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Attorneys for Defendant Twitter,Inc. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

COI.TNTY OF COI-]NTY

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PeopleBrowsr, Inc., and PeopleBrowsr Pty., Ltd.,

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Plaintiffs,

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TO PLAINTIFFS AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT

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District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division on

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Dated: December 3,2012 By

DURIE T

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MI PAGE JOSHUA H. LERNER

Attorneys for Defendant Twitter. Inc.

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PROOF OF SERVICE

I am a citizen of the United States and resident of the State of California. I am employed in San
Francisco County, State of California, in the office of a member of the bar of this Court, at whose

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direction the service was made. I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to the within action.

My business address is 217 Leidesdorff Street, San Francisco, CA

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1BY U.S. MAIL) I am personally and readily familiar with the business practice gfDurie Tangri LLp for collection and processing of correspondence for mailing with_the United Stats Postal Service, and I caused such envelope(s) with postage thereon fully prepaid to be placed in the United States Postal Service at San Francisco, California. 1BY MESSENGER SERVICE) by consigning the document(s) to an authorized courier andlor process server for hand delivery on this date.

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Y FACSIMILE) I am personally and readily familiar with the business practice of burie Tangri llp for collction an processing of document(s) to be transmitted by facsimile ad I caused such documet(s) on this date to be transmitted by facsimile to the off,rces of addressee(s) at the numbers listed below.
1BY OVERNIGHT MAIL) I am personally and readily familiar with the business practice of Durie Tangri LLp for cllection andprocessing of correspondence for.overnight elivery, and I caused such document(s) described herein to be deposited for delivery to a facilityregularly maintained by Federal Express for overnight delivery.

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BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE: By electronically mailing a true and correct copy through Durie Tangri's electronic mail sysiem from jposada@durietangri.com to the email addresses set forth below. (BY PERSONAL DELIVERY) I caused such envelope to be delivered by hand to the offices of each addressee below.

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On the following part(ies) in this action:

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CROWELL & MORING LLP Michael Kahn (mkahn@crowell. com) Gregory D. Call (gcall@crowell.com) Theresa A. Buckley (tbuckley@crowell.com) 275 Batlery Street, 23rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94IIt Telephone: 4 1 5.986.2800 Facsimile: 415.986.2827 CROWELL & MORING LLP
Kathleen B alderrama (kbalden ama@cr owell. com) 515 South Flower St., 40th Floor Los Angeles, CA 9007I Telephone: 2t3.622.47 50 Facsimile : 213 .622.269 0

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs PeopleBrowsr, Pty., Ltd., PeopleBrowsr, Inc.

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the
foregoing is true and conect. Executed on December 3,2012, at San Francisco, California.

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I. (a) PLAINTIFFS
PeopleBrowsr, lnc., and PeopleBrowsr Pty., Ltd

DEFENDANTS
Twitter, lnc.
Couuty of Residenco of First Listed

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County of Residenco of Fist Listed Plaintiff San Frnnisco (EXCEPT IN U.S. PLAINTTFF CASES)

Defendant San Francisco

(IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES ONLY)

NOTE:

IN LAND CONDBMNATION CASES, USE THE LOCATION OF THE TRACT OF LAND INVOLVED.

c,i"rf"ffi 3Il'Tf"r3ff'"dtQi;l;:8iiffi"d.curr,rhereseA.
Buckey, 275 Battery Street, 23rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111'

Durie Tahjii LLP, Michael H. Page, Joshua H. Lerner, 217 Leidesdorff Street, San Francisco, CA 9411 1, 415-362-6666

Attomevs uf Khown)

II. BASIS OF JURISDICTION

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IfI. CITIZENSHIP OF PRINCIPAL PARTIES

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Multidistriot Litigation

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CAUSE OF ACTION REQUESTED

15 U.S.C. S 4
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DOCKETNIJMBER

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RELATED CASE(S)
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instuctions):
JUDGE

IX. DIVISIONAL ASSIGNMENT (Civil L.R.3-2)

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SIGNATTJRE OF ATTORNEY OF RECORD

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DURIE TANGRI LLP MTCHAEL H. PAGE (SBN 154913) mpage@durietangri, com JOSHUA H. LERNER (SBN 22075s) jlerner@durietangri.com 217 Leidesdorff Street San Francisco, CA 94ll| Telephone: 415-362-6666

Facsimile: 415-236-6300
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Attomeys for Defendant Twitter, Inc.

IN THE LTNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

PeopleBrowsr, Inc., and PeopleBrowsr Pty., Ltd.,
Case No.

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Plaintiffs,
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NOTTCE OF REMOVAL OF ACTION: UNDER2S U.S.C. $ 1441(A) (FEDERAL QUESTION) CASE NO.

TO THE CLERK OF THE ABOVE-ENTITLED COURT: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Defendant Twitter, Inc. ("Twitter") hereby removes to this
Court the state court action described below.
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27,2012 anaction was filed in the Superior Court of the State of

California in and for the County of San Francisco entitled PeopleBrowsr, Inc., and
PeopleBrowsr Pty.,Ltd. (collectively "PeopleBrowsr") v. Twitter as case number CGC-12526393, attached hereto as Exhibit A. On Novemb er 27,2012, Defendant was served

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a copy of said complaint and

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swnmons from the said state court, together with applications for Temporary Restraining Order
and expedited discovery.

A copy of the srmrmons is attached hereto as Exhibit B. The balance

of the Superior Court case file is attached hereto as Exhibit C.

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JURISDICTION
This action is a civil action of which this Court has original and exclusive jurisdiction

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under the Sherman

Act,

15 U.S.C. Section 4, and is one which may be removed to this Court by

Defendant pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. Sections 1331 and I44l(a) in that it arises under federal antitrust law.

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INTRADISTRICT ASSIGNMENT
As this action arose in the City and County of San Francisco, assignment to the San

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PEOPLEBROWSR'S COMPLAINT AND TRO PAPERS REVEAL THAT ITS SECTION I72OO CLAIM IS BASED ON FEDERAL ANTITRUST LAW
PeopleBrowsr's Complaint purports to state four causes of action: intentional

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interference with contractual relations, intentional interference with prospective economic

advantage, promissory estoppels, and violations of California Business

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Section 17200 et seq. ("Section 17200"). PeopleBrowsr alleges, inter alia, that Twitter violates
the "unfair acts" prong of Section 17200 by "committing acts of unfair competition that

significantly threaten or harm competition. Twitter is the dominant player in the market for realNOTICE OF REMOVAL OF ACTION:LINDER28 U.S.C. $ 1441(A) (FEDERAL QUES TroN) CASE NO

time, public micro-blog data in the United States . . . . Twitter is using its exclusive control over
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unreasonable and anticompetitive." Compl. T'll 155-158. Those allegations, which form the sole basis for PeopleBrowsr's claims under the "unfair acts" prong of Section 17200, state a

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law.

See, e.g., Salvesonv.

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States Bankcard Ass'n,731 F.2d 1423,1430 (9th Cir. 1984),

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superseded by statute on unrelated grounds, Ethridge v. Harbor House Rest.,861 F.2d 1389 (9th

Cir. 1981); Sparta Surgicl Corp. v. National Ass'n of Sec. Dealers, Inc.,159 F.3d 1209 (9th Cir.
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complaint.

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Bd. of Cal. v. Constr. Laborers Vacation Trust r S. Ca1.,463 U.S. 1, 13, 103 S. Ct. 284I,2848, 77 L.d,2d420 (1983); see also Rains v. Criterion Sys,, Inc.,80 F.3d 339 (9th Cir. 1996)

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("Even where, as here, state law creates the cause of action, and no federal law completely
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THE ALLEGATIONS IN PEOPLEBRO\rySR'S COMPLAINT ESTABLISH THAT THIS MATTER SHOULD BE REMOVED TO FEDERAL COURT.

"[A]ny civil action brought in

States have original

a State court of which the district courts of the United

jurisdiction, may be removed by the defendant or the defendants, to the

district court of the United States for the district and division embracing the place where such
action is pending." 28 USC $ 1aa1(a). "The several district courts of the United States are invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of sections I to 7 of ' the Sherman

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CONCLUSION
For the reasons stated above, this matter is properly removed to federal court, w

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Dated: December 3,2012

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By:

CHAEL H. PAGE JOSHUA H. LERNER

Attorneys for Defendant

Twitter.Inc.

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DURIE TANGRI LLP MTCHAEL H. PAGE (SBN 1s4913) mpage@durietangri. com JOSHUA H. LERNER (SBN 2207s5) j lerner@durietangri.com 217 Leidesdorff Street San Francisco, CA 94lll Telephone: 415-362'6666 Facsimile: 415-236-6300 Attorneys for Defendant Twitter,Inc.

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IN THE LINITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
PeopleBrowsr, Inc., and PeopleBrowsr Pty., Ltd.,
Case No.

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PROOF'OF SERVICE I am a citizen of the United States and resident of the State of California. I am employed
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whose direction the service was made. I am over the age of eighteen years, and not apafty to the

within action. My business address is2I7 Leidesdorff Street, San Francisco, CA

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On December 3, 2012,I served the following documents in the manner described below:

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O o o fil r-'a-t

CIVIL COVER SHEET;

NOTICE OF REMOVAL OF ACTION: UNDER 28 U.S.C. $ 1441(A) (FEDERL QUESTION); and
PROOF OF SERVICE (BY U.S. MAIL) I am personally and readily familiar with the business practice f Durie Tangri fl-p fortollection and processing of correspondence for mailing with the Unitd States Postal Service, and I caused such envelope(s) with postage thereon fully prepaid to be placed in the United States Postal Service at San Francisco, California. (BY MESSENGER SERVICE) b-y cogigling the document(s) to an authorized courier and/or process server for hand delivery on this date. (BY FACSIMILE) I am personally and readily familiar with the business practice of Durie Tangri LLp for collection and processing of document(s) to be transmitted by facsimile and I caused such document(s) on this date to be transmitted by facsimile to the offices of addressee(s) at the numbers listed below.

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1BY PERSONAL DELIVERY) I caused such envelope to be delivered by hand to the offices of each addressee below.

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On the following part(ies) in this action:

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CROWELL & MORING LLP .com) Michael Kahn .com) Gregory D Theresa A. rd Floor 275 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA 94ITT
Telephone: 4 1 5.986.2800 Facsimile: 41 5.986.2827

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CROWELL & MOzuNG LLP Kathleen Balderrama (kbaldenama@crowell.com) 515 South Flower St., 40th Floor Los Angeles, CA 9007I
Telephone: 213.622.47 50 Facsimile: 213 .622.2690

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs Peoplelirowsr, Pty., Ltd., PeopleBrowsr, Inc

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foregoing is true and correct. Executed on December 3,2012, at San Francisco, California.

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