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McU Clocking Solutions, Inc. v. Atmel Corporation

United States District Court Northern District of California
Jun 18, 2015
Case No. 5:15-cv-02212-PSG (N.D. Cal. Jun. 18, 2015)

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.


Summaries of

McU Clocking Solutions, Inc. v. Atmel Corporation

United States District Court Northern District of California
Jun 18, 2015
Case No. 5:15-cv-02212-PSG (N.D. Cal. Jun. 18, 2015)
Case details for

McU Clocking Solutions, Inc. v. Atmel Corporation

Case Details

Full title:MCU CLOCKING SOLUTIONS, INC., Plaintiff, v. ATMEL CORPORATION, Defendant…

Court:United States District Court Northern District of California

Date published: Jun 18, 2015

Citations

Case No. 5:15-cv-02212-PSG (N.D. Cal. Jun. 18, 2015)