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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OPEN TEXT S.A.,

Plaintiff,

v.

BOX, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 13-cv-04910-JD 

VOIR DIRE

Re: Dkt. No. 409

The Court will ask these voir dire questions at the request of the parties. They are in 

addition to the Court’s standard questions. The parties are responsible for printing sufficient 

copies of the lists at the end of the order for the jury. The parties must file a copy of the witness 

list to be distributed to the jury by January 30, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 26, 2015

______________________________________

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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VOIR DIRE QUESTIONS

1. Do you have a science or engineering degree?

2. You have been given a list of companies.

a. Have you, a family member, or anyone close to you ever worked for any of 

these companies?

b. Are you personally acquainted with any officer, director, or employee of 

any of these companies?

c. Do you or any member of your household now own, or have you or any 

such member ever owned, any stocks or bonds in any of these companies?

d. Have you, a family member, or anyone close to you had any financial 

dealings with, or relied financially in any way on, any of these companies?

e. Have you, a family member, or anyone close to you used any Box.com or 

Carahsoft products, services, or features?

f. Have you, a family member, or anyone close to you used any Open Text 

products, services or features?

g. Do you have any strong negative or positive opinions about any of these 

companies?

h. Do you use any “cloud” file or document storage tools, for personal use or 

at work, made by companies other than Box or Open Text? Examples 

include Dropbox, Microsoft SharePoint, and Google Drive.

3. You have been given a list of the attorneys and law firms involved in this litigation. 

Are you related to, or personally acquainted with, any of these attorneys?

4. You have been given a list of the individuals who might appear as witnesses in this 

case. Are you related to, or personally acquainted with, any of those individuals?

5. Have you read about this case, heard it discussed, have an opinion regarding it, or 

otherwise have any personal knowledge of it beyond what you have heard this 

morning?

6. Have you, a family member, or anyone close to you ever appeared in court or a 

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court proceeding as a plaintiff or defendant, a witness, or as an expert?

7. Have you, a family member, or anyone close to you ever applied for a patent?

a. What was the patent for?

b. When did you [or they] apply for it?

c. Was there any litigation involving the patent? 

8. Do you have strong opinions about the United States patent system?

9. Do you believe that it is wrong for a company to sue another company for patent 

infringement?

10. Do you believe it is wrong for someone to profit from an invention?

11. Do you have strong opinions about software, or software patents? 

12. Do you believe that it would be wrong for a company accused of patent 

infringement to challenge the validity of a patent granted by the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office?

13. Do you believe that it would be wrong to award damages to a patent owner if 

another company is determined to infringe a patent?

14. Do you have any difficulty understanding English or reading documents in 

English?

15. Do you know of any other matter or issue not previously discussed that you believe 

would affect your ability to be a fair and impartial juror in this case?

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COMPANIES

Open Text S.A.

Open Text Corp.

Open Text, Inc.

Box, Inc., a/k/a/ Box.com or Box.net

Carahsoft Technology Corporation

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ATTORNEYS

COOLEY LLP

Orion Armon

Sara J. Bradford

Angela L. Campbell

Christopher C. Campbell

Britton F. Davis

Brian J. Eutermoser

Janna K. Fischer

Thomas J. Friel, Jr.

Sarah J. Guske

Andrew Koning

Frank V. Pietrantonio

Peter J. Sauer

Wayne O. Stacy

J. Adam Suppes

REED SMITH

Scott D. Baker

John P. Bovich

James A. Daire

Jennifer DePriest

Kirin K. Gill

Seth B. Herring

Adaline J. Hilgard

Doyle Johnson

John W. McCauley, IV

Jesse L. Miller

Jonah D. Mitchell

Christine M. Morgan

William R. Overend

Keyonn L. Pope

Stuart A. Shanus

Matthew R. Sheldon

Paulo L. Sousa

Richard C. Sullivan, Jr.

Mark W. Wasserman

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WITNESSES

[To be provided by parties.]

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