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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`Plaintiff,
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`C.A. No. 1:19-cv-01410-MN
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`VB ASSETS, LLC,
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`v.
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`AMAZON.COM, INC., AMAZON.COM LLC,
`AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC., A2Z
`DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC. d/b/a LAB126,
`RAWLES LLC, AMZN MOBILE LLC, AMZN
`MOBILE 2 LLC, AMAZON.COM SERVICES, INC.
`f/k/a AMAZON FULFILLMENT SERVICES, INC.,
`and AMAZON DIGITAL SERVICES LLC,
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`Defendants.
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`STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO
`SUBSTITUTE PARTIES AND AMEND CASE CAPTION
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`Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(c), defendants Amazon.com, Inc.,
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`Amazon.com LLC, Amazon Web Services, Inc., A2Z Development Center, Inc. d/b/a Lab 126,
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`AMZN Mobile LLC, AMZN Mobile 2 LLC, Amazon.com Services, Inc. f/k/a Amazon Fulfillment
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`Services, Inc., and Amazon Digital Services, LLC (collectively, “Amazon”), through their
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`undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and agree, subject to the approval of the Court, to substitute
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`Amazon.com Services LLC for defendants Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon.com LLC, Amazon Web
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`Services, Inc., A2Z Development Center, Inc. d/b/a Lab 126, AMZN Mobile LLC, AMZN Mobile
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`2 LLC, Amazon.com Services, Inc. f/k/a Amazon Fulfillment Services, Inc., and Amazon Digital
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`Services, LLC in this matter. In support of the stipulation, the parties recite as follows:
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`Case 1:19-cv-01410-MN Document 250 Filed 10/16/23 Page 2 of 4 PageID #: 10642
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`WHEREAS, Amazon.com Services LLC has acquired the interests of Amazon Digital
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`Services, LLC, and Amazon Digital Services, LLC no longer exists;
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`WHEREAS, Amazon.com, Inc. is a holding company that operates solely through its
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`operating subsidiaries, including specifically Amazon.com Services LLC;
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`WHEREAS, Amazon represents that the only relevant Amazon defendant entity for
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`purposes of this lawsuit is Amazon.com Services LLC. Thus, for purposes of above-entitled action
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`only, should any liability be found, Amazon.com Services LLC assumes liability (to the extent any
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`liability exists) for all acts of alleged infringement by any affiliated Amazon entity, including the
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`defendants substituted out through this stipulation. For avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this
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`case only, Amazon.com Services LLC assumes liability (to the extent any liability exists) for (1)
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`making and operating the Alexa servers, (2) selling Echo devices and tablets, and (3) making and
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`distributing Amazon-branded mobile apps including Alexa and Amazon Shopping. At trial, the
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`parties may refer to Amazon.com Services LLC as “Amazon” and neither party will object to such
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`reference;
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`WHEREAS, Amazon desires to substitute Amazon.com Services LLC for defendants
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`Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon.com LLC, Amazon Web Services, Inc., A2Z Development Center,
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`Inc. d/b/a Lab 126, AMZN Mobile LLC, AMZN Mobile 2 LLC, Amazon.com Services, Inc. f/k/a
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`Amazon Fulfillment Services, Inc., and Amazon Digital Services, LLC in this matter;
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`WHEREAS, Amazon.com Services LLC shall be bound by any prior court decisions in
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`this case and by any discovery conducted of or by Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon.com LLC, Amazon
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`Web Services, Inc., A2Z Development Center, Inc. d/b/a Lab 126, AMZN Mobile LLC, AMZN
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`Mobile 2 LLC, Amazon.com Services, Inc. f/k/a Amazon Fulfillment Services, Inc., and Amazon
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`Digital Services, LLC in this case;
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`Case 1:19-cv-01410-MN Document 250 Filed 10/16/23 Page 3 of 4 PageID #: 10643
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`WHEREAS, plaintiff VB Assets, LLC (“VB Assets”) consents to substitution of
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`Amazon.com Services LLC for defendants Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon.com LLC, Amazon Web
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`Services, Inc., A2Z Development Center, Inc. d/b/a Lab 126, AMZN Mobile LLC, AMZN Mobile
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`2 LLC, Amazon.com Services, Inc. f/k/a Amazon Fulfillment Services, Inc., and Amazon Digital
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`Services, LLC;
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`WHEREAS, Amazon.com Services LLC consents to the substitution of it for defendants
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`Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon.com LLC, Amazon Web Services, Inc., A2Z Development Center,
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`Inc. d/b/a Lab 126, AMZN Mobile LLC, AMZN Mobile 2 LLC, Amazon.com Services, Inc. f/k/a
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`Amazon Fulfillment Services, Inc., and Amazon Digital Services, LLC, and Amazon shall serve
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`this Stipulated Motion on Amazon.com Services LLC in accordance with Rule 25(c) and (a)(3);
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`NOW THEREFORE, VB Assets and Amazon hereby agree, subject to the approval and
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`Order of the Court, to the substitution of Amazon.com Services LLC for defendants Amazon.com,
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`Inc., Amazon.com LLC, Amazon Web Services, Inc., A2Z Development Center, Inc. d/b/a Lab
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`126, AMZN Mobile LLC, AMZN Mobile 2 LLC, Amazon.com Services, Inc. f/k/a Amazon
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`Fulfillment Services, Inc., and Amazon Digital Services, LLC as a defendant in-suit pursuant to
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`Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(c). The parties further agree that no party will read from or reference this
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`Stipulation in front of the jury.
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`IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED, subject to approval and Order of the
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`Court, that the case caption in this action shall be amended as follows:
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`VB ASSETS, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC,
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`Defendant.
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`SMITH, KATZENSTEIN & JENKINS LLP
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`/s/ Neal C. Belgam
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`Neal C. Belgam (#2721)
`Jason Z. Miller (#6310)
`1000 West Street, Suite 1501
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`(302) 652-8400
`nbelgam@skjlaw.com
`jzm@skjlaw.com
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`Counsel for Plaintiff VB Assets, LLC
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`C.A. No. 1:19-cv-01410-MN
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`ASHBY & GEDDES
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`/s/ Andrew C. Mayo
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`Steven J. Balick (#2114)
`Andrew C. Mayo (#5207)
`500 Delaware Avenue, 8th Floor
`P.O. Box 1150
`Wilmington, DE 19899
`(302) 654-1888
`sbalick@ashbygeddes.com
`amayo@ashbygeddes.com
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`Counsel for Defendants
`Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon.com LLC, Amazon
`Web Services, Inc., A2Z Development Center,
`Inc. d/b/a Lab126, Rawles, LLC, AMZN
`Mobile LLC, AMZN Mobile 2 LLC,
`Amazon.com Services, Inc. f/k/a Amazon
`Fulfillment Services, Inc., and Amazon.com
`Services LLC
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`IT IS SO ORDERED this _______ of ____________, 2023.
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`Honorable Maryellen Noreika
`United States District Judge
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