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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1355 Petition for Return of Property

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STIPULATION TO STAY AND SETTING DEADLINE

TO MOVE OR PLEAD AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Case No. 5:10-CV-00966-JF 

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Christopher T. Holland [SBN 164053] (cholland@kksrr.com) 

Tanya I. Wei [SBN 240867] (twei@kksrr.com) 

Matthew T. Peters [SBN 256739] (mpeters@kksrr.com) 

KRIEG, KELLER, SLOAN, REILLEY & ROMAN LLP 

555 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 249-8330 

Facsimile: (415) 249-8333 

Attorneys for Defendant 

THE DIAL CORPORATION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

SAN FRANCISCO TECHNOLOGY INC., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

THE GLAD PRODUCTS COMPANY, 

BAJER DESIGN & MARKETING INC., 

BAYER CORPORATION, BRIGHT IMAGE 

CORPORATION, CHURCH & DWIGHT 

CO. INC., COLGATE-PALMOLIVE 

COMPANY, COMBE INCORPORATED, 

THE DIAL CORPORATION, EXERGEN 

CORPORATION, GLAXOSMITHKLINE 

LLC, HI-TECH PHARMACAL CO. INC., 

JOHNSON PRODUCTS COMPANY INC., 

MAYBELLINE LLC, MCNEIL-PPC INC., 

MEDTECH PRODUCTS INC., PLAYTEX 

PRODUCTS INC., RECKITT BENCKISER 

INC., ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS 

CORPORATION, SOFTSHEEN-CARSON 

LLC, SUN PRODUCTS CORPORATION, 

SUNSTAR AMERICAS INC. 

Defendants. 

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STIPULATION STAYING ALL 

PROCEEDINGS UNTIL THE 

FEDERAL CIRCUIT ISSUES A FINAL 

DECISION IN STAUFFER AND 

SETTING DEADLINE FOR CERTAIN 

DEFENDANTS TO MOVE OR PLEAD 

TO 30 DAYS THEREAFTER AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER ------------------

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Plaintiff San Francisco Technology Inc. (“Plaintiff”) and the undersigned defendants, The 

Dial Corporation and Johnson Products Company Inc. (“Defendants”), through their respective 

counsel, hereby make the following stipulation (the “Stipulation”): 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed its complaint (Dkt. No. 1) on March 5, 2010 (the “Complaint”) 

alleging that Defendants have falsely marked articles in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 292; and 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff had earlier filed a substantially similar complaint asserting the same 

false marking claim against other defendants in San Francisco Technology Inc. v. Adobe Systems 

Incorporated, et al., Case No. 2009-06083 (“Adobe”), on December 30, 2009; and 

WHEREAS, on April 13, 2010, after full briefing and argument, Judge Seeborg of the 

Northern District of California stayed Adobe pending resolution of Stauffer v. Brooks Bros., 

Appeal Nos. 2009-1428, 2009-1430, 2009-1453 (“Stauffer”); and 

WHEREAS, Judge Seeborg held in Adobe that the circumstances in which a private party 

has standing under Article III of the United States Constitution to bring a qui tam action for false 

patent marking under 35 U.S.C. § 292(b) is an issue of first impression currently pending before 

the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Stauffer; and 

WHEREAS, Judge Seeborg held that once the Stauffer decision is rendered, the Federal 

Circuit's reasoning and analysis will likely bear directly on this Court's consideration of the 

pending motions to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction; and 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that Judge Seeborg’s reasoning is equally applicable to this 

proceeding and, therefore, stipulate and agree that all claims asserted herein against Defendants 

The Dial Corporation and Johnson Products Company Inc. should be stayed pending a final 

decision by the Federal Circuit; and 

WHEREAS, the Stipulation would stay the hearings and all related proceedings on the 

Motion to Dismiss or, in the Alternative, to Stay, or in the Further Alternative, to Sever (Dkt. No. 

159) filed by The Dial Corporation on May 7, 2010 as well as the Motion to Dismiss and Motion 

to Stay in the Alternative filed by Johnson Products Company Inc. (Dkt. Nos. 193 and 194); and 

WHEREAS, The Dial Corporation has previously stipulated with Plaintiff to extend time 

to respond to the Complaint to May 7, 2010 (Dkt. No. 27); and 

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WHEREAS, the purpose of the stay is to narrow the litigated issues in this case and the 

stipulating parties have agreed to further narrow the litigated issues in this case by agreeing that 

venue and personal jurisdiction are appropriate in the Northern District of California for this case 

(To be clear, except for the personal jurisdiction and venue aspects of this stipulation, the parties 

to this stipulation have not waived any other potential right, claim, argument, counterclaim, 

and/or defense in law or equity.); and 

WHEREAS, the requested time modification would have no other effect on the schedule 

for the case because currently no trial date has been set; and 

WHEREAS, the parties herein have agreed to stay all proceedings until the Federal 

Circuit issues a final decision in the Stauffer decision (or further order of this Court); 

THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE THAT: 

These proceedings and all aspects of the case with respect to Defendants The Dial 

Corporation and Johnson Products Company Inc. are hereby stayed until: (1) the Federal Circuit 

issues a final decision in Stauffer v. Brooks Bros., Appeal Nos. 2009-1428, 2009-1430, 2009-

1453 (i.e., at the expiration of time to file a petition for rehearing or the denial of a timely-filed 

petition); and (2) further order of the Court in accordance with the Federal Circuit’s decision in 

Stauffer; and 

The responsive pleading of Defendants The Dial Corporation and Johnson Products 

Company Inc. are hereby due 30 days thereafter; and 

The stipulating parties have agreed that venue and personal jurisdiction are appropriate in 

the Northern District of California for this case. However, no other rights, defenses, and/or 

arguments of either party are intended to be, or are, affected by this stipulation, except for those 

related to venue and personal jurisdiction expressly stated above. Specifically, nothing in Dial’s 

motion (Dkt. No. 159), Johnson Products’ motions (Dkt. Nos. 193 and 194) nor Plaintiff’s 

potential objections and/or responses to those motions are waived, and Dial and Johnson Products 

specifically reserve the right to reassert those defenses and/or arguments at a later time. 

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Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: June 11, 2010 KRIEG, KELLER, SLOAN, REILLEY & 

ROMAN LLP 

By: /s/ 

Christopher T. Holland 

Counsel for The Dial Corporation 

In accordance with General Order No. 45, Section X(B), the above signatory attests that 

concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the signatory below. 

Dated: June 11, 2010 MOUNT & STOELKER, P.C. 

By: /s/ 

Daniel H. Fingerman 

MOUNT & STOELKER, P.C. 

333 West San Carlos Street, 

Suite 1650 

San Jose CA 95110 

Telephone: (408) 279-7000 

Facsimile: (408) 998-1473 

Counsel for Plaintiff San Francisco 

Technology Inc. 

Dated: June 11, 2010 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 

By: /s/ 

Matthew V. Topic 

Kirkland & Ellis LLP 

300 North LaSalle 

Chicago IL 60654 

Phone: 312/862-7363 

Fax: 312/862-2200 

Email: matthew.topic@kirkland.com 

Counsel for Johnson Products Company Inc. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Dated: ______________ By: 

THE HON. JEREMY FOGEL 

United States District Court Judge 

6/15/10

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