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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEREMIAH W. BALIK,

Plaintiff,

v.

TOY TALK, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-04556-JST 

NOTICE OF EX PARTE

COMMUNICATION

TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEY OF RECORD:

The Court hereby gives notice that it received the ex parte communication of which a copy 

is attached hereto. 

The Court is prohibited from receiving ex parte communications. An ex parte

communication occurs when one party communicates with the court, orally in writing, either 

without notice to or without the presence of the other party or parties. Canon 3(A)(4) of the Code 

of Conduct for United States Judges provides that, except in circumstances not present here, “a 

judge should not initiate, permit, or consider ex parte communications or consider other 

communications concerning a pending or impending matter that are made outside the presence of 

the parties or their lawyers.” 

Additionally, Civil Local Rule 11-4(c) provides: 

Except as otherwise provided by law, these Local Rules or otherwise 

ordered by the Court, an attorney or party to an action must refrain 

from making telephone calls or writing letters or sending copies of 

communications between counsel to the assigned Judge or the 

Judge’s law clerks or otherwise communicating with a Judge or the 

Judge’s staff regarding a pending matter, without prior notice to 

opposing counsel. 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

The Clerk is directed to place this Notice and its attachment in the file of the case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 21, 2016

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JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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