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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 15:1126 Patent Infringement

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE 1 Case No. 2:18-cv-00953-RFB-GWF

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Michael J. McCue

Nevada State Bar No. 0488

Meng Zhong

Nevada State Bar No. 12145

LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP

3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 600

Las Vegas, NV 89169-5996

Tel: 702.949.8200

E-mail: mmccue@lrrc.com

E-mail: mzhong@lrrc.com

John M. Desmarais (admitted pro hac vice)

Michael P. Stadnick (admitted pro hac vice)

Ameet A. Modi (admitted pro hac vice)

Tom BenGera (admitted pro hac vice)

Michael Matulewicz-Crowley (admitted pro hac vice)

DESMARAIS LLP

230 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10169

Tel: (212) 351-3400

E-mail: jdesmarais@desmaraisllp.com

E-mail: mstadnick@ desmaraisllp.com

E-mail: amodi@desmaraisllp.com

E-mail: tbengera@desmaraisllp.com

E-mail: mmatulewicz-crowley.com@desmaraisllp.com

Attorneys for Defendant Apple Inc.

Kurt R. Bonds

Adam R. Knecht

ALVERSON, TAYLOR, MORTENSEN

& SANDERS

6605 Grand Montecito Pkwy., Suite 200

Las Vegas, NV 89149

Tel: 702-384-7000

E-mail: efile@alversontaylor.com

Kevin N. Malek

MALEK MOSS PLLC

340 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, NY 10173

Tel: 212-812-1491

E-mail: kevin.malek@malekmoss.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Voip-Pal.com, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF NEVADA

VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

APPLE INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 2:18-cv-00953-RFB-GWF

STIPULATION AND ORDER

TRANSFERRING THE CASE TO

THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF

CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff VoIP-Pal.com, Inc. (“VoIP-Pal”) and Defendant Apple Inc. (“Apple”) agree and

stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS VoIP-Pal filed a separate lawsuit against Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon

Wireless (“Verizon”) in this District asserting similar patents as are asserted in this litigation. VoipCase 5:18-cv-06216-LHK Document 23 Filed 10/05/18 Page 1 of 3
STIPULATION AND ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE 2 Case No. 2:18-cv-00953-RFB-GWF

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Pal.com, Inc. v. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, No. 2:16-cv-00271-RCJ-VCF (D. Nev.)

(the “Verizon case”);

WHEREAS Verizon filed on August 17, 2018 a Motion to Transfer Venue to the Northern

District of California Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), Dkt. No. 72 in the Verizon case. The Motion

to Transfer is fully briefed as of September 11, 2018. VoIP-Pal no longer opposes Verizon’s Motion

to Transfer and the Verizon case was transferred to the Northern District of California on October 1,

2018;

WHEREAS VoIP-Pal filed a separate lawsuit against Twitter, Inc. in this District asserting

similar patents as this litigation. Voip-Pal.com, Inc. v. Twitter, Inc., No. 2:16-cv-02338-RFB-CWH

(D. Nev.). The Voip-Pal v. Twitter case was transferred to the Northern District of California on July

23, 2018;

WHEREAS Voip-Pal has also filed this lawsuit against Apple and separate lawsuits against

Apple, AT&T Corp. and Amazon.com, Inc. in this District. VoIP-Pal.com, Inc. v. Apple, Inc., Case

No. 2:18-cv-00953-RFB-GWF (D. Nev.); VoIP-Pal.com, Inc. v. Apple, Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv00260-RFB-VCF (D. Nev.) (“2016 Apple case”); VoIP-Pal.com, Inc. v. AT&T, Inc., No. 2:18-cv01129-RCJ (D. Nev.); Voip-Pal.com, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al., No. 2:18-cv-01076-MMDVCF (D. Nev.). The cases involve similar allegations as this case. Voip-Pal consents to transfer of

this case, and has consented to transfer of the 2016 Apple case and the AT&T Corp. and

Amazon.com, Inc. cases, to the Northern District of California.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that this case is transferred to the United States District Court

for the Northern District of California. The Clerk of Court shall close this case in this District.

This Stipulation is filed in good faith and is not intended to cause unnecessary delay. The

convenience of the parties and witnesses favors transfer to the Northern District of California. And

because the Twitter and Verizon cases were transferred to California, and Voip-Pal consents to

transfer of the 2016 Apple case and the AT&T Corp. and Amazon.com, Inc. cases, it would be

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efficient for the parties and the Court to also transfer this case. There is thus good cause to transfer

the case to the Northern District of California.

Dated: October 4, 2018

ALVERSON, TAYLOR,

MORTENSEN & SANDERS

By: /s/ Kevin N. Malek

Kurt R. Bonds

Nevada Bar No. 6228

Adam R. Knecht

Nevada Bar No. 13166

7401 W. Charleston Boulevard

Las Vegas, NV 89117

(702) 384-7000

efile@alversontaylor.com

MALEK MOSS PLLC

Kevin N. Malek (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

340 Madison Avenue, FL 19

New York, New York 10173

(212) 812-1491

kevin.malek@malekmoss.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Voip-Pal.com, Inc.

Dated: October 4, 2018

LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP

By: /s/ Michael J. McCue

Michael J. McCue

Nevada State Bar No. 0488

Meng Zhong

Nevada State Bar No. 12145

3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 600

Las Vegas, NV 89169-5996

Tel: 702.949.8200

E-mail: mmccue@lrrc.com

E-mail: mzhong@lrrc.com

DESMARAIS LLP

John M. Desmarais (admitted pro hac vice)

Michael P. Stadnick (admitted pro hac vice)

Ameet A. Modi (admitted pro hac vice)

Tom BenGera (admitted pro hac vice)

Michael Matulewicz-Crowley (admitted pro hac vice)

230 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10169

Tel: (212) 351-3400

E-mail: jdesmarais@desmaraisllp.com

E-mail: mstadnick@desmaraisllp.com

E-mail: amodi@desmaraisllp.com

E-mail: tbengera@desmaraisllp.com

E-mail: mmatulewicz-crowley@desmaraisllp.com

Attorneys for Defendant Apple Inc.

IT IS SO ORDERED:

____________________________________

DATED: _______________________

RICHARD F. BOULWARE, II

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

October 5, 2018

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