Free Motion for Issuance of Letters Rogatory - District Court of California - California

Case 5:07-cv-04507-JF

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1 ROBERT J. YORIO (SBN 93178) [email protected] 2 COLBY B. SPRINGER (SBN 214868) [email protected] 3 CHRISTINE S. WATSON (SBN 218006) [email protected] 4 CARR & FERRELL LLP 2200 Geng Road 5 Palo Alto, California 94303 Telephone: (650) 812-3400 6 Facsimile: (650) 812-3444 7 Attorneys for Plaintiff ACTICON TECHNOLOGIES LLC 8 9 10 11 12 13 ACTICON TECHNOLOGIES LLC, 14 15 v. Plaintiff, PLAINTIFF ACTICON TECHNOLOGIES LLC'S EX PARTE MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF LETTER ROGATORY JURY TRIAL DEMANDED CASE NO. C 07-4507 JF (HRL) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION

16 PRETEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, a dissolved California corporation; PTI GLOBAL, 17 INC., a California corporation; C-ONE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, a foreign 18 corporation; CHIU FENG CHEN, an individual; GORDON YU, an individual; TOMMY HO, an 19 individual; ROBERT WU, an individual; GRACE YU, an individual; KUEI LU, an 20 individual; and DOES 1 through 20, 21 22 23 Defendants.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that for the purpose of effecting service of process in Taiwan on

24 named foreign Defendant C-ONE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION ("C-One") via Letter 25 Rogatory, Plaintiff ACTICON TECHNOLOGIES LLC ("Acticon") hereby respectfully requests an 26 Order granting Acticon's request for the issuance of a Letter Rogatory for Taiwanese Defendant C27 One. 28
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This Ex Parte Miscellaneous Administrative Request is brought pursuant to Civil Local

2 Rule 7-11, which permits a party to proceed ex parte where a party may require a Court order with 3 respect to miscellaneous administrative matters, not otherwise governed by a federal statute, a 4 federal or local rule or a standing order of the assigned judge. This request is based upon this Ex 5 Parte Miscellaneous Administrative Request and Memorandum of Points and Authorities, the 6 Letter Rogatory, the Declaration of Christine S. Watson in support thereof ("Watson Decl."), the 7 [Proposed] Order filed herewith, and all the papers and pleadings on file in this action. 8 9 I. INTRODUCTION

Acticon respectfully requests that the Court issue the attached Letter Rogatory so that

10 Acticon may effect service of process in Taiwan on the recently named Taiwanese Defendant in 11 this action, C-One. Acticon is advised that the letter must bear the Court's original handwritten 12 signature and the Court's seal. 13 14 15 II. PLAINTIFF MAY SERVE THE TAIWANESE DEFENDANTS IN TAIWAN VIA LETTERS ROGATORY.

Acticon filed its First Amended Complaint on June 17, 2008, naming C-One as an

16 additional defendant and adding a cause of action for patent infringement against C-One. A 17 Summons was issued on June 18, 2008, for C-One. Taiwan is not a signatory to The Hague 18 Convention and therefore, C-One may be served in Taiwan by Letter Rogatory. 28 U.S.C. § 19 1781(a)(2); Fed.R.Civ.Proc. 4(f)(2)(B). Acticon has retained the services of Lee and Li, a 20 Taiwanese law firm that is able to assist in serving C-One in Taiwan by Letter Rogatory. Watson 21 Decl., ¶ 2. Lee and Li has advised that the Letter Rogatory is the preferred method of service in 22 United States and Taiwanese courts. Watson Decl., ¶3. 23 24 III. CONCLUSION

Acticon respectfully requests that this Court enter the Order, submitted herewith, granting

25 Acticon's request (1) for the issuance of a Letter Rogatory for Taiwanese Defendant C-One; and (2) 26 for the issuance of the Letter Rogatory for C-One (three original signed and Court-sealed letters). 27 28
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1 Dated: July 3, 2008 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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CARR & FERRELL LLP

By: ROBERT J. YORIO COLBY B. SPRINGER CHRISTINE S. WATSON Attorneys for Plaintiff ACTICON TECHNOLOGIES LLC

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