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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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1At the time that C-One and Pretec filed their Motion to Reconsider in June 2006, shortly before

this matter was stayed for several months, they requested that the Court either vacate its order permitting

Mount & Stoekler to withdraw as their counsel, or to postpone relevant case deadlines and allow them

60 days to retain new counsel. Almost ten months later, with the stay having been lifted for

approximately five months, C-One and Pretec have still not retained counsel to represent them in this

matter.

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEXAR MEDIA, INC.,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

 PRETEC ELECTRONICS CORP ET AL,

Defendant. /

No. C00-04770 MJJ

FURTHER ORDER RE: C-ONE

TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION’S AND

PRETEC ELECTRONIC

CORPORATION’S MOTION TO

RECONSIDER

On April 18, 2007, this Court issued an Order (Docket No. 381) partially granting a pending

Motion to Reconsider Order Granting Motion To Withdraw As Counsel brought by Defendants COne Technology Corporation (“C-One”) and Pretec Electronics Corporation (“Pretec”).1

 The April

18, 2007 Order stated in part that:

C-One and Pretec shall have ten (10) days from the date of this order

to file a response which: (1) addresses the merits of the Motion To

Withdraw As Counsel, to the extent that C-One and or Pretec continue

to oppose that motion, and/or (2) clarifies for the Court whether and on

what timeline C-One and Pretec intend to retain new counsel to

represent them in this action. 

The Court, having received no response from C-One or Pretec, will not further reconsider the

merits of its May 30, 2006 Order permitting Mount & Stoekler P.C. to withdraw as counsel for COne and Pretec, and DENIES C-One’s and Pretec’s requests to vacate that Order.

“A corporation may appear in federal court only through licensed counsel.” United States v.

High Country Broadcasting Co., Inc., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245 (9th Cir. 1993); see also Local Rule 3-9(b). 

Because C-One and Pretec have not retained new counsel to represent them in this matter in the

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eleven months since Mount & Stoekler P.C. withdraw as their counsel, the Court finds it appropriate

to further rule as follows:

(1) The Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s Miscellaneous Administrative Request For Relief

From Court Order. (Docket No. 382.) Plaintiff is relieved from the portion of the

Court’s separate April 18, 2007 Order (Docket No. 380) requiring Plaintiff to meetand-confer with C-One and Pretec, and to file joint statement, regarding additional

discovery issues raised by the granting Defendants’ motions to amend their invalidity

contentions and to rely on the opinion of counsel. 

(2) On May 8, 2007, this Court dismissed with prejudice all remaining claims against the

sole represented defendant, PNY Technologies, Inc. (Docket No. 384.) Still pending

before this Court is the Motion For Summary Judgment of Invalidity brought

collectively by all defendants before C-One’s and Pretec’s counsel withdrew. 

Because C-One and Pretec cannot continue to litigate this action in federal court

without counsel, the Court STRIKES WITHOUT PREJUDICE their pending

Motion For Summary Judgment of Invalidity. (Docket No. 293.) 

(3) A status conference in this action is hereby SET for Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at 2 p.m.

to discuss all remaining issues in this matter.

(4) The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to serve this Order by fax, mail, and email

upon C-One and Pretec at the following last-known locations provided in connection

with their Motion To Reconsider:

C-One Technology Corporation Pretec Electronics Corporation

Attn: Gordon Yu, President Attn: Grace Yu, Finance Director

Gordony@c1tech.com.tw Grace.Y@pretec.com

B1, No. 57, Dong Guang Road 46791 Fremont Blvd. 

Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan Fremont, CA 94538

R.O.C.

Telephone: 011-886-3-572-3438 Telephone: 510-440-0535

Facsimile: 011-886-3-572-4806 no fax provided.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 

MARTIN J. JENKINS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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