IN RE PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Case No. 18-md-02834-BLF (SVK).

IN RE: PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, ET AL. PATENT LITIGATION.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

September 4, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Fed. Question
Nature of Suit: 830 Patent
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, Plaintiff, represented by Brian E. Farnan , Farnan LLP, Jeffrey F. Gersh , Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP, Michael Amory Sherman , Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP, Sandeep Seth , Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, Stanley Hugh Thompson, Jr. , Stubbs Alderton and Markiles LLP, Theodore Stephen Maceiko , Maceiko IP, Viviana Boero Hedrick , Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles, LLP, Wesley Warren Monroe , Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP, Jack A. Gordon , Kent, Beatty & Gordon, LLP, Joshua B. Katz , Kent, Beatty & Gordon, LLP & Michael J. Farnan , Farnan LLP.

Level 3 Communications, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Plaintiff, represented by Brian E. Farnan , Farnan LLP, Christopher R. Benson , Chris Benson & Michael J. Farnan , Farnan LLP.

Amazon.com, Inc. & Amazon Web Services, Inc., Plaintiffs, represented by J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP, Chieh Tung , Fenwick and West LLP, Melanie Mayer , Fenwick and West LLP, pro hac vice, Ravi Ragavendra Ranganath , Fenwick & West LLP & Saina Sason Shamilov , Fenwick & West LLP.

Airbnb, Inc., Defendant, represented by Chieh Tung , Fenwick and West LLP, J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP, Ravi Ragavendra Ranganath , Fenwick & West LLP & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

Atlassian, Inc. & Stitchfix, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants, represented by Brent P. Ray , King & Spalding LLP, J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP, Chieh Tung , Fenwick and West LLP & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

Cloud 66, Inc., Curebit, Inc., Doximity, Inc., a Delaware corporation, GoPro, Inc., Leap Motion, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Roblox Corporation, a Delaware corporation & Spokeo, Inc., Defendants, represented by J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP, Chieh Tung , Fenwick and West LLP & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

Goldbely, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP, Chieh Tung , Fenwick and West LLP, Darryl M. Woo , Goodwin Procter LLP, David Lance Simson , Goodwin Procter LLP & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

Heroku, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Michael A. Berta , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP & Nicholas H. Lee , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP.

Melian Labs, Inc., Tophatter, Inc., a Delaware corporation & WebFlow, Inc, a Delaware Corporation, Defendants, represented by J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP, Chieh Tung , Fenwick and West LLP, Saina Sason Shamilov , Fenwick & West LLP & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

Quotient Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP, Jason A. Crotty , Mauriel Kapouytian Woods LLP, Chieh Tung , Fenwick and West LLP, Jason R. Bartlett , Mauriel Kapouytian Woods LLP, Saina Sason Shamilov , Fenwick & West LLP & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

Reddit, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Marcus Alan Barber , Kasowitz, Benson, Torres LLP, Heather S. Kim , Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, John Walter Downing , Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP & Jonathan K. Waldrop , Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP.

Teespring, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP, Ryan R. Smith , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati & Saina Sason Shamilov , Fenwick & West LLP.

Square, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Bijal Vijay Vakil , White & Case LLP, J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP, Don Zhe Nan Wang , White and Case LLP & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

Merkle, Inc., a Maryland corporation, Defendant, represented by C. Gregory Gramenopoulos , Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett and Dunner, pro hac vice, Christopher Charles Johns , Finnegan, pro hac vice & Robert Francis McCauley , Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP.

Capterra, Inc., Defendant, represented by Andrew Colin Mayo , Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, C. Gregory Gramenopoulos , Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett and Dunner, Christopher Charles Johns , Finnegan, Steven J. Balick , Ashby & Geddes & Robert Francis McCauley , Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP.

Karma Mobility Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Andrew Colin Mayo , Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP, Ravi Ragavendra Ranganath , Fenwick & West LLP, Saina Sason Shamilov , Fenwick & West LLP, Steven J. Balick , Ashby & Geddes & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

Match Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Defendant, represented by Andrew Colin Mayo , Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP, Phillip John Haack , Fenwick West, Ravi Ragavendra Ranganath , Fenwick & West LLP, Saina Sason Shamilov , Fenwick & West LLP & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

Match Group Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP, Ravi Ragavendra Ranganath , Fenwick & West LLP, Saina Sason Shamilov , Fenwick & West LLP, Steven J. Balick , Ashby & Geddes & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

WeddingWire, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Andrew Colin Mayo , Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP, Steven J. Balick , Ashby & Geddes & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

Yotpo Ltd, an Israel company, Lesson Nine GMBH, a German limited liability company, Fiverr International Ltd., an Israel company, Centaur Media USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation, E-consultancy.com Limited, a United Kingdom limited company, Cloud Warmer Inc., a New York corporation, Peek Travel, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Treehouse Island, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Tastytrade, Inc., StartDate Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation, ShareFile LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Curious.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation, WeWork Companies Inc., a Delaware corporation, Brooklyn Brewery Corporation, a New York Corporation, TripAdvisor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Urban Dictionary, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Vox Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Dictionary.Com, LLC, Imgur, Inc., Patreon, Inc., Goodreads, LLC, Our Film Festival, Inc., a Delaware corporation & Under Armour, Inc., a Maryland corporation, Defendants, represented by Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

BDG Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Bitly, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Blue Apron, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Fab Commerce & Design, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Food52, Inc., a Delaware corporation, FanDuel Inc., a Delaware corporation, FanDuel Limited, a United Kingdom limited company & Spongecell, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants, represented by J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP, Shannon Elizabeth Turner , Fenwick and West LLP & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

Panjiva, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP, Martin Edward Gilmore, III , Perkins Coie LLP, pro hac vice, Shannon Elizabeth Turner , Fenwick and West LLP & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

Personal Web Technologies, LLC, Defendant, represented by Jeffrey F. Gersh , Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP, Michael Amory Sherman , Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP, Sandeep Seth , Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, Theodore Stephen Maceiko , Maceiko IP, Wesley Warren Monroe , Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP & Viviana Boero Hedrick , Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles, LLP, pro hac vice.

Level 3 Communications, LLC, Defendant, pro se.

Kickstarter, PBC, a Delaware public benefit corporation, Defendant, represented by Michael J. Zinna , Kelley Drye and Warren LLP & David Lindenbaum , Kelley Drye and Warren LLP.

Atlas Obscura, Inc., Defendant, represented by J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

NRT, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Defendant, represented by Richard J. Basile , Murtha Cullina, pro hac vice & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

NRT New York LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Defendant, represented by David Lindenbaum , Kelley Drye and Warren LLP, pro hac vice & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

Braze, Inc., Defendant, represented by Ryan James McBrayer , Perkins Coie, pro hac vice & Daniel Thomas Shvodian , Perkins Coie LLP.

Kongregate, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by David Rufus Boaz , Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, pro hac vice.

Kongregate, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Joshua Jack Kenneth Anderson , Womble Bond Dickinson.

Shopify, Inc., a Canadian corporation, Shopify (USA), Inc., a Canadian corporation, Strava, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Valassis Communications, Inc., RetailMeNot, Inc. & Upwork Global, Inc., Defendants, represented by Brent P. Ray , King & Spalding LLP.

Cars.com, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Defendant, represented by Benjamin T. Horton , Marshall Gerstein and Borun, pro hac vice.

Cars.com, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Defendant, represented by John J. Lucas , Marshall, Gerstein and Borun LLP, pro hac vice.

Cars.com, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, 18-05195, Defendant, represented by Tron Yue Fu , Marshall Gerstein and Borun LLP, pro hac vice.

Mavenlink, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Thomas John Fox , Fenwick and West.

Dollar Shave Club, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Brent P. Ray , King & Spalding LLP, Joseph Allen Loy , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, pro hac vice & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

Vice Media, LLC, Defendant, represented by Kimberly B. Herman , Sullivan and Worcester LLP, pro hac vice & Christopher Tod McWhinney , Sullivan and Worcester LLP, pro hac vice.

Vimeo, Inc., Defendant, represented by Michael A. Cheah , IAC/InterActiveCorp & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

Stack Exchange, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Joshua Michael Masur , Zuber Lawler & Del Duca LLP & Karen I. Boyd , Turner Boyd LLP.

Twitch Interactive, Inc., Defendant, represented by Shannon Elizabeth Turner , Fenwick and West LLP, Audrey Hsio-Chun Lo , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP & Todd Richard Gregorian , Fenwick & West LLP.

Slack Technologies, Inc, Defendant, represented by Bijal Vijay Vakil , White & Case LLP & Don Zhe Nan Wang , White and Case LLP.

PayPal, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant, represented by Brent P. Ray , King & Spalding LLP & Nikhil Krishnan , Kirkland and Ellis LLP.

Level 3 Communications, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Counter-claimant, represented by Brian E. Farnan , Farnan LLP, Christopher R. Benson , Chris Benson & Michael J. Farnan , Farnan LLP.

PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, Counter-claimant, represented by Brian E. Farnan , Farnan LLP, Jeffrey F. Gersh , Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP, Michael Amory Sherman , Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP, Sandeep Seth , Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, Stanley Hugh Thompson, Jr. , Stubbs Alderton and Markiles LLP, Theodore Stephen Maceiko , Maceiko IP, Viviana Boero Hedrick , Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles, LLP, Wesley Warren Monroe , Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP, Jack A. Gordon , Kent, Beatty & Gordon, LLP, Joshua B. Katz , Kent, Beatty & Gordon, LLP & Michael J. Farnan , Farnan LLP.

Amazon Web Services, Inc. & Amazon.com, Inc., Counter-defendants, represented by J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West LLP, Chieh Tung , Fenwick and West LLP, Melanie Mayer , Fenwick and West LLP, pro hac vice, Ravi Ragavendra Ranganath , Fenwick & West LLP & Saina Sason Shamilov , Fenwick & West LLP.


ORDER RE: SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 DISCOVERY HEARING

Re: Dkt. Nos. 489, 503, 504

Before the Court are the following joint statements: (1) a motion by Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (collectively "Amazon") to compel PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC and Level 3 Communications, LLC (collectively...

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