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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`TYLER DIVISION
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`SIPCO LLC, and
`IP CO., LLC (d/b/a INTUS IQ)
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`Plaintiffs,
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`Civil Action No. 6:15-CV-907-JRG-KNM
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`EMERGENCY OPPOSED MOTION TO STAY PENDING TRANSFER
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`EMERSON ELECTRIC CO., EMERSON
`PROCESS MANAGMENT LLLP,
`FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.,
`ROSEMOUNT INC., BP PLC, BP
`AMERICA, INC., and BP AMERICA
`PRODUCTION COMPANY
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`Defendants.
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` Defendants respectfully request a stay pending transfer of this action.
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`The Court granted Defendants’ Motion to Transfer Venue to the United States District
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`Court for the Northern District of Georgia on July 1, 2016 [Dkt. No. 98]. Pursuant to Local Rule
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`CV-83(b), the Court may not transmit the case file for at least 21 days after the order granting
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`transfer is entered. Certain critical filing dates are currently pending in this action, and will be
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`due prior to transfer. Plaintiffs oppose this motion.
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`Pursuant to the Amended Docket Control Order in this action [Dkt. 73], the parties are to
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`file the Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement required by P.R. 4-3 on July 7, 2016.
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`On that same day, the parties are to also file Amended Pleadings, including inequitable conduct
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`allegations, and Defendant BP p.l.c. must file its Reply in support of its Motion to Dismiss. Each
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`of these filings has an extremely short fuse and will require the expenditure of significant effort
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`and resources. It does not make sense to make these additional filings in this action now. Given
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`Case 6:15-cv-00907-RWS-KNM Document 99 Filed 07/05/16 Page 2 of 3 PageID #: 2781
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`the existing transfer Order, it is unlikely this Court has any interest in receiving these additional
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`filings and it is not clear that the Georgia transferee court will need or benefit from those filings.
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`For example, the Georgia District Court does not have the numerical limitation imposed by this
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`Court’s P.R. 4-3. Moreover, the Georgia District Court does not include a deadline by which
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`inequitable conduct must be pled. Preparing and filing these materials would impose a
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`significant, potentially unnecessary burden on the parties.
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`As grounds for opposing the proposed requested stay, the SIPCO/IPCO plaintiffs advised
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`that they did not want to delay the claim construction process in this case because the claim
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`construction briefing is complete in the Georgia action. But it is not clear how the Georgia
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`District Court would proceed given the fact that a total of 210 patent claims of 13 patents are at
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`issue in the two proceedings. That court might keep the two actions separate or it might
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`consolidate the two. If the two actions are consolidated, it is possible that the Georgia District
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`Court would render the case more manageable by requiring SIPCO/IPCO to identify a
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`reasonable number of claims to assert. Given these uncertainties, it is not clear how filing the
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`required P.R. 4-3 here would advance resolution of any aspect of the Georgia action.
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`Accordingly, Defendants move this Court for an Order vacating the pending due dates pending
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`transfer of this action.
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`Dated: July 5, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ James Berquist _
`Donald L. Jackson
`James D. Berquist
`J. Scott Davidson
`DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON &
`GOWDEY, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Dr., Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
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`Case 6:15-cv-00907-RWS-KNM Document 99 Filed 07/05/16 Page 3 of 3 PageID #: 2782
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`Melissa R. Smith
`State Bar No. 24001351
`GILLAM & SMITH, LLP
`303 South Washington Avenue
`Marshall, Texas 75670
`Telephone: (903) 934-8450
`Facsimile: (903) 934-9257
`Email: melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
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`Attorneys for Defendants Emerson Electric
`Co., Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc., and
`Rosemount Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that all counsel of record who are deemed to have
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`consented to electronic service are being served with a copy of this document via the Court’s
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`CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3) on July 5, 2016.
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`/s/ Melissa R. Smith
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`CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
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`Pursuant to L.R. CV-7(i), the undersigned hereby certifies that counsel for Defendants
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`met and conferred with counsel for Plaintiffs on July 1 and July 5, 2016 and have complied with
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`L.R. CV- 7(h). Plaintiffs oppose the motion, conclusively leaving the parties at an impasse, and
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`an open issue for the Court to resolve.
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`/s/ Bobby Lamb
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