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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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TUCKER 

ELLIS LLP

Cleveland ♦ Columbus ♦ Denver ♦ Los Angeles ♦ San Francisco 

DANIEL J. KELLY SBN 145088

TUCKER ELLIS LLP 

daniel.kelly@tuckerellis.com 

One Market Plaza 

Steuart Tower, Suite 700 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: 415.617.2400 

Facsimile: 415.617.2409 

KEVIN P. ALLEN (Pro hac vice) 

ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC 

kpallen@eckertseamans.com

600 Grant Street, 44th Floor 

Pittsburgh, PA 15219 

Telephone: (412) 566-6866 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SCHAWK DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AUTOMATED MEDIA PROCESSING 

SOLUTIONS, INC., dba EQUILIBRIUM, a 

corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

SCHAWK DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC., a 

business entity; BLUE SOFTWARE, LLC, 

a business entity, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 3:15-cv-05018-SI

DEFENDANT SCHAWK DIGITAL 

SOLUTIONS, INC.’S EX PARTE 

MOTION FOR AN ORDER ENLARGING TIME 

TO RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT AND 

CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE 

Case Management Conference 

Date: March 18, 2016 

Time: 2:30 PM 

Department: Courtroom 1 

Judge: Hon. Susan Illston 

MOTION AND GROUNDS 

Defendant Schawk Digital Solutions, Inc. (“SDS”) hereby moves pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-1(b) 

and Civil L.R. 6-3 for an order enlarging the time for its response to the complaint filed November 2,

2015 [Document 1]. Based on the agreement of counsel, SDS considered itself served with the 

summons and complaint by mail on February 16, 2016, making its response to the complaint due March 

11, 2016. SDS respectfully requests a fourteen (14) day enlargement of time to respond to the 

complaint. SDS also requests that the case management conference scheduled for March 18, 2016 be 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Susan Illston

The Initial Case Management Conference has been 

continued to 5/13/16 at 2:30 p.m. A Joint Case 

Management Conference Statement shall be filed 

on May 6, 2016.

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continued for sixty (60) days to allow the parties to complete a contractual dispute resolution process, 

settle the pleadings, and meet and confer with respect to discovery and case management issues. 

Plaintiff’s complaint alleges causes of action for breach of contract, copyright infringement, and 

unfair business practices against SDS and BLUE Software, LLC (“BLUE”). The contract at issue is a 

MediaRich® Server – Software License Agreement between plaintiff Automated Media Processing 

Solutions, Inc. dba Equilibrium (“Equilibrium”) and SDS dated June 28, 2010. The contract is not 

attached to the complaint. However, it contains a provision that requires the parties to engage in a 30 

day Dispute Resolution process prior to commencing legal proceedings. In addition, SDS submits that 

the unfair competition cause of action is preempted by the Copyright Act. As detailed in the attached

Declaration of Daniel J. Kelly, the defects in the complaint were brought to the attention of plaintiff’s 

counsel Michael T. Welch by letter dated March 8, 2016. On March 9, 2016, Mr. Welch agreed to the 

relief requested in this motion. 

SDS’s counsel Daniel J. Kelly first appeared in the case on March 8, 2016. Kevin P. Allen’s 

application to appear pro hac vice for SDS was granted on March 9, 2016. Defendant BLUE has not yet 

been served with the summons and complaint. Under the circumstances, good cause exists to enlarge 

the time for SDS to respond to the complaint so that plaintiff’s counsel can consider the pleading issues 

and determine whether to file an amended complaint. This enlargement of time will necessarily affect 

the case management conference currently scheduled for March 18, 2016. Good cause also exists to 

continue the case management conference to allow both defendants to respond to the complaint and 

counsel to meet and confer and prepare the required joint case management statement. 

DATED: March 9, 2016 TUCKER ELLIS LLP

By: 

Daniel J. Kelly 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SCHAWK DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC. 

 

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TUCKER 

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Cleveland ♦ Columbus ♦ Denver ♦ Los Angeles ♦ San Francisco 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

Automated Media Processing Solutions, Inc. v. Schawk Digital Solutions, et al. 

U.S.D.C (N.D. CAL.) CASE NO. Case No. 3:15-cv-05018-SI

I, Daniel J. Kelly, certify and declare as follows: 

I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to this action. I am a partner in the law firm Tucker 

Ellis LLP, and my business address is One Market Plaza, Steuart Tower, Suite 700, 

San Francisco, California 94105, which is located in the city, county and state where the service 

described below took place. 

On the date indicated below, I served on all interested parties in this action a copy of 

DEFENDANT SCHAWK DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC.’S EX PARTE MOTION FOR AN 

ORDER ENLARGING TIME TO RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT AND CONTINUING 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; DECLARATION OF DANIEL J. KELLY 

[ X ] by electronically serving the documents described above via United States District Court 

Electronic Case Filing website (CM/ECF notification system) on the recipients designated on the 

electronic service list that is located on the PACER website. I also emailed a courtesy copy to plaintiff’s 

counsel Michael T. Welch at mwwelchlaw@gmail.com because it appears that the CM/ECF system still 

sends notices to his former email address. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on March 9, 2016, at San Francisco, California. 

/s/ Daniel J. Kelly 

 Daniel J. Kelly 

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TUCKER 

ELLIS LLP

Cleveland ♦ Columbus ♦ Denver ♦ Los Angeles ♦ San Francisco 

TUCKER ELLIS LLP

DANIEL J. KELLY SBN 145088 

daniel.kelly@tuckerellis.com 

One Market Plaza 

Steuart Tower, Suite 700 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: 415.617.2400 

Facsimile: 415.617.2409 

KEVIN P. ALLEN (Pro hac vice) 

ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC 

kpallen@eckertseamans.com

600 Grant Street, 44th Floor 

Pittsburgh, PA 15219 

Telephone: (412) 566-6866 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SCHAWK DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AUTOMATED MEDIA PROCESSING 

SOLUTIONS, INC., dba EQUILIBRIUM, a 

corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

SCHAWK DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC., a 

business entity; BLUE SOFTWARE, LLC, 

a business entity, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 3:15-cv-05018-SI

DECLARATION OF DANIEL J. KELLY IN 

SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT SCHAWK 

DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC.’S EX PARTE 

MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME AND 

CONTINUANCE OF CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE 

I, Daniel J. Kelly declare as follows: 

1. I am a partner in Tucker Ellis LLP, counsel of record for defendant Schawk Digital 

Solutions, Inc. (“SDS”). I have personal knowledge of the matters stated herein, except those stated on 

information and belief, and as to those matters, I believe them to be true. If called upon to do so, I could 

testify competently about them. 

2. Plaintiff Automated Media Processing Solutions, Inc. dba Equilibrium (“Equilibrium”) 

filed its complaint on November 2, 2016. By agreement of counsel, SDS was served with the summons 

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DECLARATION OF DANIEL J. KELLY 

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and complaint by mail with a letter to Kevin P. Allen on February 16, 2016. SDS’s response to the 

complaint is due on March 11, 2016. 

3. Plaintiff’s complaint alleges causes of action for breach of contract, copyright 

infringement, and unfair business practices against SDS and BLUE Software, LLC (“BLUE”). The 

contract at issue is a MediaRich® Server – Software License Agreement between plaintiff Equilibrium 

and SDS dated June 28, 2010. The contract is not attached to the complaint. Paragraph 11.5 of the 

agreement requires SDS and Equilibrium to engage in a Dispute Resolution process before commencing 

legal proceedings. It is my understanding that this process has not been initiated or completed. The

process contemplates successive review of the dispute at several corporate levels over the course of 

approximately 30 days. 

4. I first appeared in this case on behalf of SDS by filing a notice of appearance on March 8, 

2016. That same day, I sent a letter to plaintiff’s counsel Michael T. Welch outlining several 

deficiencies in the complaint and indicating that SDS intended to file a motion to dismiss if the issues 

could not be resolved by stipulation. A true and correct copy of this letter is attached as Exhibit A and 

incorporated by reference. 

5. On March 8, 2016, I spoke with Brenda Dang, In-House Counsel for defendant BLUE 

Software, LLC (“BLUE”). She advised that BLUE had not been served with the summons and 

complaint. 

6. On March 9, 2016 at 3:37 p.m., I spoke with Michael T. Welch on the telephone. We 

discussed the status of the case and this motion. Mr. Welch agreed with the requested relief. He also 

agreed to review the provisions of the Software License Agreement, a copy of which I emailed to him. 

He agreed to check on the status of service of process on BLUE. 

7. Under the circumstances, I believe that good cause exists to enlarge the time for SDS’s 

response to the complaint by fourteen (14) days, to March 25, 2016 and to continue the case 

management conference for sixty (60) days. This will allow all counsel to become more familiar with 

the case and for the pleadings to be settled. It will also allow for the completion of the Dispute 

Resolution process. 

8. There have been no previous time modifications in the case by stipulation or motion. If 

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the requested relief is not granted, SDS will be required to prepare and file its motion to dismiss without 

having a reasonable opportunity to meet and confer on a potential stipulated resolution. SDS will also 

be prejudiced by having to expend time and resources in litigation without the benefit of the agreed, 

contractual Dispute Resolution process. In addition, the Court will be inconvenienced in that one of the 

parties in the case, BLUE, will not have appeared in the case prior to the case management conference 

which would likely warrant a continuance. 

I hereby declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on March 9, 2016 at San Francisco, California. 

_____/s/ Daniel J. Kelly____________________ 

Daniel J. Kelly 

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