In Re: Bear Creek Technologies Inc. ('722) Patent Litigation

MOTION to Stay Pending Reexamination -

D. Del.March 1, 2013

{00727419;v1} IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE ____________________________________________ ) IN RE: BEAR CREEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ) MDL No. 12-2344-GMS (‘722) PATENT LITIGATION ) ____________________________________________) ) CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. ) C.A. No. 11-722-GMS BEAR CREEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ) ) BEAR CREEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. ) C.A. No. 11-723-GMS VONAGE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, et al. ) ) BEAR CREEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. ) C.A. No. 11-724-GMS CSC HOLDINGS, LLC ) ) BEAR CREEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. ) C.A. No. 11-725-GMS MEDIACOM COMMUNICATIONS ) CORPORATION, et al. ) ) BEAR CREEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. ) C.A. No. 11-726-GMS QWEST COMMUNICATIONS ) INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al. ) ) BEAR CREEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. ) C.A. No. 11-727-GMS T-MOBILE USA, INC. ) ) BEAR CREEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. ) C.A. No. 11-729-GMS AT&T INC., et al. ) ) BEAR CREEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. ) C.A. No. 11-730-GMS TIME WARNER CABLE, INC., et al. ) ) BEAR CREEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. ) C.A. No. 12-565-GMS COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC., et al. ) ) MOTION TO STAY PENDING REEXAMINATION Defendants AT&T Inc., AT&T Teleholdings, Inc., Cox Communications, Inc., Cox Virginia Telecom LLC, Bright House Networks, LLC, Charter Communications, Inc., CSC Holdings, LLC, Mediacom Broadband, LLC, Mediacom Communications Corp., Qwest {00727419;v1} 2 Communications Int’l, Inc., Qwest Communications Company, LLC, SBC Internet Services, Inc., Time Warner Cable, Inc., T-Mobile USA, Inc., Vonage America, Inc., Vonage Communications, Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., and Vonage Marketing LLC respectfully move the Court to stay the litigation pending the final decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) regarding the inter partes reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 7,889,722. The grounds for this motion are set forth in the moving defendants’ opening brief, which is being filed concurrently herewith. {00727419;v1} 3 ASHBY & GEDDES /s/ John G. Day ________________________________ John G. Day (#2403) Tiffany Geyer Lydon (#3950) Andrew C. Mayo (#5207) 500 Delaware Avenue, 8th Floor P.O. Box 1150 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 654-1888 jday@ashby-geddes.com tlydon@ashby-geddes.com amayo@ashby-geddes.com Attorneys for AT&T Inc., SBC Internet Services, Inc. and AT&T Teleholdings, Inc. Of Counsel: Joseph P. Zammit FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI LLP 666 fifth Avenue New York, NY 10103 (212) 318-3346 jzammit@fulbright.com Daniel Leventhal FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P. 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2800 Dallas, TX 75201 (214) 855-8000 dleventhal@fullbright.com MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP /s/ Jack B. Blumenfeld ________________________________ Jack B. Blumenfeld (#1014) Rodger D. Smith II (#3778) 1201 North Market Street P.O. Box 1347 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 658-9200 jblumenfeld@mnat.com rsmith@mnat.com Attorneys for Cox Communications, Inc. and Cox Virginia Telecom LLC Of Counsel: Susan A. Cahoon Audra A. Dial Michael J. Turton KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP 1100 Peachtree Street, Suite 2800 Atlanta, GA 30309 (404) 815-6307 scahoon@kilpatricktownsend.com adial@kilpatricktownsend.com mturton@kilpatricktownsend.com Taylor Higgins Ludlam KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP 4208 Six Forks Road, Suite 1400 Raleigh, NC 27609 taludlam@kilpatricktownsend.com {00727419;v1} 4 ASHBY & GEDDES /s/ Lauren E. Maguire ________________________________ Steven J. Balick (#2114) Lauren E. Maguire (#4261) Andrew C. Mayo (#5207) 500 Delaware Avenue, 8th Floor P.O. Box 1150 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 654-1888 sbalick@ashby-geddes.com lmaguire@ashby-geddes.com amayo@ashby-geddes.com Attorneys for Charter Communications, Inc. Of Counsel: Thomas L. Duston Kevin D. Hogg John R. Labbe Sarah J. Kalemeris MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP 6300 Willis Tower 233 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 474-6300 tduston@marshallip.com khogg@marshallip.com jlabbe@marshallip.com skalemeris@marshallip.com RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A. /s/ Anne Shea Gaza ________________________________ Frederick L. Cottrell, III (#2555) Anne Shea Gaza (#4093) Jason J. Rawnsley (#5379) One Rodney Square 920 North King Street Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 651-7700 cottrell@rlf.com gaza@rlf.com rawnsley@rlf.com Attorneys for CSC Holdings, LLC Of Counsel: Benjamin Hershkowitz R. Scott Roe GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 200 Park Avenue, 47th Floor New York, NY 10166 (212) 351-4000 bhershkowitz@gibsondunn.com sroe@gibsondunn.com {00727419;v1} 5 ASHBY & GEDDES /s/ Lauren E. Maguire ________________________________ Steven J. Balick (#2114) Lauren E. Maguire (#4261) Andrew C. Mayo (#5207) 500 Delaware Avenue, 8th Floor P.O. Box 1150 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 654-1888 sbalick@ashby-geddes.com lmaguire@ashby-geddes.com amayo@ashby-geddes.com Attorneys for Mediacom Broadband, LLC and Mediacom Communications Corp. Of Counsel: Mitchell Lukin Robinson Vu Natalie Alfaro BAKER BOTTS LLP One Shell Plaza 910 Louisiana Street Houston, TX 77002 (713) 229-1234 mitch.lukin@bakerbotts.com robinson.vu@bakerbotts.com natalie.alfaro@bakerbotts.com RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER /s/ Travis Hunter ________________________________ Chad M. Shandler (# 3796) Travis Hunter (#5350) One Rodney Square P.O. Box 551 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 651-7700 shandler@rlf.com hunter@rlf.com Attorneys for Qwest Communications Int’l, Inc. and Qwest Communications Company, LLC Of Counsel: Jonathan Garwood Graves COOLEY LLP Reston Town Center One Freedom Square 11951 Freedom Drive Reston, VA 20190 (703) 456-8000 jgraves@cooley.com {00727419;v1} 6 RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A. /s/ Kelly E. Farnan ________________________________ Kelly E. Farnan (#4395) One Rodney Square 920 N. King Street Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 651-7700 rfarnan@rlf.com Attorneys for Time Warner Cable, Inc. and Bright House Networks, LLC Of Counsel: Daniel L. Reisner KAYE SCHOLER LLP 425 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 (212) 836-8000 dreisner@kayescholer.com DUANE MORRIS LLP /s/ Matt Neiderman ________________________________ Matt Neiderman (#4018) 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1600 Wilmington, DE 19801-1659 (302) 657-4920 mneiderman@duanemorris.com Attorneys for T-Mobile USA, Inc. Of Counsel: L. Norwood Jameson Matthew S. Yungwirth John R. Gibson DUANE MORRIS LLP 1075 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2000 Atlanta, GA 30309 (404) 253-6900 wjameson@duanemorris.com msyungwirth@duanemorris.com jrgibson@duanemorris.com {00727419;v1} 7 SEITZ ROSS ARONSTAM & MORITZ LLP /s/ Benjamin Schladweiler ________________________________ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. (#2237) Benjamin Schladweiler (#4601) 100 S. West Street, Suite 400 Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 576-1600 bschladweiler@seitzross.com Attorneys for Vonage America, Inc., Vonage Communications, Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., and Vonage Marketing LLC Of Counsel: Michael J. Summersgill WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE & DORR LLP 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109 (617) 526-6556 michael.summersgill@wilmerhale.com Dated: March 1, 2013 {00728727;v1} CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 7.1.1. I hereby certify that counsel for the moving defendants made reasonable efforts to reach agreement on the attached motion for stay pending reexamination, but that no agreement could be reached with counsel for Bear Creek. /s/ John G. Day __________________________ John G. Day