. 236096)
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`Attorney for AMAZON.COM, INC.,
`AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC., and
`TWITCH INTERACTIVE, INC.
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