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1 LEE TRAN & LIANG, APLC

James M. Lee (CA Bar No. 192301) Enoch H. Liang (CA Bar No. 212324) 3 601 South Figueroa Street, Suite 4025 Los Angeles, CA 90017 4 Telephone: (213) 612-3737 5 Facsimile: (213) 612-3773 Attorneys for Plaintiff Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ) ) nonprofit corporation, ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) GODADDY.COM, INC., a Delaware ) corporation; THE GODADDY GROUP ) INC.; a Delaware Corporation; ) DOMAINS BY PROXY, INC., a ) Delaware Corporation; ) GREENDOMAINMARKET.COM, an ) unknown entity; BDS, an unknown ) entity; and XPDREAMTEAM LLC, a ) California limited liability corporation, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 5:12-mc-80192-EJD Underlying Civil Action Pending in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Case No. 2:10-cv03738-ABC-CW PLAINTIFFS NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO COMPEL DEPOSITION 30(B)(6) TESTIMONY FROM NON-PARTY GOOGLE, INC. Hearing DATE: October 2, 2012 TIME: 10:00 a.m. CTRM: 5, San Jose Courthouse Honorable Paul S. Grewal

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1 TO DEFENDANTS, NON-PARTY GOOGLE, INC., AND THEIR 2 ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 3

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on October 2, 2012 at 10:00am, or as soon

4 thereafter as the matter may be heard in Courtroom 5, in the United States District 5 Court for the Northern District of California located at 280 South 1st Street, San 6 Jose, CA 95113, Plaintiff Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Inc. 7 (AMPAS or Plaintiff) will and hereby does move this Court pursuant to 8 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 45, for an order compelling Google, Inc. to 9 comply with the deposition subpoena issued from this Court and appear to provide 10 deposition testimony on the topics specified in Plaintiffs Notice of 30(b)(6) 11 Deposition of Google, Inc. 12

This Motion is made pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rules 45,

13 37, and 30. This Motion is based on this Notice, the attached Memorandum of 14 Points and Authorities, the Declaration of Enoch Liang, all pleadings and papers 15 on file herein, and upon such oral and documentary evidence as may be presented 16 at or before the hearing on this Motion. 17

This Motion is made after the conference of counsel, pursuant to Northern

18 District Local Rule 37-1. Plaintiff conferred in good faith with Google several 19 times in an effort to obtain the discovery below without Court intervention. See 20 Declaration of Enoch Liang (Liang Decl.), 6-10.

Indeed, the reason that

21 Plaintiff waited until now to bring this motion to compel is that Plaintiff attempted 22 to exhaust all other avenues of discoveryincluding from Defendant GoDaddy 23 until bringing this motion to compel. Id., 11. The fact discovery cut-off in the 24 underlying action is September 25, 2012, necessitating this motion now. 25 26 27 28

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RELIEF REQUESTED The relief sought by Plaintiff Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

3 (Plaintiff or AMPAS) via this motion includes the following: 4 5 6

An Order compelling Google to appear for the FRCP 30(b)(6) deposition commanded by subpoena properly served on April 26, 2011. On June 27, 2012, Defendant GoDaddy.com, Inc. also served a deposition

7 subpoena on Google, demanding documents and a deposition on July 30, 2012. 8 Google did not appear for deposition in response to that subpoena either. On 9 August 22, 2012, GoDaddy moved to compel against Google, and was assigned 10 this Case No. 5:12-mc-80192-EJD. For the convenience of the Court, Plaintiff is 11 using the same miscellaneous case number and hearing date as GoDaddy. 12

For the convenience of non-party Google, Plaintiff also requests that its

13 deposition of Google be set on the same day or the day before GoDaddys 14 deposition of Google. 15 16 II. 17 18 19 20 21 22 III. 23

STATEMENT OF ISSUES TO BE DECIDED The issues to be decided are: Whether Google must provide 30(b)(6) witness(es) for testimony regarding the topics identified in the April 26, 2011 subpoena properly served by the Plaintiff on Google.

CIVIL LOCAL RULE 37-2 STATEMENT Civil L.R. 37-2 requires Plaintiff to set forth each request in full, followed

24 immediately by the objections and/or responses thereto. Because Google did not 25 provide specific objections and responses to each deposition topic, Plaintiff first 26 sets forth each deposition topic, followed by Googles general objections and 27 responses.1 28

1 During the meet and confer process, Plaintiff and Google discussed additional
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A. Plaintiffs Verbatim 30(b)(6) Deposition Topics

1. Any discussions and/or negotiations between GODADDY and GOOGLE about GODADDYS PARKED PAGE PROGRAMS, including, but not limited to any discussions and/or negotiations about the use of ADSENSE in GODADDYS PARKED PAGE PROGRAM.

2. Any discussions or communications between GOOGLE and GODADDY referring or relating to the PATENT APPLICATION or any other methods or processes to prevent trademark infringement in the ADSENSE program.

3. Any discussions or communications between GOOGLE and GODADDY referring or relating to the GODADDY AGREEMENT.

4. Any discussions or communications between GOOGLE and GODADDY referring or relating to domain names that incorporate third party trademarks and are placed in GODADDYS PARKED PAGE PROGRAM.

5. Whether and to what extent GOOGLE has knowledge that domain names in the ADSENSE program, GODADDYS PARKED PAGE PROGRAM, or similar page parking programs may or do incorporate third party trademarks.

6. Whether and to what extent GOOGLE marketed or promoted ADSENSE in connection with GODADDYS PARKED PAGE PROGRAMS.

28 specific topics in detail. Those are discussed further in the accompanying

memorandum of points and authorities.

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7. The process or method by which advertisements and sponsored links are selected and placed on domain names within GODADDYS PARKED PAGE PROGRAMS, including domain names incorporating the term OSCAR, AWARDS. OSCARS, ACADEMY AWARD, or ACADEMY

8. The amount of annual revenue that GOOGLE has shared with GODADDY in connection with GODADDYS PARKED PAGE PROGRAMS for the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.

9. The authenticity of all DOCUMENTS produced pursuant to the Subpoena To Produce Documents, Information, Or Objects served concurrently herewith on GOOGLE by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

B. Googles Verbatim General Responses and Objections 1. Google objects to the subpoena to appear for a deposition on the grounds that it imposes an undue burden on Google, a non-party, to appear as a witness. Google also objects to the subpoena to appear for a deposition on the grounds that the information sought can be obtained through less burdensome means, including from the parties to the case.

2. Google objects to the subpoena to appear for a deposition on the grounds it is vague, overbroad, duplicative, cumulative, unduly bordensome, and oppressive. Google objects to the subpoena to appear for a deposition to the extent that the subpoena is abusively drawn and served for the purpose of annoying and harassing Google, a non-party.

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3. Google objects to the Topics to the extent they seek testimony that has been, or could be, obtained from any of the parties to the underlying litigation or by less burdensome means.

4. Google objects to the Topics on the ground that they impose an undue burden and demand that Google, a non-party, appear as a witness at its own expense. To the extent that Google appears as a witness pursuant to the subpoena, Google shall only do so upon compensation for costs, including attorney fees, related to the deposition.

5. Google objects to the Topics to the that any Stipulated Protective Order entered in the case does not provide sufficient protection for the information sought from Google.

6. Google objects to the Topics to the extent they seek testimony protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine, or any other applicable privilege or immunity. To the extent that Google testifies in response to the Topics, Google will not testify as to anything protected by such privileges or immunities, and any inadvertent disclosure shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of any such privilege or immunity.

7. Google objects to the Topics to the extent they seek information that is not within Googles knowledge.

8. Google objects to the Topics to the extent that they vague, overbroad or unduly burdensome.

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9. Google objects to the Topics to the extent that they call for testimony that is neither relevant to the subject matter of this action nor reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.

10. Google objects to the topics to the extent that it seek testimony or impose obligations beyond what is permissible under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or any applicable local rules.

11. Google objects to the Topics to the extent they seek testimony concerning a large range of topics in only a short time frame for providing the testimony. To the extent that Google appears as a witness pursuant to the subpoena, Google shall do so at a mutually agreeable time and place.

12. Google objects to the Topics to the extent they seek disclosure of private information.

13. Google objects to the Topics to the extent they seek disclosure of information that is otherwise prohibited by law.

Google requests the opportunity to meet and confer to determine the scope and applicability of the above objections.

Google objects to the requests in the subpoena to the extent they seek information already in Plaintiffs possession or available to Plaintiff from some other source that is more convenient, less burdensome or less expensive, including information available to plaintiff from public sources. This means that if you are seeking account or other information from Google that is equally available from a party in the litigation, Google objects to that request on that

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basis. Google also objects to the requests to the extent they seek information containing confidential financial, proprietary or trade secret information, or any information subject to a confidentiality agreement or protective order. While Google does not require a protective order for production of its non-confidential information, Google will only produce information it deems confidential pursuant to a confidentiality agreement or protective order that it deems suitable for the protection of its confidential information. Please provide a

confidentiality agreement or protective order if you intend to seek confidential documents of Google in your requests, as we will not produce confidential information without entry of a protective order that we deem suitable to protect the confidentiality of our documents.

Google further objects to the requests to the extent they seek information protected by any privilege, including the attorney-client privilege, work product immunity doctrine, common interest privilege, or any other applicable privilege, immunity, or restriction on discovery. We also object to the requests to the extent that they are irrelevant, overly broad, vague, ambiguous, unlimited in time or scope, fail to identify the information sought with reasonable particularity, or impose an undue burden on Google, Google objects to the requests to the extent that they seek information that is not relevant or reasonably likely to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. Google objects to the request to the extent that they seek private information. Google also objects to the requests to the extent that they seek production of documents that is otherwise prohibited by law. DATED: August 27, 2012 By: /s/ Enoch Liang BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP Stuart Singer (pro hac vice) [email protected]

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David Nelson (pro hac vice) [email protected] 401 East Las Olas Blvd, Suite 1200 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Tel: 954-356-0011 Fax: 954-356-0022 David L. Zifkin (SBN 232845) [email protected] David I. Michaels (SBN 276100) [email protected] 225 Santa Monica Blvd., 11th Fl. Santa Monica, CA 90401 Tel: 310-395-5800 Fax: 310-578-7898 LEE, TRAN & LIANG APLC James M. Lee (SBN 192301) [email protected] Enoch H. Liang (SBN 212324) [email protected] 601 South Figueroa Street, Suite 4025 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Tel: 213-612-3737 Fax: 213-612-3773 FOOTE, MEYERS, MIELKE & FLOWERS LLC Robert M. Foote (pro hac vice) [email protected] Kathleen Chavez (pro hac vice) [email protected] Matthew Herman (pro hac vice) [email protected] 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2340 Chicago, IL 60602 Tel: 630-232-6333 Fax: 630-845-8982 Attorneys for Plaintiff

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