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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO ENLARGE DISPOSITIVE

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FOLEY & LARDNER LLP

ONE MARITIME PLAZA, 6TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111-3409

TEL: (415) 434-4484; FAX: (415) 434-4507

NANCY J. GEENEN, BAR NO. 135968

ngeenen@foley.com

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP

777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 3800

MILWAUKEE, WI 53202-5306

TEL: (414) 271-2400; FAX: (414) 297-4900

RICHARD S. FLORSHEIM, PRO HAC VICE

rflorsheim@foley.com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS, MEDTRONIC VASCULAR,

INC., MEDTRONIC USA, INC., MEDTRONIC, INC., AND

MEDTRONIC VASCULAR GALWAY, LTD.

KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP

525 WEST MONROE STREET

CHICAGO, IL 60661-3693

TEL: (312) 902-5200; FAX: (312) 902-1061

TIMOTHY J. VEZEAU, PRO HAC VICE

timothy.vezeau@kattenlaw.com

KEKER & VAN NEST LLP

710 SANSOME STREET

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111

TEL: (415) 391-5400; FAX: (415) 397-7188

ROBERT A. VAN NEST, BAR NO. 84065

rvannest@kvn.com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF, EVYSIO MEDICAL

DEVICES ULC

(Additional counsel listed on last page)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.,

MEDTRONIC USA, INC., MEDTRONIC,

INC., MEDTRONIC VASCULAR GALWAY,

LTD., and EVYSIO MEDICAL DEVICES

ULC,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS,

INC., ABBOTT LABORATORIES, and

ABBOTT VASCULAR, INC.,

Defendants,

and

ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS,

INC., ABBOTT LABORATORIES, ABBOTT

VASCULAR, INC., and BOSTON

SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION,

Counterclaim-Plaintiffs,

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v.

MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.,

MEDTRONIC USA, INC., MEDTRONIC,

INC., MEDTRONIC VASCULAR GALWAY,

LTD., and EVYSIO MEDICAL DEVICES

ULC,

Counterclaim-Defendants.

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-1(b) and the Court’s Case Management and Pretrial Order of

February 21, 2008 (“Pretrial Order”), Plaintiffs Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Medtronic USA, Inc.,

Medtronic, Inc., Medtronic Vascular Galway, Ltd., and evYsio Medical Devices ULC

(collectively “Plaintiffs”), and Defendants Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Abbott

Laboratories, and Abbott Vascular, Inc., (collectively “Abbott Defendants”) and CounterclaimPlaintiff Boston Scientific Corporation (“BSC”), file this Stipulation and Proposed Order to

Enlarge Dispositive Motion Briefing Schedule. Specifically, the parties seek to extend the

deadlines (1) for the Dispositive Motion Due Date from July 18, 2008, to July 31, 2008, (2) for

the Response to Dispositive Motions from August 8, 2008, to August 20, 2008, and (3) for the

Reply to Dispositive Motions from August 22, 2008, to September 3, 2008.

Plaintiffs and Abbott Defendants also seek to extend the date for the close of damages

discovery between them from July 18, 2008 to August 1, 2008.

I. PRIOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE PRETRIAL ORDER AND REASONS FOR

REQUESTED ENLARGEMENT

The parties presented scheduling proposals leading to the Pretrial Order, entered February

21, 2008. Since that time the parties have worked cooperatively with regard to minor

modifications to that Order, not otherwise affecting the trial date.

Under the Pretrial Order, the parties were to complete Expert Discovery (except on topics

of willfulness and damages) by July 18, 2008. Dispositive Motions were then due to be filed on

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that same date, on July 18, 2008, with Responses and Replies to be filed on August 8 and August

22, 2008, respectively. The parties have recently exchanged expert reports and are in the process

of finalizing dates for 12 expert depositions. However, given the narrow time frame and the

experts’ other obligations and limited availability, the parties will not be able to complete all

expert depositions before July 18, 2008. For example, and as explained in detail to Abbott

Defendants and BSC, Plaintiffs’ expert Professor Martin Rothman is not available to sit for

deposition before July 28, 2008 due to his obligations to offer testimony in another matter in

another country, as well as his obligations to his patients and the boards that he sits on. Abbott

Defendants and BSC assert a need to complete Professor Rothman’s deposition before they can

complete their dispositive motions. Thus, all parties have stipulated and agreed to enlarge the

dispositive motion briefing schedule as set forth herein, subject to the approval of this Court.

Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that the Court enlarge the times set forth in the

Pretrial Order to permit the following briefing schedule:

Dispositive Motion Due Date -- July 31, 2008

Response to Dispositive Motions -- August 20, 2008

Reply to Dispositive Motions -- September 3, 2008.

II. EFFECT OF THE TIME MODIFICATION ON THE REMAINING SCHEDULE

FOR THE CASE

The parties do not believe that the proposed change to the dispositive motion briefing

schedule would require any change to the case schedule except possibly in relation to the Oral

Argument on Dispositive Motions, presently scheduled for September 17, 2008 at 9:00 a.m.

Under the proposed schedule, there would be 14 days between the date the replies are submitted

and the hearing. If the Court would prefer additional time to review the papers in advance of the

hearing, the parties are amenable to moving the hearing to September 24, 2008 (21 days after

reply and 124 days before trial).

The next scheduled event is November 18, 2008 (Pretrial disclosures). The parties seek

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no modification to the trial date.

III. EXTENSION OF DAMAGES DISCOVERY

Plaintiffs and the Abbott Defendants have agreed, subject to the Court’s approval, to

extend damages discovery from July 18, 2008 until August 1, 2008. This will not affect any of

the deadlines that involve the Court’s participation, nor will it affect any of the current damages

expert due dates. Intervenor BSC has not agreed to and is not participating in this aspect of the

extension.

IV. CONCLUSIONS

For the reasons stated herein, the parties respectfully request that the Court enter an Order

pursuant to the foregoing stipulation.

DATE: June 27, 2008 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP

By: /s/ Cynthia J. Franecki ___________________

Cynthia J. Franecki

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Medtronic Vascular, Inc.,

Medtronic USA, Inc., Medtronic, Inc., and

Medtronic Vascular Galway, Ltd.

DATE: June 27, 2008 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP

By: /s/ Timothy J. Vezeau ____________________

Timothy J. Vezeau

Attorneys for Plaintiff evYsio Medical Devices

ULC

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DATE: June 27, 2008 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,

GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP

By: /s/ Robert F. McCauley __________________

Robert F. McCauley

Attorneys for Defendants Abbott Cardiovascular

Systems, Inc., Abbott Laboratories, and Abbott

Vascular, Inc.

DATE: June 27, 2008 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

By: /s/ Elizabeth A. Brown ___________________

Elizabeth A. Brown

Attorneys for Counterclaim-Plaintiff Boston

Scientific Corporation

Additional Counsel:

Frank E. Scherkenbach (#142549/scherkenbach@fr.com)

Kurt L. Glitzenstein (pro hac vice/glitzenstein@fr.com)

Elizabeth A. Brown (#193540/brown@fr.com)

Adam J. Kessel (pro hac vice/kessel@fr.com)

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

225 Franklin Street

Boston, MA 02110-2804

Phone: (617) 542-5070; Fax: (617) 542-8906

Attorneys for Counterclaim-Plaintiff

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATE: ______________________________

Phyllis J. Hamilton

United States District Judge

7/3/08

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS HEARING 

DATE IS MOVED TO 9/24/08 AT 

9:00 A.M.

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I hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from

Cynthia J. Franecki, Timothy J. Vezeau, Robert F. McCauley, and Elizabeth A. Brown, the

signatories listed above.

DATE: June 27, 2008 By: /s/ Limin Zheng_________________________

Limin Zheng (SBN 226875, zheng@fr.com)

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

500 Arguello Street

Redwood City, CA 94063

Tel: (650) 839-5107

Fax: (650) 839-5071

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