Opinion
Case No. 3:11-cv-02620-EMC
11-10-2011
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Plaintiff, v. AU OPTRONICS CORP., et al., Defendants. AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS.
Respectfully submitted, O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP Brian M. Berliner Marcus S. Quintanilla Vision Winter Counsel for Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung Electronics America, Inc. AT&T Mobility LLC Best Buy Stores, L.P., BestBuy.com, LLC Best Buy Purchasing, LLC Interbond Corporation of America d/b/a BrandsMart U.S.A. Bob Steinberg Lawrence J. Gotts Bert C. Reiser Counsel for AU Optronics Corporation and AU Optronics Corporation America WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI James C. Yoon S. Michael Song Albert Shih Kirin K. Gill Counsel for Respondents Acer Inc., Acer America Corporation, BenQ Corp., and BenQ America Corp. KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP Michael A. Dorfman Counsel for Respondents Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. and Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation
GEORGE RILEY (CA Bar No. 118304)
DARIN SNYDER (CA Bar No. 136003)
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
MARK SAMUELS (CA Bar No. 107026)
BRIAN M. BERLINER (CA Bar No. 156732)
RYAN YAGURA (CA Bar No. 197619
MARCUS S. QUINTANILLA (CA Bar No. 202994)
VISION L. WINTER (CA Bar No. 234172)
O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
Attorneys for
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. and Related Parties
STIPULATION PURSUANT TO CIVIL
L.R. 6-1(B) FOR EXTENSION AND/OR
CREATION OF DEADLINE TO AMEND
PLEADINGS ; ORDER
Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-1(b), AU Optronics Corporation, AU Optronics Corporation America (collectively, "AUO"); Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (collectively, "Samsung"); Acer Inc., Acer America Corp., BenQ Corp., BenQ America Corp., SANYO Electronic Co., Inc., SANYO Manufacturing Corp. (collectively, "AUO Customer Counterclaim Defendants"); AT&T Mobility LLC, Best Buy Stores, L.P., BestBuy.com, LLC, Best Buy Purchasing, LLC, and Interbond Corporation of America d/b/a BrandsMart U.S.A. (collectively, "Samsung Customer Defendants") stipulate to extend and/or create the deadline by which the aforementioned parties are permitted to amend pleadings in this consolidated action.
WHEREAS, the Court's Case Management and Pretrial Scheduling Order (Dkt. #68) set November 30, 2011, as the deadline for the last day to add parties, but did not explicitly set a deadline to amend pleadings;
WHEREAS, the parties stipulated and the Court approved (Dkt. #62 in Case No. 3:11-cv-03170-EMC and Dkt. #74 in Case No. 3:11-cv-02620-EMC) to extend until December 1, 2011, the deadline by which Samsung, Samsung Customer Defendants, AUO, and AUO Customer Counterclaim Defendants must answer or otherwise respond to the operative claims and counterclaims filed in this action;
WHEREAS, the parties prefer, consistent with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(1), that the deadline to amend pleadings be set after the current (December 1, 2011) deadline to respond to the operative claims and counterclaims.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO, THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL AND SUBJECT TO THE APPROvAL OF THE COURT, AS FOLLOWS:
The deadline by which the parties are permitted to amend pleadings without leave of Court is set for December 22, 2011, which is three weeks following the current deadline for responding to the operative claims and counterclaims. Filer's Attestation: Pursuant to General Order No. 45, Section X.B regarding signatures, Marcus S. Quintanilla hereby attests that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the other signatory listed below.
Respectfully submitted,
O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
Brian M. Berliner
Marcus S. Quintanilla
Vision Winter
Counsel for
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
AT&T Mobility LLC
Best Buy Stores, L.P.,
BestBuy.com, LLC
Best Buy Purchasing, LLC
Interbond Corporation of America d/b/a
BrandsMart U.S.A.
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
Bob Steinberg
Lawrence J. Gotts
Bert C. Reiser
Counsel for
AU Optronics Corporation and
AU Optronics Corporation America
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
James C. Yoon
S. Michael Song
Albert Shih
Kirin K. Gill
Counsel for Respondents
Acer Inc., Acer America Corporation,
BenQ Corp., and BenQ America Corp.
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP
Michael A. Dorfman
Counsel for Respondents
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. and
Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED
Judge Edward M. Chen