2010-1199, 1344
United States Court of Appealsfor the Federal Circuit
MEDIA QUEUE, LLC,
Plaintiff-Appellant
,v. NETFLIX, INC.,
Defendant-Cross Appellant
,andBLOCKBUSTER, INC.,
Defendant-Appellee
,andGREENCINE HOLDINGS, LLC,
Defendant
.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No.09-CV-1027, Judge Susan Illston
BRIEF OF
AMICI CURIAE
AMAZON.COM, INC., FACEBOOK, INC.,MICROSOFT CORP., ORACLE CORP., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD, TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC., AND YAHOO! INC. INSUPPORT OF DEFENDANT-CROSS APPELLANT NETFLIX ANDVACATING THE DISTRICT COURT’S ATTORNEY FEES DECISION
Robert T. CruzenJeffrey S. LoveJohn D. VandenbergKLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLPOne World Trade Center 121 S.W. Salmon Street, Suite 1600Portland, Oregon 97204-2988(503) 595-5300
Attorneys for Amici Curiae
J
ULY
7,
2010
C
OUNSEL
P
RESS
,
LLC
(888)
277-3259
UNITEDSTATES
COURT
OF
APPEALS
FOR
THEFEDERAL CIRCUITMEDIA
QUEUE
v.
NETFLIX
No.
2010-1199,
1344
CERTIFICATE
OF
INTEREST
Counsel for Amici John D. Vandenberg certifies the following:
1.
The full name
of
every party or amicus represented by me is:Amazon.com, Inc., Facebook, Inc., Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., SamsungElectronics Co., Ltd., Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., and Yahoo! Inc.
2.
The name
of
the real party in interest
(if
the party named in the caption is notthe real party in interest) represented by me is:Not applicable.
3.
All parent corporations and any
ptLblicly
held companies that own
10
percentor more
of
the stock
of
the party or amicus curiae represented by me are:Amazon.com, Inc., Facebook, Inc., Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., SamsungElectronics Co., Ltd., and Yahoo! Inc. each have no parent corporations and nopublicly held company owns 10% or more
of
their stock.Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of
Toyota MotorNorth Anlerica, Inc. which is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of
Toyota MotorCorporation. No publicly held corporation owns 10% or more
of
the stock
of
Toyota Motor Corporation.
4.
The names
of
all law firms and the partners or associates that appeared for theparty or amicus now represented by me in the trial court or agency or are expectedto appear in this court are:None appeared in
th.e
lower tribllnal. Klarquist Sparkman, LLP: John
D.
Vandenberg, Robert
T.
Cruzen, and Jeffrey
S.
Love appear in this court for Amici.July
7,2010
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of
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John D. Vand gPrinted name
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
I.
STATEMENT OF INTERESTS OF AMICI 1II. SUMMARY OF POSITION AND ARGUMENT 2III. UNREASONABLE OVERREACHING
BY
PATENTEES IS EPIDEMIC 6IV. CURRENT SECTION 285 JURISPRUDENCEHAS INVITED CONFUSION AND LED TOSKEWED RESULTS IN THE DISTRICT COURTS 9V.
P R O O F T H A T A P A T E N T O ~ R S H O U L D
HAVE KNOWN THAT IT WAS ASSERTING ITSPATENT BEYOND ITS LEGITIMATE SCOPE SHOULDSUFFICE TO SUPPORT
AN
EXCEPTIONAL CASE FINDING
14
VI.
FOGERTY
SUPPORTS
AN
EVEN-HANDED APPLICATION OF SECTION 285
16
VII. PUBLIC POLICY ABHORSOVERREACHING ASSERTIONS OF PATENTS
17
VIII. CONCLUSION 20
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