Locata LBS LLC v. Yellowpages.com LLC

3:14-cv-01865

Overview

Case Number 3:14-cv-01865

Filing Date 2014-04-23

Status Terminated

Termination Date 2014-05-09

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

Presiding Judge Joseph C. Spero

Nature of Suit 830 Patent

Jurisdiction Type Federal Question

Cause of Action 35:271 Patent Infringement

Jury Demand Both

Parties

Consol Defendant

United Sample Inc

Represented By

5 Attorneys Listed

Michael John Proctor

Keker & Van Nest LLP

Tel: +1 (415) 391-5400

710 Sansome St, San Francisco, CA 94111-1704

Michael Henry Bunis ,

Choate, Hall and Stewart LLP

Tel: +1 (617) 248-4030

Fax: +1 (617) 502-4030

Two International Place, Boston, MA 02110

Matthew S Barrett

Choate Hall and Stewart LLP

Tel: +1 (617) 248-5000

Fax: +1 (617) 248-4000

Two International Place, Boston, MA 02110

Jeffrey M Chemerinsky

Caldwell Leslie and Proctor PC

Tel: +1 (213) 629-9040

Fax: +1 (213) 629-9022

725 South Figueroa Street 31st Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017-5524

Carlos Perez-Albuerne

Choate Hall & Stewart

Tel: +1 (617) 248-5000

Fax: +1 (617) 248-4000

Choate Hall & Stewart, Exchange Place

Defendant

eBay Inc

Represented By

4 Attorneys Listed

Irene Inkyu Yang

Sidley Austin LLP

Tel: +1 (415) 772-1200

Fax: +1 (415) 772-7400

555 California Street, Suite 2000

Christina N Goodrich

K&L Gates LLP

Tel: +1 (310) 552-5000

Fax: +1 (310) 552-5001

10100 Santa Monica Boulevard 7th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Benjamin E Weed ,

KLGates LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 781-7166

70 West Madison Street Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60602

Michael J. Bettinger

Sidley Austin LLP

Tel: +1 (415) 772-1200

Fax: +1 (415) 772-7400

555 California St #2000, San Francisco, CA 94104

PayPal Inc

Represented By

4 Attorneys Listed

Irene Inkyu Yang

Sidley Austin LLP

Tel: +1 (415) 772-1200

Fax: +1 (415) 772-7400

555 California Street, Suite 2000

Christina N Goodrich

K&L Gates LLP

Tel: +1 (310) 552-5000

Fax: +1 (310) 552-5001

10100 Santa Monica Boulevard 7th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Benjamin E Weed ,

KLGates LLP

Tel: +1 (312) 781-7166

70 West Madison Street Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60602

Michael J. Bettinger

Sidley Austin LLP

Tel: +1 (415) 772-1200

Fax: +1 (415) 772-7400

555 California St #2000, San Francisco, CA 94104

Factual Inc.

Represented By

3 Attorneys Listed

Erin Greenfield Mehta

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Tel: +1 (213) 443-5317

Fax: +1 (213) 443-5400

350 South Grand Avenue Suite 2100, Los Angeles, CA 90071

Andrew Benjamin Grossman

Paul Hastings LLP

Tel: +1 (213) 683-6000

Fax: +1 (213) 627-0705

515 South Flower Street, Suite 2500

Rebecca A. Girolamo

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hall & Dorr LLP

Tel: +1 (213) 443-5300

Fax: +1 (213) 443-5400

350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2100, Los Angeles, CA 90071

YP Holdings LLC

Represented By

6 Attorneys Listed

Timothy Stuart Durst

Baker Botts LLP

Tel: +1 (214) 953-6816

2001 Ross Avenue Suite 600, Dallas, TX 75201-2980

Susan Cannon Kennedy

Baker Botts LLP

Tel: +1 (214) 953-6747

2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 600

Ross G Culpepper

Baker Botts LLP

Tel: +1 (214) 953-6543

Fax: +1 (214) 661-4543

2001 Ross Avenue Suite 600, Dallas, TX 75201

Elizabeth Yang

Law & Mediation Offices of Elizabeth Yang

Tel: +1 (909) 996-5906

Fax: +1 (877) 492-6452

199 W. Garvey Ave. Suite 201, Monterey Park, CA 91754

Chad C Walters ,

Baker Botts LLP

Tel: +1 (214) 953-6511

2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75201

Breton August Bocchieri

Robins Kaplan LLP

Tel: +1 (310) 552-0130

Fax: +1 (310) 229-5800

2049 Century Park East, Suite 3400

Yellowpages.com LLC

Represented By

6 Attorneys Listed

Timothy Stuart Durst

Baker Botts LLP

Tel: +1 (214) 953-6816

2001 Ross Avenue Suite 600, Dallas, TX 75201-2980

Susan Cannon Kennedy

Baker Botts LLP

Tel: +1 (214) 953-6747

2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 600

Ross G Culpepper

Baker Botts LLP

Tel: +1 (214) 953-6543

Fax: +1 (214) 661-4543

2001 Ross Avenue Suite 600, Dallas, TX 75201

Elizabeth Yang

Law & Mediation Offices of Elizabeth Yang

Tel: +1 (909) 996-5906

Fax: +1 (877) 492-6452

199 W. Garvey Ave. Suite 201, Monterey Park, CA 91754

Chad C Walters ,

Baker Botts LLP

Tel: +1 (214) 953-6511

2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75201

Breton August Bocchieri

Robins Kaplan LLP

Tel: +1 (310) 552-0130

Fax: +1 (310) 229-5800

2049 Century Park East, Suite 3400

Plaintiff

Locata LBS LLC

Represented By

7 Attorneys Listed

Rex Hwang

Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP

Tel: +1 (310) 553-3000

Fax: +1 (310) 843-2626

19th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Mieke Katherine Malmberg

Skiermont Derby LLP

Tel: +1 (213) 788-4502

Fax: +1 (213) 788-4545

800 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1450

Dan Liu

Glaser Weil

Tel: +1 (310) 553-3000

Glaser Weil, 19th Floor

Erica J. Van Loon

Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP

Tel: +1 (310) 282-6260

Fax: +1 (310) 785-3560

19th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Charles Christian Koole

Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP

Tel: +1 (310) 553-3000

Fax: +1 (310) 785-3506

19th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Andrew Young Choung

Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard, Avchen & Shapiro, LLP

Tel: +1 (310) 282-6245

Fax: +1 (310) 556-2920

19th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Adrian M Pruetz

Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen and Shapiro LLP

Tel: +1 (310) 553-3000

Fax: +1 (310) 556-2920

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Court & Judges

Court

District Court, N.D. California (cand)

Presiding Judge

Joseph C. Spero

Patents Involved

1 Patent

There is a single patent involved in this case.

Application Number	Patent Number	External Links
-	US6259381	Espacenet Google Patents

Docket Entries

COMPLAINT Receipt No: 0973-12845235 - Fee: $400, filed by Plaintiff Locata LBS LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - U.S. Patent No. 6,259,381)(Pruetz, Adrian) (Entered: 10/16/2013)

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COMPLAINT Receipt No: 0973-12845235 - Fee: $400, filed by Plaintiff Locata LBS LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - U.S. Patent No. 6,259,381)(Pruetz, Adrian) (Entered: 10/16/2013)

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CIVIL COVER SHEET filed by Plaintiff Locata LBS LLC. (Pruetz, Adrian) (Entered: 10/16/2013)

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Notice of Interested Parties filed by Plaintiff Locata LBS LLC, (Pruetz, Adrian) (Entered: 10/16/2013)

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Locata LBS LLC v. Yellowpages.com LLC

Overview

Parties

Consol Defendant

United Sample Inc Follow

Represented By

Defendant

eBay Inc Follow

Represented By

PayPal Inc Follow

Represented By

Factual Inc. Follow

Represented By

YP Holdings LLC Follow

Represented By

Yellowpages.com LLC Follow

Represented By

Plaintiff

Locata LBS LLC Follow

Represented By

Court & Judges

Patents Involved

Docket Entries

COMPLAINT Receipt No: 0973-12845235 - Fee: $400, filed by Plaintiff Locata LBS LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - U.S. Patent No. 6,259,381)(Pruetz, Adrian) (Entered: 10/16/2013)

COMPLAINT Receipt No: 0973-12845235 - Fee: $400, filed by Plaintiff Locata LBS LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - U.S. Patent No. 6,259,381)(Pruetz, Adrian) (Entered: 10/16/2013)

CIVIL COVER SHEET filed by Plaintiff Locata LBS LLC. (Pruetz, Adrian) (Entered: 10/16/2013)

Notice of Interested Parties filed by Plaintiff Locata LBS LLC, (Pruetz, Adrian) (Entered: 10/16/2013)

REPORT ON THE FILING OF AN ACTION Regarding a Patent or a Trademark (Initial Notification) filed by Locata LBS LLC. (Pruetz, Adrian) (Entered: 10/16/2013)

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT to District Judge John F. Walter and Magistrate Judge Stephen J. Hillman. (ghap) (Entered: 10/17/2013)

NOTICE TO PARTIES OF COURT-DIRECTED ADR PROGRAM filed. (ghap) (Entered: 10/17/2013)

STANDING ORDER by Judge John F. Walter. READ THIS ORDER CAREFULLY. IT CONTROLS THE CASE AND DIFFERS IN SOME RESPECTS FROM THE LOCAL RULES. (See order for details.) (kti) (Entered: 10/18/2013)

ORDER TO TRANSFER CASE TO THE PATENT PILOT PROGRAM by Judge John F. Walter. Case transferred from Judge John F. Walter to Judge John A. Kronstadt for all further proceedings. Case number now reads CV 13-07664 JAK(SHx). (rn) (Entered: 10/22/2013)

21 DAY Summons Issued re Complaint (Attorney Civil Case Opening) 1 as to Defendants YP Holdings LLC, Yellowpages.com LLC. (shb) (Entered: 11/07/2013)

STIPULATION Extending Time to Answer the complaint as to All Defendants, re Complaint (Attorney Civil Case Opening) 1 filed by Plaintiff Locata LBS LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order Granting Stipulation to Extend Time to Respond To Initial Complaint)(Pruetz, Adrian) (Entered: 11/22/2013)

STIPULATION Extending Time to Answer the complaint as to All Defendants, re Complaint (Attorney Civil Case Opening) 1 filed by Plaintiff Locata LBS LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order Granting Stipulation to Extend Time to Respond To Initial Complaint)(Pruetz, Adrian) (Entered: 11/22/2013)

NOTICE of Appearance filed by attorney Rex Hwang on behalf of Plaintiff Locata LBS LLC (Attorney Rex Hwang added to party Locata LBS LLC(pty:pla))(Hwang, Rex) (Entered: 11/26/2013)

Second STIPULATION for Extension of Time to File Answer to January 7, 2014 re Complaint (Attorney Civil Case Opening) 1 filed by plaintiff Locata LBS LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order granting stipulation to extend time to respond to initial complaint)(Pruetz, Adrian) (Entered: 12/12/2013)

Second STIPULATION for Extension of Time to File Answer to January 7, 2014 re Complaint (Attorney Civil Case Opening) 1 filed by plaintiff Locata LBS LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order granting stipulation to extend time to respond to initial complaint)(Pruetz, Adrian) (Entered: 12/12/2013)

ORDER by Judge John A. Kronstadt, re Stipulation to Extend Time to respond to Initial complaint 19 is GRANTED. The time for defendants to answer, move, or otherwise respond to Plaintiff's complaint is hereby extended through and until 1/7/14. (ir) (Entered: 12/13/2013)

APPLICATION for attorney Timothy Stuart Durst to Appear Pro Hac Vice(PHV Fee of $325 receipt number 0973-13153337 paid.) filed by Defendants YP Holdings LLC, Yellowpages.com LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Letter from State Bar of Texas, # 2 Proposed Order)(Bocchieri, Breton) (Entered: 12/23/2013)

APPLICATION for attorney Timothy Stuart Durst to Appear Pro Hac Vice(PHV Fee of $325 receipt number 0973-13153337 paid.) filed by Defendants YP Holdings LLC, Yellowpages.com LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Letter from State Bar of Texas, # 2 Proposed Order)(Bocchieri, Breton) (Entered: 12/23/2013)

APPLICATION for attorney Timothy Stuart Durst to Appear Pro Hac Vice(PHV Fee of $325 receipt number 0973-13153337 paid.) filed by Defendants YP Holdings LLC, Yellowpages.com LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Letter from State Bar of Texas, # 2 Proposed Order)(Bocchieri, Breton) (Entered: 12/23/2013)

APPLICATION for attorney Ross G. Culpepper to Appear Pro Hac Vice(PHV Fee of $325 receipt number 0973-13153511 paid.) filed by Defendants YP Holdings LLC, Yellowpages.com LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Letter from State Bar of Texas, # 2 Proposed Order)(Bocchieri, Breton) (Entered: 12/23/2013)

APPLICATION for attorney Ross G. Culpepper to Appear Pro Hac Vice(PHV Fee of $325 receipt number 0973-13153511 paid.) filed by Defendants YP Holdings LLC, Yellowpages.com LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Letter from State Bar of Texas, # 2 Proposed Order)(Bocchieri, Breton) (Entered: 12/23/2013)

APPLICATION for attorney Ross G. Culpepper to Appear Pro Hac Vice(PHV Fee of $325 receipt number 0973-13153511 paid.) filed by Defendants YP Holdings LLC, Yellowpages.com LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Letter from State Bar of Texas, # 2 Proposed Order)(Bocchieri, Breton) (Entered: 12/23/2013)

ORDER by Judge John A. Kronstadt: granting 23 Application to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Attorney Ross Culpepper on behalf of defendants, designating Breton Bocchieri as local counsel. (ak) (Entered: 12/27/2013)

ORDER by Judge John A. Kronstadt: granting 22 Application to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Attorney Timothy Durst on behalf of defendants, designating Breton Bocchieri as local counsel. (ak) (Entered: 12/27/2013)

ORDER by Judge John A. Kronstadt: granting 21 Application to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Attorney Susan Kennedy on behalf of defendants, designating Breton Bocchieri as local counsel. (ak) (Entered: 12/27/2013)

NOTICE OF DISMISSAL YP Holdings filed by plaintiff Locata LBS LLC. (Pruetz, Adrian) (Entered: 12/31/2013)

ORDER by Judge John A. Kronstadt: granting 28 Application to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Attorney Chad Walters on behalf of Defendants, designating Breton A. Bocchieri as local counsel. (lt) (Entered: 01/03/2014)

ANSWER to Complaint (Attorney Civil Case Opening) 1 JURY DEMAND. Defendant Yellowpages.com, LLC's Answer And Counterclaims to Plaintiff Locata LBS LLC's Complaint filed by Defendant Yellowpages.com LLC.(Bocchieri, Breton) (Entered: 01/07/2014)

CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT and Notice of Interested Parties filed by Defendant Yellowpages.com LLC identifying YP Subsidiary Holdings, LLC as Corporate Parent. (Bocchieri, Breton) (Entered: 01/07/2014)

COUNTERCLAIM against Counter Defendant Locata LBS LLC; JURY DEMAND, filed by Counterclaimants YP Holdings LLC, Yellowpages.com LLC.(Attorney Elizabeth Yang added to party YP Holdings LLC(pty:dft), Attorney Elizabeth Yang added to party Yellowpages.com LLC(pty:dft))(shb) (Entered: 01/23/2014)

AMENDED ANSWER and AMENDED COUNTERCLAIM to Complaint (Attorney Civil Case Opening) 1, COUNTERCLAIM against Yellowpages.com LLC filed by Defendant Yellowpages.com LLC. (Bocchieri, Breton) (Entered: 01/08/2014)

ANSWER to Amended Answer to Complaint, Counterclaim 38 filed by Plaintiff Locata LBS LLC, Locata LBS LLC.(Attorney Rex Hwang added to party Locata LBS LLC(pty:cd))(Hwang, Rex) Modified on 1/23/2014 (shb). (Entered: 01/22/2014)

ORDER by Clerk of Court: The document is accepted as filed. THe clerk will file the counterclaim and amended counter correctly. RE: Amended Answer to Complaint, Counterclaim 33, Answer to Complaint 31 (shb) (Entered: 01/23/2014)

JOINT REPORT Rule 26(f) Discovery Plan ; estimated length of trial 5 days, filed by Counter Defendant Locata LBS LLC, Plaintiff Locata LBS LLC.. (Hwang, Rex) (Entered: 01/31/2014)

Track Case Updates

United Sample Inc

eBay Inc

PayPal Inc

Factual Inc.

YP Holdings LLC

Yellowpages.com LLC

Locata LBS LLC