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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ATMEL CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

 v.

 AUTHENTEC INC,

Defendant. /

No. C-06-02138 CW (EDL)

ORDER VACATING HEARING ON

DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO MODIFY

DESIGNATION OF ALLEGEDLY

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS, SETTING CONFERENCE

CALL

On November 21, 2007, Defendant filed a Motion to Modify the Designation of Allegedly

Highly Confidential Documents along with a Motion to Shorten Time to hear that motion on

December 11, 2007. On November 29, 2007, the Court granted the Motion to Shorten Time, set a

briefing schedule and set the motion hearing for December 11, 2007. 

On December 3, 2007, the Court issued an Order denying without prejudice Defendant’s

Motion To Compel Atmel’s Compliance with Discovery Obligations for failure to meet and confer

as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(2)(A) and Civil Local Rule 1-5(n). The Court

ordered senior counsel from each party to meet and confer in person regarding all pending and

future discovery disputes, including the Motion to Modify. In its December 5, 2007 reply to its

Motion to Modify, Defendant stated that senior counsel had scheduled a meet and confer session for

December 11, 2007, the same morning as the scheduled hearing on the Motion to Modify. 

In light of the scheduled meet and confer session, the December 11, 2007 hearing is vacated. 

The Court expects that senior counsel will resolve all, or at least the vast majority, of the discovery

disputes raised in the Motion to Modify. The Court is mindful, however, that the Motion to Modify

must be resolved promptly due to the December 18, 2007 mediation. Accordingly, the Court will

hold a conference call with senior counsel on December 11, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. PST to find out

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whether any disputes remain with respect to the Motion to Modify and, if so, establish a timeline for

resolving those disputes. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 7, 2007 

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE

United States Magistrate Judge

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