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

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LASER DESIGN INTERNATIONAL, LLC;

NORWOOD OPERATING COMPANY,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

BJ CRYSTAL, INC, a California corporation;

CASHMAN PHOTO ENTERPRISES OF

NEVADA, a Nevada corporation; CRYSTAL

MAGIC, INC., a Florida Corporation; U.C.

LASER, INC., a New Jersey corporation;

VITRO LASER GROUP U.S.A., INC., a

Nevada corporation; JIMAC MARKETING

INC., a Canadian corporation; CONCORD

INDUSTRIES, INC., a Connecticut

corporation; C. STIEFELMAYER GMBH &

Co. KG, a German limited partnership;

CERION GMBH, a German limited liability

company; CRYSTAL CAPTURE INC., a

Texas corporation; CRYSTAL CAPTURE

INTERNATIONAL, LLC, a Nevada limited

liability company; G.W. PARTNERS

INTERNATIONAL, INC., a California

corporation; HIRSCH GIFT INC., a Texas

corporation; VISIONS IN CRYSTAL, INC., a

California corporation; VITRO LASER

GMBH, a German limited liability company,

Defendants.

 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS 

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Lead Case No. C 03-1179 JSW

Consolidated with No. C 03-3905 JSW

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

On February 9, 2006, Defendant and Counterclaimant Vitro Laser Group USA, Inc.

(“Vitro Laser”) filed a Notice of Automatic Stay. The Notice provides that on March 24, 2005, 

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Vitro Laser filed a petition under Chapter 11 of the United States Code of Bankruptcy in the

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §

362, the filing of the petition operates a stay as to all actions against Vitro Laser. 

By no later than April 7, 2006, the parties in the above captioned matter shall file

simultaneous briefs explaining what effect, if any, the stay as to Vitro Laser has on the case with

respect to the other parties. In particular, the parties should address whether the case may

proceed against the remaining defendants even if issues decided as to the claims raised against

or by them may operate as issue preclusion with respect to the claims against or by Vitro Laser.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 23, 2006 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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