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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 

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 STIPULATION

Case No. 3:16-mc-80070-JCS

KEKER & VAN NEST LLP

BENEDICT Y. HUR - # 224018 

bhur@kvn.com

PAVEN MALHOTRA - # 258429 

pmalhotra@kvn.com 

THOMAS E. GORMAN - # 279409 

tgorman@kvn.com 

633 Battery Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-1809 

Telephone: 415 391 5400 

Facsimile: 415 397 7188 

Attorneys for Movants 

STORM8 STUDIOS LLC and TEAMLAVA LLC 

JENNIFER L. KELLY (CSB No. 193416) 

jkelly@fenwick.com

LIWEN MAH (CSB No. 239033) 

lmah@fenwick.com 

FENWICK & WEST LLP 

555 California Street, 12th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415.875.2300 

Facsimile: 415.281.1350 

Attorneys for 

KING.COM LIMITED, a Malta Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

In re Ex Parte Application of 

KING.COM LIMITED, a Malta 

Corporation,

Applicant, 

 v. 

STORM8 STUDIOS LLC and TEAMLAVA 

LLC, 

 Movants. 

Case No. 3:16-mc-80070-JCS

Date Filed: March 24, 2016 

STIPULATION 

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Applicant King.com Limited (“King”) and movants Storm8 Studios LLC and TeamLava 

LLC (collectively “Storm8”) agree to and enter the following stipulation, by and through their 

respective attorneys of record.

WHEREAS, on April 5, 2016, this Court granted King’s ex parte application under 

28 U.S.C. § 1782 to obtain discovery for use in foreign proceedings in Malta, specifically 

subpoenas for production of documents and for taking depositions of TeamLava, Storm8, Chief 

Executive Officer Perry Tam, Chief Product Officer William Siu, and Chief Technology Officer 

Chak Ming Li (Dkt. No. 3); 

WHEREAS, King served subpoenas for production of documents and for taking 

depositions of TeamLava, Storm8, Chief Executive Officer Perry Tam, Chief Product Officer 

William Siu, and Chief Technology Officer Chak Ming Li; 

WHEREAS, on May 26, 2016, Storm8 filed a Declination of Magistrate Judge 

Jurisdiction (Dkt. No. 7), King objected to that procedure as improper (Dkt. No. 8), and Storm8 

filed a response asserting that the declination was proper (Dkt. No. 13);

WHEREAS, on May 26, 2016, Storm8 filed a motion to quash King’s subpoenas (Dkt. 

No. 8);

WHEREAS, King objects to and opposes Storm8’s motion to quash; 

WHEREAS, on June 8, 2016, King filed a stipulation where King and Storm8 agreed to 

confer in good faith and stipulate to a briefing and hearing schedule following the Court’s 

decision on Storm8’s Declination of Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction (Dkt. No. 14); and 

WHEREAS, the Court has requested that the parties meet and confer and e-file a 

stipulation as to a briefing schedule on the motion to quash; 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and propose the following briefing 

schedule on the motion to quash. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that: 

1. King shall file an opposition to Storm8’s motion to quash by July 1, 2016. 

2. Storm8 shall file the reply by July 22, 2016. 

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3. Storm8’s motion to quash shall be heard on August 5, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in 

Courtroom G (15th Floor), 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102. 

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Case No. 3:16-mc-80070-JCS

Dated: June 10, 2016 

By:

KEKER & VAN NEST LLP

/s/ Benedict Y. Hur

 BENEDICT Y. HUR

PAVEN MALHOTRA 

THOMAS E. GORMAN 

 Attorneys for Movants STORM8 STUDIOS 

LLC and TEAMLAVA LLC

Dated: June 10, 2016 

By:

FENWICK & WEST LLP 

/s/ Jennifer L. Kelly

 JENNIFER L. KELLY 

LIWEN MAH 

 Attorneys for Applicant KING.COM

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated: June 10, 2016 

 The Honorable Joseph C. Spero

CHIEF MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Judge Joseph C. Spero

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ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 5-1(i)(3) 

Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), regarding signatures, I attest that the concurrence in the 

filing of this document has been obtained from its signatories. 

Dated: June 10, 2016 

By: /s/ Jennifer L. Kelly

Jennifer L. Kelly 

Attorneys for Applicant 

KING.COM LIMITED 

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