SAN FRANCISCO — They say those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Well, lawyers who call out opposing counsel for exceeding page limits should first count their own pages.
U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman made it clear Wednesday she’s not happy with attorneys on either side of a patent dispute between two network security companies. Earlier this month, Palo Alto-based Finjan Holdings Inc. flouted Freeman’s 10-page limit with an 18-page motion for attorney fees. Opponent Blue Coat Systems Inc., based in Sunnyvale, was quick to point out the error in a motion to strike. But that same day, Freeman wrote, Blue Coat’s lawyers with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati “shamelessly” committed an even more egregious violation by filing an opposition to the fee request that ran to 25 pages.
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