“…motion has nothing to do with ZTE”? I think it has everything to do with ZTE. In my opinion, ZTE is hiding behind these companies. As even this weak-kneed motion points out, ZTE has even refused to provide its position on this matter despite being requested to do so.
Does anyone truly believe that Big Bad Google, with its hundreds of attorneys, can’t come up with the information it received from ZTE within the time provided? Anybody? Heck, Google (working hand in glove with ZTE) probably had all the requested information within hours of being subpoenaed. It’s ridiculous imo to buy into the multi-hundred-billion-dollar Google claim that its gigantic team of attorneys is overwhelmed by the relatively simple requests in question. I say, let Google fight its own battle in claiming it can’t comply with any discovery.
The same with the other companies. I personally don’t buy into the position of ZTE and Google and Edleman and Grayling that in fact this all “has nothing to do with ZTE”. This additional time delay may well be followed by a battle with ZTE that the requested info as finally collected is privileged, and on and on.
Unless something HUGE is going on behind the scene, I think that Vringo is being led down a path of unending delays.
And if this motion “has nothing to do with ZTE”, why are we making this motion in our lawsuit against ZTE? Tactically, Vringo has to show that this is all in fact interrelated, and not let this turn into things that are in effect separate lawsuits against those subpoenaed---while ZTE sits back and laughs at Vringo allowing itself to be drawn into these distractions.
So, in a case in which Vringo on the sanctions front is trying to show that ZTE is stalling, playing time-consuming games, etc. Vring has managed to maneuver itself into a position of taking the part of the poor lil’ victimized Google that the court was too tough in its previously-ordered fact discovery deadlines.
But, again, maybe I’m just grumpy this morning.
