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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

 O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED,

Defendant. /

No. C-04-02000 CW (EDL)

Consolidated with C-06-2929 CW (EDL)

ORDER SETTING BRIEFING

SCHEDULE AND HEARING

On September 11, 2006, Third-party Defendant Delta Electronics filed an emergency motion

for hearing and de-designation of Defendant Compal’s expert report of Jackie Lin as highly

confidential - attorney’s eyes only. Delta cited no authority for bringing an emergency motion; the

proper mechanism for requesting that a matter be heard on an expedited basis is to file a motion to

shorten time pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-3. Nevertheless, the Court construes Delta’s motion as

requesting shortened time, which is granted in part. Defendant Compal filed an opposition to the

emergency motion on September 13, 2006, stating, inter alia, that it could not unilaterally dedesignate the information in the Lin report because MPS also designated the material as highly

confidential - attorney’s eyes only. Accordingly, no later than September 18, 2006, MPS shall file a

brief addressing the confidentiality designation of the information in the Lin report and whether it

would de-designate that material or allow a limited de-designation to permit Delta to show the

information to its rebuttal expert. Delta shall file a reply responding to both Compal and MPS no

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later than September 20, 2006. A hearing is scheduled for September 26, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 14, 2006 

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE

United States Magistrate Judge

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