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

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SILICON VALLEY

Case Nos. 3:17-cv-03022-JST JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

REGARDING SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING ON

EOLAS’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY

KELLY TIDWELL (pro hac vice)

kbt@texarkanalaw.com

GEOFFREY CULBERTSON (pro hac vice)

gpc@texarkanalaw.com

PATTON TIDWELL & CULBERTSON, LLP

2800 Texas Boulevard 

Texarkana, TX 75503

Telephone: (903) 792 7080

Facsimile: (903) 792 8233

Counsel for Plaintiff

EOLAS TECHNOLOGIES 

INCORPORATED

DOUGLAS E. LUMISH, Bar No. 183863 

doug.lumish@lw.com

RICHARD G. FRENKEL, Bar No. 204133

rick.frenkel@lw.com

JEFFREY G. HOMRIG, Bar No. 215890

jeff.homrig@lw.com

NICHOLAS YU, Bar No. 298768

nicholas.yu@latham.com

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

140 Scott Drive

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Telephone: (650) 328-4600

Facsimile: (650) 463-2600

[additional counsel listed on signature page]

Counsel for Defendant 

AMAZON.COM, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

EOLAS TECHNOLOGIES 

INCORPORATED,

Plaintiff,

v.

AMAZON.COM, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No: 3:17-cv-03022-JST

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING SUPPLEMENTAL 

BRIEFING ON EOLAS’S MOTION TO 

DISQUALIFY LATHAM & WATKINS 

LLP

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Case Nos. 3:17-cv-03022-JST JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

REGARDING SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING ON

EOLAS’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY

Pursuant to the Court’s guidance at the Case Management Conference held August 2, 

2017, counsel for Plaintiff Eolas Technologies Incorporated (“Eolas”) and Defendant

Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”), met and conferred by telephone on August 4, 2017, regarding 

Eolas’s pending motion to disqualify Latham & Watkins LLP from representing Amazon. The 

parties were unable to reach an agreement about what body of law should govern that motion in 

light of the transfer of the case to this district. Eolas’s position is that California law should 

apply; Amazon’s position is that Texas law, as already briefed, should apply. But although the 

parties did not reach agreement on the applicable law, they agreed on and hereby stipulate to the 

following course of action concerning further briefing:

1. In accordance with the Court’s guidance, the parties will file simultaneous 

supplemental briefs of not more than 10 pages (excluding attachments, which would be limited 

to items from the prior record or unpublished legal authorities) by 5 p.m. on Friday, August 11, 

2017.

2. Those briefs will address three topics:

a. Whether Texas or California law should govern Eolas’s motion to 

disqualify.

b. Any relevant differences between Texas and California law.

c. If the Court decides to apply California law, whether or how those 

differences impact the resolution of Eolas’s motion.

3. The parties will file simultaneous response briefs of not more than 7 pages 

(excluding attachments, limited as noted above) by 5 p.m. on Friday, August 18, 2017. The 

parties will not file replies.

4. The parties agree, except as set forth in their supplemental briefs, that Texas and 

California law are substantially similar with respect to Eolas’s motion to disqualify, and given 

that the parties have already fully developed the factual record in the existing briefing, fully rebriefing the disqualification motion is unnecessary and would waste the Court’s and the parties’ 

time and resources.

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Case Nos. 3:17-cv-03022-JST JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

REGARDING SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING ON

EOLAS’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY

DATED: August 7, 2017 Respectfully submitted,

By /s/ Geoffrey Culbertson

KELLY TIDWELL (pro hac vice)

kbt@texarkanalaw.com

GEOFFREY CULBERTSON (pro hac vice)

gpc@texarkanalaw.com

PATTON TIDWELL & CULBERTSON, LLP

2800 Texas Boulevard 

Texarkana, TX 75503

Telephone: (903) 792-7080

Facsimile: (903) 792-8233

Counsel for Plaintiff

EOLAS TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED

By /s/ Richard Frenkel

DOUGLAS E. LUMISH, Bar No. 183863 

doug.lumish@lw.com

RICHARD G. FRENKEL, Bar No. 204133

rick.frenkel@lw.com

JEFFREY G. HOMRIG, Bar No. 215890

jeff.homrig@lw.com

NICHOLAS YU, Bar No. 298768

nicholas.yu@latham.com

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

140 Scott Drive

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Telephone: (650) 328-4600

Facsimile: (650) 463-2600

JOSEPH H. LEE, Bar No. 248046

joseph.lee@lw.com 

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

650 Town Center Drive, 20th Floor

Costa Mesa, CA 92626-1925

Telephone: (714) 540-1235

Facsimile: (714) 755-8290

AMIT MAKKER, Bar No. 280747

amit.makker@lw.com 

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94111-6538

Telephone: (415) 395-8034

Facsimile: (415) 395-8095

MELISSA ARBUS SHERRY (pro hac vice)

melissa.sherry@lw.com

ELANA NIGHTINGALE DAWSON (pro hac vice)

elana.nightingaledawson@lw.com

GRAHAM E. PHILLIPS (pro hac vice)

graham.phillips@lw.com

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Case Nos. 3:17-cv-03022-JST JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

REGARDING SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING ON

EOLAS’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

555 Eleventh Street, Suite 1000

Washington, DC 20004-1304

Telephone: (202) 637-2200

Facsimile: (202) 637-2201

Counsel for Defendant 

AMAZON.COM, INC.

ATTESTATION

I, Rick Frenkel, am the ECF user whose userid and password authorized the filing of this 

document. Under Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I attest that all signatories to this document have 

concurred in this filing.

DATED: August 7, 2017 /s/ Richard Frenkel

Richard Frenkel

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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Case Nos. 3:17-cv-03022-JST JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

REGARDING SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING ON

EOLAS’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Plaintiff Eolas Technologies Incorporated (“Eolas”) and Defendant Amazon.com, Inc. 

(“Amazon”), stipulated to the following briefing schedule:

1. By 5 p.m. on Friday, August 11, 2017, Eolas and Amazon will file simultaneous 

briefs regarding (a) whether Texas or California law applies to Eolas’s pending motion to 

disqualify, (b) the relevant differences between Texas and California law, and (c) how 

those differences impact the resolution of Eolas’s motion. These briefs shall not exceed 

10 pages (excluding attachments, which shall be limited to items from the prior record or 

unpublished legal authorities) but shall otherwise comply with Civil Local Rule 7 in all 

respects.

2. By 5 p.m. on Friday, August 18, 2017, Eolas and Amazon will file simultaneous 

response briefs. These briefs shall not exceed 7 pages (excluding attachments, limited as 

noted above) but shall otherwise comply with Civil Local Rule 7 in all respects.

3. No further briefs shall be filed without permission of the Court.

The parties’ joint stipulation is GRANTED. The parties shall submit briefs pursuant to 

the above schedule.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ____________________ __________________________

Honorable Jon S. Tigar 

United States District Judge 

August 8, 2017

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