Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. v. Bank of The West et al

MOTION to Related Case

N.D. Cal.July 6, 2007

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO RELATE CASES, CASE NO. C0703004 MJJ 1 sd-382596 RACHEL KREVANS (CA SBN 116421) rkrevans@mofo.com CHARLES S. BARQUIST (CA SBN 133785) CBarquist@mofo.com MICHAEL W. VELLA (CA SBN 151796) mvella@mofo.com JASON A. CROTTY (CA SBN 196036) jcrotty@mofo.com MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 425 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105-2482 Telephone: (415) 268-7000 Facsimile: (415) 268-7522 Attorneys for Defendants KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC., KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS, INC., THE PERMANENTE COMPANY, LLC, THE PERMANENTE FEDERATION, LLC, THE PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP, INC. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION RONALD A. KATZ TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, L.P., Plaintiff, v. BANK OF THE WEST, KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC., KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS, INC., THE PERMANENTE COMPANY, LLC, THE PERMANENTE FEDERATION, LLC, THE PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP, INC., AND PACIFICCORP, Defendants. Case No. CV-07-03004 MJJ ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED Hon. Martin J. Jenkins TO PLAINTIFF RONALD A. KATZ TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, L.P. (“RAKTL”) AND ITS COUNSEL OF RECORD AND THE COURT: Case 3:07-cv-03004-MJJ Document 15 Filed 07/06/2007 Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO RELATE CASES, CASE NO. C0703004 MJJ 2 sd-382596 Pursuant to Civil L.R. 3-12(b) and 7-11, Defendants Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc., The Permanente Company, LLC, The Permanente Federation, LLC, and The Permanente Medical Group, Inc., (“Kaiser”), through their counsel of records, request the Court to relate the case titled Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. v. EchoStar Communications Corp. and EchoStar Satellite L.L.C., Case No. 4:07-cv-03151 WDB, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Oakland Division, filed June 14, 2007, to the above-captioned action, which is titled Ronald A. Katz Tech. Licensing, L.P. v. Bank of the West, Case No. CV-07-03004 MJJ, filed June 8, 2007. Pursuant to Local Rule 3-12(a), EchoStar is related to the current matter because: (1) the actions concern substantially the same parties and property; and (2) it appears likely that there will be an unduly burdensome duplication of labor and expense or conflicting results if the cases are conducted before different Judges. The actions concern the same parties because the Plaintiff in each of these patent infringement cases is the same entity, Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P (“RAKTL”). The actions concern the same property because sixteen of the nineteen patents-at-issue in EchoStar are also patents-at-issue in this matter, including patents '150, '404, '984, '285, '707, '863, '551, '734, '762, '893, '120, '065, '965, '134, '223, and '360. The actions concern allegedly infringing products that may be similar as well: in EchoStar RAKTL alleges infringement on the part of EchoStar’s “automated telephone systems, including without limitation the DISH Network customer service telephone system, that allow their customers to perform pay-per-view ordering and customer service functions over the telephone,” while in the current matter RAKTL alleges infringement by Defendants’ “automated telephone systems, including but without limitation customer service systems to [perform certain services] and/or obtain other services over the telephone.” EchoStar Complaint ¶ 42 (attached as Ex. 1 to Declaration of Jason A. Crotty In Support Of Administrative Motion to Relate Cases (“Crotty Decl.”)); Bank of the West Complaint ¶¶ 57, 64 (Crotty Decl., Ex. 2). Conducting these two patent infringement cases before different Judges would cause an unduly burdensome duplication of labor and expense or conflicting results. RAKTL filed the current matter on June 8, 2007, almost a week before RAKTL filed EchoStar on June 14, 2007. Case 3:07-cv-03004-MJJ Document 15 Filed 07/06/2007 Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO RELATE CASES, CASE NO. C0703004 MJJ 3 sd-382596 EchoStar should be therefore be assigned to the current matter’s Judge Martin J. Jenkins, to conserve judicial resources and promote an efficient determination of both actions. Accordingly, Kaiser requests that this Court enter an order relating the EchoStar action, Case No. 4:07-cv-03151 WDB, to the current matter, Case No. CV-07-03004 MJJ. Dated: July 6, 2007 By: ______/s/_______________________ JASON A. CROTTY MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP Attorney for Defendants KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC., KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS, INC., THE PERMANENTE COMPANY, LLC, THE PERMANENTE FEDERATION, LLC, AND THE PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP, INC. Case 3:07-cv-03004-MJJ Document 15 Filed 07/06/2007 Page 3 of 3