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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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700103456v1 - 1 - JOINT STIP. TO CONTINUE SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE; DECL. OF T. BELL IN SUPPORT 

THEREOF; & [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE Case No. CV04-04542-JF 

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

JOSEPH R. TIFFANY II #67821 

THEODORE K. BELL #184289 

2475 Hanover Street 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1114 

Telephone: (650) 233-4500 

Facsimile: (650) 233-4545 

Attorneys for Defendant 

DIGITAL NETWORKS 

NORTH AMERICA, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

EASTECH ELECTRONICS (TAIWAN), 

INC., a Taiwan corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

DIGITAL NETWORKS NORTH 

AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. CV04-04542-HRL 

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE; 

DECLARATION OF THEODORE K. 

BELL IN SUPPORT THEREOF; AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

[FIRST REQUEST] 

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700103456v1 - 2 - JOINT STIP. TO CONTINUE SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE; DECL. OF T. BELL IN SUPPORT 

THEREOF; & [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE Case No. CV04-04542-JF 

Defendant Digital Networks North America, Inc. (“DNNA”) and Plaintiff Eastech 

Electronics (Taiwan), Inc. (“Eastech”) respectfully request that this Court grant the Order, 

attached hereto, continuing the date of the Settlement Conference currently scheduled for 

November 30, 2005. Both Eastech and DNNA stipulate to a continuance of the Settlement 

Conference until January 2006, and respectfully request January 25, 2006, if that is 

convenient for the Court. Pursuant to Local Rule No. 6-2(a), the factors necessitating this 

request are contained in the accompanying Declaration of Theodore K. Bell. 

Dated: November 21, 2005 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

By: /s/ 

Theodore K. Bell 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Digital Networks North America, Inc. 

Dated: November 21, 2005 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 

By: /s/ 

Keith J. Wesley 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Eastech Electronics (Taiwan), Inc. 

I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a 

"conformed" signature (/S/) within this efiled document 

 /s/ 

 Theodore K. Bell 

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700103456v1 - 3 - JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; DECLARATION OF 

THEODORE K. BELL IN SUPPORT THEREOF; 

PROPOSED ORDER Case No. CV04-04542-JF 

DECLARATION OF THEODORE K. BELL 

THEODORE K. BELL declares as follows: 

1. I am an attorney in good standing with the State Bar of California and an 

associate with the law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, counsel of record for 

Defendant Digital Networks North America, Inc. (“DNNA”) in the above-captioned case. I 

have personal, first-hand knowledge of the facts set forth below, and if called upon to do so, 

could and would testify competently thereto under oath. 

2. Plaintiff Eastech Electronics (Taiwan), Inc. (“Eastech”) filed its Complaint 

against DNNA in this action on October 27, 2004. The Honorable Jeremy Fogel conducted 

an Initial Case Management Conference on April 1, 2005 and this case was referred to this 

Court for a settlement conference. This Court set the Settlement Conference for 

November 30, 2005 (Docket No. 18) as initially requested by the parties through their 

counsel. The parties are jointly requesting a continuance of the Settlement Conference at 

this time to enable the parties to conduct key depositions prior to the Conference, and to 

facilitate the schedule of the party representatives who will need to travel from out of the 

country and out of state to attend the Settlement Conference. 

4. Since the filing of the lawsuit, the parties have diligently conducted 

discovery. The parties have now substantially completed written discovery and have 

noticed depositions. Counsel for both parties believe the Settlement Conference would be 

more meaningful if each side had the opportunity to take one key deposition prior to the 

Settlement Conference. The parties have been attempting to schedule these depositions for 

some weeks, but the scheduling has been challenging because Eastech’s key witness resides 

in Asia and DNNA’s key witness is a former employee who travels extensively on 

business. The DNNA deposition has been noticed for November 23, 2005 and the Eastech 

deposition has been noticed for January 9, 2006. 

5. The person most likely to attend the Settlement Conference on behalf of 

Eastech resides in Asia, and the person most likely to attend on behalf of DNNA resides in 

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700103456v1 - 4 - JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; DECLARATION OF 

THEODORE K. BELL IN SUPPORT THEREOF; 

PROPOSED ORDER Case No. CV04-04542-JF 

Indiana. Neither representatives are currently available to travel to California on 

November 30. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed at Palo Alto, California, on November 21, 2005. 

 /s/ 

 Theodore K. Bell 

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700103456v1 - 5 - JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; DECLARATION OF 

THEODORE K. BELL IN SUPPORT THEREOF; 

PROPOSED ORDER Case No. CV04-04542-JF 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED that the Settlement Conference in this 

matter is rescheduled to January 25, 2006. 

Dated: , 2005 

 Honorable Howard R. Lloyd 

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