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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
`MEMPHIS DIVISION
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.,
`Plaintiff,
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`BARNES & NOBLE, INC.,
`Defendant.
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`Case No. 2:12-cv-02823-JPM-tmp
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`JURY TRIAL REQUESTED
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`DEFENDANT BARNES & NOBLE, INC.’S MOTION TO STAY PENDING RESOLUTION
`OF ITS MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a)
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`Defendant Barnes & Noble, Inc. (“Barnes & Noble”) respectfully moves the Court to stay
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`all proceedings in this case, including Local Patent Rule disclosures and fact discovery, pending
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`resolution of Barnes & Noble’s motion to transfer. The Federal Circuit has indicated that a
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`timely-filed motion to transfer a patent case under § 1404(a) should be decided before
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`proceeding to the merits of an action, and that it is appropriate to stay litigation pending
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`resolution of a transfer motion. In re Fusion-IO, Inc., No. 12-139, 2012 WL 6634939 (Fed. Cir.
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`Dec. 21, 2012) (non-precedential). The grounds for this Motion are fully set forth in the attached
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`Memorandum. As set forth in the Certificate of Consultation below, Plaintiff has advised that
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`while it cannot consent to this motion, it will not actively oppose it.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`s/ Mark Vorder-Bruegge, Jr.
`Mark Vorder-Bruegge, Jr. (#06389)
`WYATT, TARRANT & COMBS, LLP
`1715 Aaron Brenner Drive, Suite 800
`Memphis, TN 38120-4367
`Phone: 901.537.1010
`Facsimile: 901.537.1010
`mvorder-bruegge@wyattfirm.com
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`Case 2:12-cv-02823-JPM-tmp Document 40 Filed 02/14/13 Page 2 of 2 PageID 234
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`CERTIFICATE OF CONSULTATION
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`The undersigned attorney hereby certifies that prior to the filing of the foregoing motion,
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`substantive consultation was held between the undersigned and Richard Carter, counsel for
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`plaintiff B.E. Technology, over multiple days culminating in a telephone discussion on
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`February 7, 2013. At that time, B.E. Technology indicated that it would continue to oppose stay
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`motions of the foregoing type in this and related cases. On the next afternoon, the Court granted
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`several virtually identical motions for stay in related cases, and the undersigned re-contacted Mr.
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`Carter to determine whether plaintiff would reconsider. At 3:16 p.m. on February 11, Mr. Carter
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`advised that in light of the Court’s rulings on the other stay motions, plaintiff cannot consent to,
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`but “will not actively oppose” this stay motion.
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`/s/ Mark Vorder-Bruegge, Jr.
`Mark Vorder-Bruegge, Jr.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The foregoing document was filed under the Court’s CM/ECF system, automatically
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`effecting service on counsel of record for all other parties who have appeared in this action on
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`the date of such service.
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`60325165.1
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`/s/ Mark Vorder-Bruegge, Jr.
`Mark Vorder-Bruegge, Jr.
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