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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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STIP & [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSENTING TO 

REASSIGNMENT TO MAG. JUDGE SEEBORG CASE NO. 3:08-CV-00904 (JSW) 

RODGER R. COLE (CSB NO. 178865) 

rcole@fenwick.com 

JENNIFER L. KELLY (CSB NO. 193416) 

jkelly@fenwick.com 

MARY E. MILIONIS (CSB NO. 238827) 

mmilionis@fenwick.com 

FENWICK & WEST LLP 

801 California Street 

Mountain View, CA 94041 

Telephone: (650) 988-8500 

Facsimile: (650) 938-5200 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Counterclaim 

Defendants CAPCOM CO., LTD. and 

CAPCOM ENTERTAINMENT, INC. and 

Third-Party Defendant, CAPCOM U.S.A., 

INC. 

ALLEN J. BADEN (CSB NO. 255805) 

abaden@kenyon.com 

MARK YUAN (CSB NO. 246146) 

myuan@kenyon.com 

KENYON & KENYON LLP 

River Park Towers 

333 W. San Carlos Street, Suite 600 

San Jose, CA 95110 

Telephone: (408) 975-7500 

Facsimile: (408) 975-7501 

Attorneys for Defendant, CounterclaimPlaintiff and Third-Party Plaintiff, THE 

MKR GROUP, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

CAPCOM CO., LTD. and CAPCOM 

ENTERTAINMENT, INC., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

THE MKR GROUP, INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. 3:08-CV-00904 (JSW) 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

CONSENTING TO THE REASSIGNMENT 

OF THIS ACTION TO MAGISTRATE 

JUDGE RICHARD SEEBORG 

[28 U.S.C. § 636(c); Civ. L.R. 73-1(b)] 

Complaint Filed: February 12, 2008 

THE MKR GROUP, INC., 

Counterclaim-Plaintiff 

and Third-Party Plaintiff, 

v. 

CAPCOM CO., LTD. and CAPCOM 

ENTERTAINMENT, INC., 

Counterclaim-Defendants, 

 and 

CAPCOM U.S.A., INC., 

Third-Party Defendant. 

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STIP & [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSENTING TO 

REASSIGNMENT TO MAG. JUDGE SEEBORG - 2 - CASE NO. 3:08-CV-00904 (JSW)

WHEREAS, on May 30, 2008, counsel for Plaintiffs and Counterclaim-Defendants 

Capcom Co., Ltd. and Capcom Entertainment, Inc. and Third Party Defendant Capcom U.S.A., 

Inc. (collectively, “Capcom”) and counsel for Defendant and Counterclaim-Plaintiff The MKR 

Group, Inc. (“MKR”) appeared before the Honorable Jeffrey S. White for the initial Case 

Management Conference (“CMC”) in the above-captioned action (the “Action”); 

WHEREAS, during the CMC Judge White ordered counsel to review the Court’s manual 

titled “Consenting to a Magistrate Judge’s Jurisdiction in the Northern District of California” (the 

“Manual”) and to confer with their respective clients to determine whether or not they would 

consent to reassignment of the Action to a Magistrate Judge for all purposes; 

WHEREAS, Judge White further indicated that if the parties were to stipulate to a specific 

Magistrate Judge, the Court would honor that stipulation and the action would be reassigned for 

all purposes to the Magistrate Judge of their choice; 

WHEREAS, on June 2, 2008, the Court issued a Civil Minute Order, Docket No. 28, 

further ordering counsel to confer with their clients regarding reassignment to a Magistrate Judge 

and requiring that a consent or declination of consent to reassignment for all purposes be on file 

by June 6, 2008. 

WHEREAS, counsel report that they have now reviewed the Manual, conferred with their 

respective clients regarding reassignment to a Magistrate Judge and further report that all parties 

consent to the reassignment of this Action to Magistrate Judge Richard Seeborg for all purposes. 

ACCORDINGLY, Capcom and MKR, by and through their counsel of record, hereby 

stipulate and agree as follows: 

1. The parties hereby agree to the reassignment of the Action to Magistrate Judge 

Richard Seeborg for all purposes including, but not limited to, all further proceedings in the case, 

including trial, and for the entry of a final judgment. 

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STIP & [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSENTING TO 

REASSIGNMENT TO MAG. JUDGE SEEBORG - 3 - CASE NO. 3:08-CV-00904 (JSW)

2. Appeal from any judgment entered by Judge Seeborg shall be taken directly to the 

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

Dated: June 6, 2008 FENWICK & WEST LLP 

By: /s/ Jennifer L. Kelly 

 Jennifer L. Kelly 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs CAPCOM CO., LTD., 

CAPCOM ENTERTAINMENT, INC. and 

Counterclaim-Defendant CAPCOM U.S.A., 

INC. 

Dated: June 6, 2008 KENYON & KENYON LLP 

By: /s/ Allen J. Baden 

 Allen J. Baden 

Attorneys for Defendant and CounterclaimPlaintiff THE MKR GROUP, INC. 

ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45

I, Jennifer L. Kelly, attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been 

obtained from any signatories indicated by a “conformed” signature (/s/) within this e-filed 

document. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 6th day of June 2008, at San Francisco, California. 

Dated: June 6, 2008 FENWICK & WEST LLP 

By: /s/ Jennifer L. Kelly 

 Jennifer L. Kelly 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs CAPCOM CO., LTD., 

CAPCOM ENTERTAINMENT, INC. and 

Counterclaim-Defendant CAPCOM U.S.A., INC. 

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STIP & [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSENTING TO 

REASSIGNMENT TO MAG. JUDGE SEEBORG - 4 - CASE NO. 3:08-CV-00904 (JSW)

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the above Stipulation, the above captioned matter is hereby reassigned to 

Magistrate Judge Richard Seeborg for all purposes. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _______________, 2008 By: 

The Honorable Jeffrey S. White 

United States District Court Judge 

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25750/00401/LIT/1286445.1 

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