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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY-AMERICA, 

INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

STRYKER CORPORATION, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-00876-RS 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO LIFT 

STAY

On March 30, 2015, this patent infringement litigation was stayed pending an inter partes 

review (“IPR”) by the United States Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”). Plaintiff Karl 

Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. (“KSEA”) now moves to lift the stay, and defendants Stryker 

Corporation and Stryker Communications, Inc. (“Stryker”) do not oppose the motion. Dkt. No. 

150. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b), plaintiff’s motion set for January 21, 2016, is suitable 

for disposition without oral argument, and the hearing will be vacated. 

The PTAB declined to institute trials relating to U.S. Patent Nos. 7,471,310 (“the ’310 

patent”); 7,821,530 (“the ’530 patent”); 7,844,657 (“the ’657 patent”); and 8,439,821 (“the ’821 

patent”). See Dkt. No. 147. The PTAB also entered judgment ending the inter partes proceedings 

relating to U.S. Patent No. 8,069,420 (“the ’420 patent”). As all five patents asserted in this 

litigation no longer are under inter partes review, KSEA’s motion to lift the stay accordingly will 

be granted. 

A Case Management Conference shall be held on February 4, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in 

Courtroom 3, 17th Floor, United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, 

California. The parties shall file a Joint Case Management Statement at least one week prior to the 

Conference.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 5, 2016

______________________________________

RICHARD SEEBORG

United States District Judge

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