Opinion
Case No. 5:15-cv-02212-PSG Case No. 5:15-cv-02213-PSG Case No. 5:15-cv-02546-PSG
06-18-2015
MCU CLOCKING SOLUTIONS, INC., Plaintiff, v. ATMEL CORPORATION, Defendant. MCU CLOCKING SOLUTIONS, INC., Plaintiff, v. FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Defendant. MCU CLOCKING SOLUTIONS, INC., Plaintiff, v. MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Respectfully Submitted, Edward C. Flynn (pro hac vice) Vasilios E. Sanios (pro hac vice) COHEN & GRACE, LLC 105 Braunlich Drive, Suite 300 Pittsburgh, PA 15237 Tel: (412) 847-0300 Facsimile: (412) 847-0307 Email: eflynn@cohengrace.com vsanios@cohengrace.com Christopher D. Banys (State Bar No.230038) Christopher J. Judge (State Bar No. 230038) Jennifer Lu Gilbert (State Bar No. 255820) BANYS, P.C. 1032 Elwell Court, Suite 100 Palo Alto, California 94303 Telephone: (650) 308-8505 Facsimile: (650) 353-2202 Email: cdb@banyspc.com cjj@banyspc.com jlg@banyspc.com Attorneys for Plaintiff, MCU CLOCKING SOLUTIONS, INC. Michael Lyons (State Bar No. 202284) Ahren C. Hsu-Hoffman (State Bar No. 250469) Walter Scott Tester (State Bar No. 287228) MORGAN, LEWIS, & BOCKIUS LLP 2 Palo Alto Square 3000 El Camino Real, Suite 700 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Tel: (650) 843-4000 Facsimile: (650) 843-4001 Email: mlyons@morganlewis.com ahsu-hoffman@morganlewis.com stester@morganlewis.com Attorneys for Defendant, ATMEL CORPORATION David L. Witcoff (pro hac vice) Timothy J. Heverin (pro hac vice) Thomas W. Ritchie (pro hac vice) JONES DAY 77 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 3500 Chicago, IL 60601-1692 Tel: (312) 782-3939 Fax: (312) 782-8585 Email: dlwitcoff@jonesday.com tjheverin@jonesday.com twritchie@jonesday.com Patrick T. Michael (State Bar No. 169745) JONES DAY 555 California Street, 26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel: (415) 875-5893 Facsimile: (415) 875-5700 Email: pmichael@jonesday.com Attorneys for Defendant, FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. Brian C. Banner (pro hac vice forthcoming) Bruce W. Slayden , II (pro hac vice forthcoming) SLAYDEN GRUBERT BEARD PLLC 823 Congress Avenue, Suite 525 Austin, TX 78701 Tel: (512) 402-3550 Facsimile: (512) 402-6865 Email: bbanner@sgb-ip.com bslayden@sgb-ip.com Ryan R. Smith (State Bar No. 229323) WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 Telephone: (650) 493-9300 Facsimile: (650) 565-5100 Email: rsmith@wsgr.com Attorneys for Defendant, MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY, INC.
[Counsel Listed on Signature Block]
JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER CASES RELATED AND TO SCHEDULE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE FOR AUGUST 11 , 2015
Pursuant to Civil L.R. 3-12, the parties in Case Nos. 5:15-cv-02212-PSG, 5:15-cv-02213-PSG, and 5:15-cv-02546-PSG ("Proposed Related Actions") submit this joint administrative motion to consider these cases related to each other. The parties further propose, pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2(a), that the Case Management Conferences in all three Proposed Related Actions be scheduled for August 11, 2015.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
All three Proposed Related Actions were recently transferred by stipulation to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and have all been assigned to Magistrate Judge Paul Singh Grewal. The Plaintiff in all three Proposed Related Actions is MCU Clocking Solutions, Inc. ("MCU"), and all three actions involve U.S. Patent No. 6,292,045. Two of the three Proposed Related Actions, Case Nos. 5:15-cv-02213-PSG and 5:15-cv-02546-PSG, also involve U.S. Patent No. 7,296,170. The Case Management Conferences in Case Nos. 5:15-cv-02212 and 5:15-cv-02213 are currently both scheduled for June 30, 2015, whereas the Case Management Conference in Case No. 5:15-cv-02546 has not yet been scheduled.
BRIEF STATEMENT OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CASES
The Proposed Related Actions meet the criteria for related cases under Civil L.R. 3-12. MCU alleges that the named Defendants in each of the actions infringe one or both asserted patents by making, using, offering for sale, selling, and/or importing microcontrollers that embody every element of at least one Claim of either or both of the asserted patents. Discovery, motion practice, and hearings, therefore, are likely to concern many of the same issues. Furthermore, the parties believe that proceeding with uncoordinated cases before separate judges would cause an unduly burdensome duplication of labor and expense. While the parties recognize that there may be separate trials in each of the three separate cases, respectively, they believe coordination of pre-trial matters will be beneficial.
Additionally, the parties believe that a single Case Management Conference for all three Proposed Related Actions would avoid a needless duplication of effort and expense by the parties, and would also serve the interests of judicial economy by allowing the Court to conduct a single Case Management Conference rather than multiple conferences.
CONCLUSION
For the reasons stated above, the parties respectfully request that the Proposed Related Actions all be deemed to be related to each other. The parties further propose that, pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2(a), a single Case Management Conference for all three Proposed Related Actions be scheduled for August 11, 2015, with the parties filing a Joint Case Management Statement by August 4, 2015. Dated: June 17, 2015
Respectfully Submitted,
By: /s/ Vasilios E . Sanios
Edward C. Flynn (pro hac vice)
Vasilios E. Sanios (pro hac vice)
COHEN & GRACE, LLC
105 Braunlich Drive, Suite 300
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Tel: (412) 847-0300
Facsimile: (412) 847-0307
Email: eflynn@cohengrace.com
vsanios@cohengrace.com
Christopher D. Banys (State Bar No.230038)
Christopher J. Judge (State Bar No. 230038)
Jennifer Lu Gilbert (State Bar No. 255820)
BANYS, P.C.
1032 Elwell Court, Suite 100
Palo Alto, California 94303
Telephone: (650) 308-8505
Facsimile: (650) 353-2202
Email: cdb@banyspc.com
cjj@banyspc.com
jlg@banyspc.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
MCU CLOCKING SOLUTIONS, INC.
By: /s/ Ahren C . Hsu-Hoffman
Michael Lyons (State Bar No. 202284)
Ahren C. Hsu-Hoffman (State Bar No. 250469)
Walter Scott Tester (State Bar No. 287228)
MORGAN, LEWIS, & BOCKIUS LLP
2 Palo Alto Square
3000 El Camino Real, Suite 700
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Tel: (650) 843-4000
Facsimile: (650) 843-4001
Email: mlyons@morganlewis.com
ahsu-hoffman@morganlewis.com
stester@morganlewis.com
Attorneys for Defendant,
ATMEL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Thomas W . Ritchie
David L. Witcoff (pro hac vice)
Timothy J. Heverin (pro hac vice)
Thomas W. Ritchie (pro hac vice)
JONES DAY
77 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 3500
Chicago, IL 60601-1692
Tel: (312) 782-3939
Fax: (312) 782-8585
Email: dlwitcoff@jonesday.com
tjheverin@jonesday.com
twritchie@jonesday.com
Patrick T. Michael (State Bar No. 169745)
JONES DAY
555 California Street, 26 Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel: (415) 875-5893
Facsimile: (415) 875-5700
Email: pmichael@jonesday.com
Attorneys for Defendant,
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
By: /s/ Brian C . Banner
Brian C. Banner (pro hac vice forthcoming)
Bruce W. Slayden , II (pro hac vice forthcoming)
SLAYDEN GRUBERT BEARD PLLC
823 Congress Avenue, Suite 525
Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 402-3550
Facsimile: (512) 402-6865
Email: bbanner@sgb-ip.com
bslayden@sgb-ip.com
Ryan R. Smith (State Bar No. 229323)
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
Telephone: (650) 493-9300
Facsimile: (650) 565-5100
Email: rsmith@wsgr.com
Attorneys for Defendant,
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY, INC.
ATTESTATION OF CONCURRENCE IN FILING
Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the Signatories listed above.
/s/ Vasilios E . Sanios
Vasilios E. Sanios
PURSUANT TO THE JOINT MOTION OF THE PARTIES, IT IS SO ORDERED. Date: June 18, 2015
/s/_________
Hon. Paul S. Grewal
United States District Court Magistrate Judge
PROOF OF SERVICE
I, Vasilios E. Sanios, Esquire, hereby certify that on the 17 day of June, 2015, I served the above JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER CASES RELATED AND TO SCHEDULE THE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE FOR AUGUST 11, 2015, via email, to the following addresses: Michael Lyons
Ahren C. Hsu-Hoffman
Walter Scott Tester
mlyons@morganlewis.com
ahsu-hoffman@morganlewis.com
stester@morganlewis.com
Attorneys for Defendant,
ATMEL CORPORATION
David L. Witcoff (pro hac vice)
Timothy J. Heverin (pro hac vice)
Thomas W. Ritchie (pro hac vice)
Patrick T. Michael
dlwitcoff@jonesday.com
tjheverin@jonesday.com
twritchie@jonesday.com
pmichael@jonesday.com
Attorneys for Defendant,
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Brian C. Banner (pro hac vice forthcoming)
Bruce W. Slayden, II (pro hac vice forthcoming)
Ryan R. Smith
bbanner@sgb-ip.com
bslayden@sgb-ip.com
rsmith@wsgr.com
Attorneys for Defendant,
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By: /s/ Vasilios E . Sanios
Vasilios E. Sanios
Attorney for Plaintiff,
MCU CLOCKING SOLUTIONS, INC.