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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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DROPBOX, INC.’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE STATEMENT OF RECENT DECISION

CASE NO. 4:16-CV-00119-HSG

THOMAS H. L. SELBY (pro hac vice)

DAVID M. KRINSKY (pro hac vice)

ADAM D. HARBER (pro hac vice)

CHRISTOPHER J. MANDERNACH (pro hac vice)

SARAH L. O’CONNOR (pro hac vice)

D. SHAYON GHOSH (SBN 313628)

WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP

725 Twelfth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005

Telephone: (202) 434-5000

Facsimile: (202) 434-5029

E-mail: tselby@wc.com

E-mail: dkrinsky@wc.com

E-mail: aharber@wc.com

E-mail: cmandernach@wc.com

E-mail: soconnor@wc.com

E-mail: sghosh@wc.com

JONATHAN A. PATCHEN (SBN 237346)

BAKER BOTTS LLP

101 California Street, Suite 3600

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 291-6209

Facsimile: (415) 291-6309

E-mail: jonathan.patchen@bakerbotts.com

Attorneys for Defendant DROPBOX, INC.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 

Plaintiff,

v.

DROPBOX, INC.,

Defendant.

No. 4:16-cv-00119-HSG 

DROPBOX, INC.’S UNOPPOSED 

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE 

STATEMENT OF RECENT 

DECISION; ORDER

Judge: Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

Complaint Filed: March 27, 2015

Case Transferred: January 8, 2016

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DROPBOX, INC.’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE STATEMENT OF RECENT DECISION

CASE NO. 4:16-CV-00119-HSG

Pursuant to Local Rule 7-11, Defendant Dropbox, Inc. (“Dropbox”) respectfully moves 

the Court for leave to file the attached Statement of Recent Decision regarding the Federal 

Circuit’s recent precedential opinion in Eko Brands, LLC v. Adrian Rivera Maynez Enterprises, 

Inc., Nos. 2018-2215, 2018-2254 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 13, 2020) (attached as Exhibit A to the

Statement of Recent Decision). The Federal Circuit’s decision in Eko Brands is relevant to 

Dropbox’s pending Motion for Attorney’s Fees pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 285, Dkt. No. 436.1

Specifically, in Eko Brands the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision to award 

attorney’s fees pursuant to § 285 “because of [a patentee’s] unreasonable pursuit of its 

infringement claims” after claim construction foreclosed them. Slip op. at 8–10; see Eko Brands 

v. Adrian Rivera Maynez Enters., Inc., Case No. C15-522RSL, ECF No. 130 (W.D. Wash. Nov.

3, 2016) (attached as Exhibit B to the Statement of Recent Decision).

Counsel for Plaintiff Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (“Synchronoss”) has indicated that 

Synchronoss does not oppose this Motion.

For the foregoing reasons, Dropbox respectfully requests permission to file the attached 

Statement of Recent Decision citing the Federal Circuit’s opinion in Eko Brands.

Dated: January 28, 2020 Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Thomas H. L. Selby

Thomas H. L. Selby (Pro Hac Vice)

David M. Krinsky (Pro Hac Vice)

Adam D. Harber (Pro Hac Vice)

Christopher J. Mandernach (Pro Hac Vice)

Sarah L. O’Connor (Pro Hac Vice)

D. Shayon Ghosh (SBN 313628)

WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP

Jonathan A. Patchen (SBN 237346)

BAKER BOTTS LLP

Attorneys for Defendant DROPBOX, INC.

1 Because the Court vacated the hearing on Dropbox’s Motion, Dkt. No. 507, Dropbox submits 

this Motion pursuant to Civ. L.R. 7-11 and not Civ. L.R. 7-3(d)(2), which permits filing a 

statement of recent decision before the noticed hearing date.

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DROPBOX, INC.’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE STATEMENT OF RECENT DECISION

CASE NO. 4:16-CV-00119-HSG

ATTESTATION

I, D. Shayon Ghosh, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file the 

above DROPBOX, INC.’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE STATEMENT 

OF RECENT DECISION. In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that 

each listed counsel above has concurred in this filing. 

/s/ D. Shayon Ghosh

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DROPBOX, INC.’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE STATEMENT OF RECENT DECISION

CASE NO. 4:16-CV-00119-HSG

 ORDER 

THIS MATTER, having come before the Court upon Defendant Dropbox, Inc.’s 

Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Statement of Recent Decision, and the Court having 

reviewed the papers submitted on the Motion, and good cause having been shown,

IT IS ORDERED that Dropbox, Inc.’s Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Statement 

of Recent Decision is GRANTED.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: 1/29/2020 ____________________________________________

HON. HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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