Case 2:19-cv-01444-GW-KS Document 56 Filed 11/11/19 Page 1 of 6 Page ID #:866
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`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
`SULLIVAN, LLP
`James R. Asperger (Bar No. 83188)
`jamesasperger@quinnemanuel.com
`Yury Kapgan (Bar No. 218366)
`yurykapgan@quinnemanuel.com
`Pushkal Mishra (Bar No. 298695)
`pushkalmishra@quinnemanuel.com
`865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90017
`Telephone: (213) 443-3000
`Facsimile: (213) 443-3100
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`Victoria F. Maroulis (Bar No. 202603)
`victoriamaroulis@quinnemanuel.com
`555 Twin Dolphin Drive, 5th Floor
`Redwood Shores, CA 94065
`Telephone: (650) 801-5000
`Facsimile: (650) 801-5100
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`Counsel for Plaintiff BlackBerry Limited
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`Jordan R. Jaffe (Bar No. 254886)
`jordanjaffe@quinnemanuel.com
`50 California Street, 22nd Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Telephone: (415) 875-6600
`Facsimile: (415) 875-6700
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`BLACKBERRY CORPORATION
`Edward R. McGah, Jr (Bar No. 97719)
`emcgah@blackberry.com
`Vice President, Deputy General
`Counsel—Litigation
`41 Ticknor Place
`Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
`Telephone: (650) 581-4750
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`BLACKBERRY LIMITED,
`a Canadian corporation,
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`TWITTER, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`Case No. 2:19-cv-01444-GW-KS
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`JOINT STIPULATION AND
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`Case 2:19-cv-01444-GW-KS Document 56 Filed 11/11/19 Page 2 of 6 Page ID #:867
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`WHEREAS, on June 4, 2019, Plaintiff BlackBerry Limited (“Blackberry”)
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`filed a First Amended Complaint, Docket No. 36;
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`WHEREAS, on June 25, 2019, Defendant Twitter, Inc. (“Twitter”) filed a
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`Motion to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint, Docket No. 39;
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`WHEREAS, on October 2, 2019, the Court entered a Final Ruling on Twitter’s
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`Motion to Dismiss, Docket No. 51, dismissing BlackBerry’s claims related to U.S.
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`Patent Nos. 8,676,929 (Count I), 8,296,351 (Count II), 8,572,182 (Count VI), and
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`8,825,777 (Count VII);
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`WHEREAS, on October 31, 2019, Twitter filed its Answer and Counterclaims
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`with respect to BlackBerry’s claims related to U.S. Patent Nos. 9,349,120, 9,021,059,
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`and 8,286,089, Docket No. 54, while BlackBerry filed a Notice of Voluntary
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`Dismissal of BlackBerry’s claims related to the same three patents under Fed. R. Civ.
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`P. 41(a)(1), Docket No. 55, and these filings may raise legal issues that could require
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`Court resolution absent agreement by the parties;
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`WHEREAS, the parties agree that there has been no final judgment under Rule
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`58(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and that the 30-day time period to file
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`a notice of appeal will commence only upon entry of such a final judgment;
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`WHEREAS, the parties have commenced settlement discussions in an attempt
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`to resolve this and any other potential action involving assertion of patent rights
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`between the parties, and are in mutual agreement that a stay of these proceedings
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`would be beneficial while the parties engage in these discussions;
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`WHEREAS, the parties therefore have agreed to a stay of these proceedings
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`and any new action involving assertion of patent rights against each other, effective
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`as of the filing date of this stipulation and continuing through January 6, 2020 (the
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`“Standstill Period”).
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`It is hereby STIPULATED and AGREED by and between the parties that:
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`All proceedings in this action are stayed and all deadlines, including
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`deadlines arising under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of
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`Case 2:19-cv-01444-GW-KS Document 56 Filed 11/11/19 Page 3 of 6 Page ID #:868
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`Appellate Procedure, either have not triggered or, if they have been triggered, are
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`tolled for the Standstill Period;
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`During this Standstill Period, neither party will make further filings with
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`the Court (apart from a motion to modify the Court’s Order on the Joint Stipulation
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`and Request to Stay Proceedings) in this action or initiate any new action involving
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`assertion of patent rights against each other;
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`The parties request that, apart from entering an Order on this Joint
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`Stipulation and Request to Stay Proceedings, the Court take no further action as to
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`any issues pending before or during the Standstill Period, and that it defer entering a
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`final judgment; and
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`After the expiration of this Standstill Period, the parties may pursue any
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`and all rights and remedies available under the law in this or any other potential action
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`between the parties; and for the avoidance of any doubt, the parties expressly reserve
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`all rights and remedies, and expressly agree to no waiver of any deadlines.
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`IT IS SO STIPULATED.
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`Case 2:19-cv-01444-GW-KS Document 56 Filed 11/11/19 Page 4 of 6 Page ID #:869
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`Dated: November 11, 2019
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`By /s/ James R. Asperger
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
`SULLIVAN, LLP
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`James R. Asperger (Bar No. 83188)
`jamesasperger@quinnemanuel.com
`Yury Kapgan (Bar No. 218366)
`yurykapgan@quinnemanuel.com
`Pushkal Mishra (Bar No. 298695)
`pushkalmishra@quinnemanuel.com
`865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90017
`Telephone: (213) 443-3000
`Facsimile: (213) 443-3100
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`Victoria F. Maroulis (Bar No. 202603)
`victoriamaroulis@quinnemanuel.com
`555 Twin Dolphin Drive, 5th Floor
`Redwood Shores, CA 94065
`Telephone: (650) 801-5000
`Facsimile: (650) 801-5100
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`Jordan R. Jaffe (Bar No. 254886)
`jordanjaffe@quinnemanuel.com
`50 California Street, 22nd Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Telephone: (415) 875-6600
`Facsimile: (415) 875-6700
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`BLACKBERRY CORPORATION
`Edward R. McGah, Jr (Bar No. 97719)
`emcgah@blackberry.com
`Vice President, Deputy General Counsel—
`Litigation
`41 Ticknor Place
`Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
`Telephone: (650) 581-4750
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`Counsel for Plaintiff BlackBerry Limited
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`Case 2:19-cv-01444-GW-KS Document 56 Filed 11/11/19 Page 5 of 6 Page ID #:870
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`Dated: November 11, 2019
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`By /s/ Grace W. Kang
`BIRD, MARELLA, BOXER, WOLPERT,
`NESSIM, DROOKS, LINCENBERG &
`RHOW, P.C.
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`Ekwan E. Rhow - State Bar No. 174604
`erhow@birdmarella.com
`Grace W. Kang - State Bar No. 271260
`gkang@birdmarella.com
`A. Howard Matz - State Bar No. 55892
`hmatz@birdmarella.com
`1875 Century Park East, 23rd Floor
`Los Angeles, California 90067-2561
`Telephone: (310) 201-2100
`Facsimile: (310) 201-2110
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`PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON &
`GARRISON LLP
`Nicholas P. Groombridge (pro hac vice)
`ngroombridge@paulweiss.com
`Jenny C. Wu (pro hac vice)
`jcwu@paulweiss.com
`1285 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, New York 10019-6064
`Telephone: (212) 373-3000
`Facsimile: (212) 757-3990
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`David J. Ball, Jr. (pro hac vice)
`dball@paulweiss.com
`J. Steven Baughman (pro hac vice)
`sbaughman@paulweiss.com
`201 K Street, NW
`Washington, DC 2006-1047
`Telephone: (202) 223-7300
`Facsimile: (202) 223-7420
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`Counsel for Defendant Twitter, Inc.
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`Case 2:19-cv-01444-GW-KS Document 56 Filed 11/11/19 Page 6 of 6 Page ID #:871
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`Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-4.3.4(a)(2)(i), I, James R. Asperger, attest that
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`concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other
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`signatories.
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`Dated: November 11, 2019
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`By /s/ James R. Asperger
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