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Parties Involved:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Counter-defendant
Bargain Software Shop, LLC
Counter-claimant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BARGAIN SOFTWARE SHOP, LLC,

Plaintiff,

v.

ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-00351-JCS 

ORDER OF SUA SPONTE REFERRAL 

AS TO WHETHER CASES ARE 

RELATED

Civil Local Rule 3-12(c) provides that “[w]henever a Judge believes that a case pending 

before that Judge is related to another case, the Judge may refer the case to the Judge assigned to 

the lowest-numbered case with a request that the Judge assigned to the lowest-numbered case 

consider whether the cases are related.” This case was transferred from the Western District of 

Texas based on that court’s conclusion that it is related to two cases in this district before the 

Honorable Judge Edward Chen, numbered 13-cv-04193-EMC and 14-cv-3721-EMC. See Report 

and Recommendation (dkt. 32); Order Adopting Report and Recommendation (dkt. 33). The 

Court has reviewed the claims of this case and the purportedly related cases, and agrees that the 

cases might be related. 

Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 3-12(c), this action is REFERRED to Judge Chen for a 

determination of whether this action is related to Adobe Systems Inc. v. Colorado Internet 

Services, LLC, 13-cv-04193-EMC (N.D. Cal.) and/or Adobe Systems Inc. v. Bargain Software, 

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United States District Court

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LLC, 14-cv-3721-EMC (N.D. Cal.). Any party may file a response, opposition, or statement in 

support of relating the cases no later than February 6, 2015.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 2, 2015

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JOSEPH C. SPERO

Chief Magistrate Judge

 

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Two attorneys for Bargain Software Shop, LLC have moved to withdraw as counsel. See dkt. 

36. The Court declines to address that motion pending resolution of whether the cases are related.

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