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

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DECHERT LLP 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

SELECTING ADR PROCESS 

CASE NO. C06-04455 JSW

James J. Elacqua (CSB No.: 187897) 

james.elacqua@dechert.com 

Noemi C. Espinosa (CSB No.: 116753) 

nicky.espinosa@dechert.com 

Ellen J. Wang (CSB No.: 215478) 

ellen.wang@dechert.com 

DECHERT LLP 

1117 California Avenue 

Palo Alto, California 94304 

Telephone: (650) 813-4800 

Facsimile: (650) 813-4848 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC USA, INC., 

AND MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. 

Mark Linderman (CSB No.: 144685) 

mlinderman@sonnenschein.com 

John Querio (CSB No.: 235524) 

jquerio@sonnenschein.com 

SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP 

525 Market Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2708 

Telephone: (415) 882-5000 

Facsimile: (415) 882-0300 

Attorneys for Defendant 

W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. 

David H. Pfeffer (Pro hac vice) 

dpfeffer@morganfinnegan.com 

Christopher K. Hu (Pro hac vice) 

chu@morganfinnegan.com 

John T. Gallagher (Pro hac vice) 

jgallagher@morganfinnegan.com 

Gerard A. Haddad (Pro hac vice) 

ghaddad@morganfinnegan.com 

Jennifer Bianrosa (Pro hac vice) 

jbianrosa@morganfinnegan.com 

MORGAN & FINNEGAN, L.L.P. 

3 World Financial Center 

New York, New York 10281-2101 

Telephone: (212) 415-8700 

Facsimile: (212) 415-8701 

Attorneys for Defendant 

W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

MEDTRONIC, INC., a Minnesota 

corporation, MEDTRONIC USA, INC., a 

Minnesota corporation, and MEDTRONIC 

VASCULAR, INC., a Delaware corporation, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC., a 

Delaware corporation, 

Defendant. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER SELECTING ADR PROCESS 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

SELECTING ADR PROCESS 

CASE NO. C06-04455 JSW

STIPULATION

 Counsel report that they have met and conferred regarding ADR and have reached the 

following stipulation pursuant to Civil L.R. 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5: 

 The parties agree to participate in Mediation with a court-appointed mediator, pursuant to 

ADR L.R. 6. 

SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: January 12, 2007 DECHERT LLP 

By: /S/ NOEMI C. ESPINOSA 

James J. Elacqua 

Noemi C. Espinosa 

Ellen J. Wang 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

MEDTRONIC, INC. 

MEDTRONIC USA, INC. 

MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. 

Dated: January 12, 2007 MORGAN & FINNEGAN, LLP 

By: /S/ CHRISTOPHER K. HU 

David H. Pfeffer (Pro hac vice) 

Christopher K. Hu (Pro hac vice) 

John T. Gallagher (Pro hac vice) 

Gerard A. Haddad (Pro hac vice) 

Jennifer BianRosa (Pro hac vice) 

Attorneys for Defendant 

W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. 

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ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation above, the above-captioned matter is hereby referred to 

mediation. The deadline for an ADR session is 90 days from the date of this order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED:______________, 2007 ____________________________________ 

 HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE 

 JUDGE OF THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT 

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January 12, 

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