Cellular South Inc v. Google, LLC

3:25-cv-01487

Overview

Case Number 3:25-cv-01487

Filing Date 2025-02-13

Status Litigation filed

Court District Court, N.D. California (cand)

Nature of Suit 830 Patent

Jurisdiction Type Federal Question

Cause of Action 35:271 Patent Infringement

Jury Demand Plaintiff

Parties

Defendant

Google LLC

Represented By

8 Attorneys Listed

Paige Arnette Amstutz

Scott, Douglass & McConnico, LLP

Tel: +1 (512) 495-6300

Fax: +1 (512) 495-6399

303 Colorado Street, Suite 2400

Matthew J. Brigham

Cooley LLP

Tel: +1 (650) 843-5000

Fax: +1 (650) 849-7400

3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1130

Eamonn Gardner

Cooley LLP

Tel: +1 (858) 550-6000

4401 Eastgate Mall, San Diego, CA 92121

Dustin M. Knight

Cooley LLP

Tel: +1 (202) 842-7800

1299 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 700

Andrew C. Mace

Cooley LLP

Tel: +1 (650) 843-5808

3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304

Alexandra Leeper

Cooley LLP

Tel: +1 (650) 843-5000

Fax: +1 (650) 849-7400

3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304

Reuben H. Chen

Cooley LLP

Tel: +1 (650) 843-5000

Fax: +1 (650) 849-7400

3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1130

Heidi L. Keefe

Cooley LLP

Tel: +1 (650) 843-5000

Fax: +1 (650) 849-7400

3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304

Plaintiff

Cellular South, Inc.

Represented By

10 Attorneys Listed

Robert S. Hill

Holland & Knight LLP

Tel: +1 (214) 964-9421

Fax: +1 (214) 964-9501

1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500

Tiffany Lee

Holland & Knight LLP

Tel: +1 (530) 574-5285

150 N Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL 60606

Sara Schretenthaler Staha

Holland & Knight LLP

Tel: +1 (214) 964-9448

Fax: +1 (214) 964-9501

1722 Routh Street, Ste 1500, Dallas, TX 75201

Robert Kumar Jain

Holland & Knight LLP

Tel: +1 (512) 472-1081

98 San Jacinto Blvd #1900, Austin, TX 78701

Morgan Delabar

Holland & Knight LLP

Tel: +1 (214) 964-9445

One Arts Plaza, 1722 Routh Street

Jacob W. S. Schneider

Holland & Knight LLP

Tel: +1 (617) 523-2700

Fax: +1 (617) 523-6850

10 St. James Avenue, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02116

Deron R Dacus

The Dacus Firm, PC

Tel: +1 (903) 705-1117

Fax: +1 (903) 705-1117

821 ESE Loop 323, Suite 430

David C. Schulte

Holland & Knight LLP

Tel: +1 (214) 964-9419

Fax: +1 (214) 964-9501

Texas, 1722 Routh St.

Anthony J. Fuga

Holland & Knight LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 715-5771

Fax: +1 (312) 578-6666

150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2700, Suite 2700

Allison M. Lucier

Holland & Knight LLP

Tel: +1 (617) 305-2132

Fax: +1 (617) 523-6850

10 St. James Avenue, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02116

Court & Judges

Court

District Court, N.D. California (cand)

Patents Involved

3 Patents

There are 3 patents involved in this case.

Application Number	Patent Number	External Links
-	US10218954	Espacenet Google Patents
-	US9940972	Espacenet Google Patents
-	US11126853	Espacenet Google Patents

Docket Entries

COMPLAINT ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXWDC-18747301), filed by Cellular South Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit A Patent 10,218,954, # 3 Exhibit B Patent 9,940,972, # 4 Exhibit C Patent 11,126,853, # 5 Exhibit D IDS)(Hill, Robert) (Entered: 05/09/2024)

2024-05-09

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RULE 7 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT filed by Cellular South Inc. (Hill, Robert) (Entered: 05/09/2024)

2024-05-09

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Notice of Filing of Patent/Trademark Form (AO 120). AO 120 forwarded to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Hill, Robert) (Entered: 05/09/2024)

2024-05-09

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REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS by Cellular South Inc. (Hill, Robert) (Main Document 4 replaced on 5/9/2024) (lad). (Entered: 05/09/2024)

2024-05-09

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Cellular South Inc v. Google, LLC

Overview

Parties

Defendant

Google LLC Follow

Represented By

Plaintiff

Cellular South, Inc. Follow

Represented By

Court & Judges

Patents Involved

Docket Entries

COMPLAINT ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXWDC-18747301), filed by Cellular South Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit A Patent 10,218,954, # 3 Exhibit B Patent 9,940,972, # 4 Exhibit C Patent 11,126,853, # 5 Exhibit D IDS)(Hill, Robert) (Entered: 05/09/2024)

RULE 7 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT filed by Cellular South Inc. (Hill, Robert) (Entered: 05/09/2024)

Notice of Filing of Patent/Trademark Form (AO 120). AO 120 forwarded to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Hill, Robert) (Entered: 05/09/2024)

REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS by Cellular South Inc. (Hill, Robert) (Main Document 4 replaced on 5/9/2024) (lad). (Entered: 05/09/2024)

Case randomly assigned to Judge David A. Ezra. CM WILL NOW REFLECT THE JUDGE INITIALS AS PART OF THE CASE NUMBER. PLEASE APPEND THESE JUDGE INITIALS TO THE CASE NUMBER ON EACH DOCUMENT THAT YOU FILE IN THIS CASE. (lad)

Summons Issued as to Google, LLC. (lad) (Entered: 05/10/2024)

SUMMONS Returned Executed by Cellular South Inc. Google, LLC served on 5/10/2024, answer due 5/31/2024. (Hill, Robert) (Entered: 05/17/2024)

Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer re 1 Complaint, Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time for Defendant Google, LLC to Answer or Otherwise Respond to Complaint by Google, LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order Proposed Order)(Amstutz, Paige) (Entered: 05/23/2024)

NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Paige Arnette Amstutz on behalf of Google, LLC. Attorney Paige Arnette Amstutz added to party Google, LLC(pty:dft) (Amstutz, Paige) (Entered: 05/24/2024)

Text Order GRANTING [Dkt. # 7] Motion for Extension of Time to Answer. Entered by Judge David A. Ezra. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (sklc)

Reset Deadlines: Google, LLC answer due 7/15/2024. (lad)

NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Heidi L. Keefe on behalf of Google, LLC. Attorney Heidi L. Keefe added to party Google, LLC(pty:dft) (Keefe, Heidi) (Entered: 07/08/2024)

RULE 7 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT filed by Google, LLC. (Keefe, Heidi) (Entered: 07/08/2024)

NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Reuben H. Chen on behalf of Google, LLC. Attorney Reuben H. Chen added to party Google, LLC(pty:dft) (Chen, Reuben) (Entered: 07/08/2024)

MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Alexandra Leeper ( Filing fee $ 100 receipt number ATXWDC-18955361) by on behalf of Google, LLC. (Leeper, Alexandra) (Entered: 07/08/2024)

MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Eamonn Gardner ( Filing fee $ 100 receipt number ATXWDC-18955497) by on behalf of Google, LLC. (Gardner, Eamonn) (Entered: 07/08/2024)

MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Matthew J. Brigham ( Filing fee $ 100 receipt number ATXWDC-18955568) by on behalf of Google, LLC. (Brigham, Matthew) (Entered: 07/08/2024)

MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Heidi L. Keefe on behalf of Andrew C. Mace ( Filing fee $ 100 receipt number ATXWDC-18955897) by on behalf of Google, LLC. (Keefe, Heidi) (Entered: 07/08/2024)

SUPPLEMENT to 14 MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Matthew J. Brigham ( Filing fee $ 100 receipt number ATXWDC-18955568) by Google, LLC. (Brigham, Matthew) (Entered: 07/08/2024)

SUPPLEMENT to 13 MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Eamonn Gardner ( Filing fee $ 100 receipt number ATXWDC-18955497) by Google, LLC. (Gardner, Eamonn) (Entered: 07/08/2024)

NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by David C. Schulte on behalf of Cellular South Inc (Schulte, David) (Entered: 07/09/2024)

NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Robert Kumar Jain on behalf of Cellular South Inc. Attorney Robert Kumar Jain added to party Cellular South Inc(pty:pla) (Jain, Robert) (Entered: 07/09/2024)

NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Sara Schretenthaler Staha on behalf of Cellular South Inc (Staha, Sara) (Entered: 07/09/2024)

NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Morgan Delabar on behalf of Cellular South Inc (Delabar, Morgan) (Entered: 07/09/2024)

MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Sara Schretenthaler Staha on behalf of Jacob W.S. Scheider ( Filing fee $ 100 receipt number ATXWDC-18967021) by on behalf of Cellular South Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Staha, Sara) (Entered: 07/10/2024)

MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Sara Schretenthaler Staha on behalf of Anthony J. Fuga ( Filing fee $ 100 receipt number ATXWDC-18967292) by on behalf of Cellular South Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Staha, Sara) (Entered: 07/10/2024)

MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Sara Schretenthaler Staha on behalf of Allison M. Lucier ( Filing fee $ 100 receipt number ATXWDC-18967561) by on behalf of Cellular South Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Staha, Sara) (Entered: 07/10/2024)

MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Sara Schretenthaler Staha on behalf of Tiffany Lee ( Filing fee $ 100 receipt number ATXWDC-18971308) by on behalf of Cellular South Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Staha, Sara) (Entered: 07/11/2024)

Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim Under Rule 12(B)(6) by Google, LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of Reuben H. Chen)(Keefe, Heidi) (Entered: 07/15/2024)

MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Heidi L. Keefe on behalf of Dustin Knight ( Filing fee $ 100 receipt number ATXWDC-19038061) by on behalf of Google, LLC. (Keefe, Heidi) (Entered: 07/29/2024)

REPLY to Response to Motion, filed by Google, LLC, re 26 Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim Under Rule 12(B)(6) filed by Defendant Google, LLC (Keefe, Heidi) (Entered: 08/12/2024)

ORDER GRANTING 29 Motion for Extension of Time to File Reply. The deadline for Defendant Google, LLC to file the Reply in Support of its Motion to Dismiss is extended until August 12, 2024. Signed by Judge David A. Ezra. (lad) (Entered: 08/16/2024)

Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to File Proposed Scheduling Order by Google, LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Keefe, Heidi) (Entered: 09/12/2024)

ORDER GRANTING 41 Motion for Extension of Time to File. The deadline for the parties to submit a proposed scheduling order is extended until September 20, 2024. Signed by Judge David A. Ezra. (lad) (Entered: 09/16/2024)

Proposed Scheduling Order Parties' Joint Competing Proposed Scheduling Order by Cellular South Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - CSI's Proposed Scheduling Order, # 2 Exhibit B - Google's Proposed Scheduling Order)(Hill, Robert) (Entered: 09/20/2024)

Rule 26(f) Discovery Report/Case Management Plan (Joint Report) by Cellular South Inc. (Hill, Robert) (Entered: 10/15/2024)

Unopposed Motion for leave to File Sealed Document (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit Exhibit B, # 3 Proposed Order Proposed Order) (Amstutz, Paige) (Entered: 10/18/2024)

NOTICE to filing attorneys Please do not file public exhibits to a sealed document until leave is granted for the sealed filing. In the event leave is denied at 45, 46 will be removed from the record. (lad)

Sealed Order Granting 45 Motion for Leave to File Sealed Document. Signed by Judge David A. Ezra. (lad) (Entered: 10/21/2024)

Sealed Motion filed: DEFENDANT GOOGLE LLCS OPPOSED MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE (Attachments: # 1 DECLARATION OF WEI HUA) (lad) (Entered: 10/21/2024)

ORDER REFERRING MOTION: 43 MOTION forProposed Scheduling Orders filed by Cellular South Inc. Signed by Judge David A. Ezra. Referral Magistrate Judge: Derek T. Gilliland. (cav) (Entered: 10/30/2024)

Unopposed Motion for leave to File Sealed Document (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Exhibit C, # 2 Exhibit Exhibit D, # 3 Exhibit Exhibit E, # 4 Proposed Order Proposed Order) (Amstutz, Paige) (Entered: 11/15/2024)

Sealed ORDER GRANTING GOOGLE LLCS UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE UNDER SEAL ITS REPLY IN SUPPORT OF OPPOSED MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE AND SUPPORTING DECLARATIONS re 53 . Signed by Judge David A. Ezra. (zv) (Entered: 11/18/2024)

Sealed Document filed: DEFENDANT GOOGLE LLCS REPLY IN SUPPORT OF OPPOSED MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE (Exhibit C main document) re 48 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit D, # 2 Exhibit E) (zv) (Entered: 11/18/2024)

Redacted Copy Defendant Google LLC's Reply in Support of Opposed Motion to Transfer Venue of 55 Sealed Document by Google, LLC. (Amstutz, Paige) (Entered: 11/21/2024)

Redacted Copy Defendant Google LLC's Opposed Motion to Transfer Venue of 48 Sealed Motion filed by Google, LLC. (Amstutz, Paige) (Entered: 11/21/2024)

Sealed OrderMooting 26 Googles Motion to Dismiss, and Granting 48 Googles Motion to Transfer Venue. IT IS ORDERED that the above case is transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Signed by Judge David A. Ezra. (lad) (Entered: 02/12/2025)

Case transferred in from District of Texas Western; Case Number 6:24-cv-00245. Original file certified copy of transfer order and docket sheet received. (Entered: 02/13/2025)

Initial Case Management Scheduling Order with ADR Deadlines: Case Management Statement due by 5/13/2025. Initial Case Management Conference set for 5/20/2025 01:30 PM in Oakland, - Videoconference Only. (kam2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/13/2025) (Entered: 02/13/2025)

Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney

Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney

Remark AND Terminate Deadlines

Consent/Declination to Proceed Before a US Magistrate Judge

Track Case Updates

Google LLC

Cellular South, Inc.