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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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ORDER REGARDING SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION—MDL-1423

JAH

E-filed on 10/26/06

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

IN RE CYGNUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS

TECHNOLOGY, LLC, PATENT

LITIGATION

______________________________________

THIS ORDER RELATES TO: 

All Actions

No. MDL-1423

This Order Applies to All Actions

 C-02-00142 RMW

 C-02-00145 RMW

 C-02-05437 RMW

 C-03-03594 RMW 

 C-03-03596 RMW

 C-03-03378 RMW

 C-03-04003 RMW

 C-04-03001 RMW

 C-04-03365 RMW

 C-04-04247 RMW

 C-04-04359 RMW

 C-06-03843 RMW

 C-06-04295 RMW

 C-06-06479 RMW

ORDER REGARDING SUBJECT-MATTER

JURISDICTION

On October 24, 2006, defendants filed a notice of a potential defect in this court's subjectmatter jurisdiction and stated that they may move to dismiss on that ground. Any questions

regarding subject-matter jurisdiction should be resolved prior to the hearing on claim construction

and associated summary judgment motions currently set for November 20. To accommodate the

competing concerns of expediency and efficiency presented by this situation, the court would

strongly prefer defendants to file any motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction—and

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only if one is warranted—jointly by October 31, 2006. If the defendants do file such a motion by

that date, plaintiff's reply shall be due November 4, defendants' joint reply shall be due November 6,

and a hearing shall be held on the motion on November 10, 2006. Other deadlines previously set by

the court shall remain in effect absent further order of the court, except that if defendants move to

dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction by October 31, 2006, the reply briefs currently due

November 10, 2006 may be filed the following Monday, November 13. If the defendants move to

dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction after October 31, 2006, the parties shall endeavor to

have the motion briefed and heard as soon as possible.

DATED: 10/26/06

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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A copy of this order was mailed on to:

Counsel for Plaintiff:

John P. Sutton

2421 Pierce Street

San Francisco, CA 94115-1131

Counsel for Defendants:

Alan M. Weisberg, Steven M. Greenberg 

Christopher & Weisberg, P.A. 

200 E. Las Olas Avenue 

Suite 2040 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 

John C. Carey 

Rodriguez Greenberg & Paul

1395 Brickell Ave, Suite 700

Miami, FL 33131 

Felice B. Galant, Gregory B. Wood 

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. 

865 South Figueroa Street 

Twenty-Ninth Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90017 

Joseph P. Zammit 

Fulbright & Jaworski 

666 Fifth Avenue 

New York, NY 10103 

John F. Mardula, Jon L. Roberts 

Roberts Mardula & Wertheim, LLC 

11800 Sunrise Valley Drive 

Suite 1000 

Reston, VA 20191-5302 

Richard B. Sheldon 

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP 

11377 West Olympic Boulevard 

Los Angeles, CA 90064-1683 

Jeffrey L. Silvestrini, Brian F. Roberts 

Cohne Rappaport & Segal 

P.O. Box 11008 

Salt Lake City, UT 84147-0008 

Raymond J. Etcheverry 

Parsons, Behle & Latimer 

One Utah Center 

201 South Main Street, 

Suite 1800, Post Office Box 45898 

Salt Lake City, UT 84145

Kieran Patrick Fallon 

436 SW 8th Street 

Miami, FL 33130-2814 

Matthew Francis McGahren 

Baum & McGahren 

6171 Crooked Creek Road 

Norcross, GA 30092 

Lori D. Greendorfer, Maxim H. Waldbaum 

Schiff Hardin LLP 

623 Fifth Avenue 

28th Floor 

New York, NY 10022 

Thomas T. Tamlyn 

Yeskoo Hogan & Tamlyn, LLP 

535 Fifth Avenue 

New York, NY 10017 

Peter S. Canelias 

Law Offices of Peter S. Canelias 

420 Lexington Avenue 

Suite 2148 

New York, NY 10170 

David T. Alexander 

MBV Law LLP 

855 Front Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Jon M. Gibbs 

Akerman, Senterfitt 

255 S. Orange Avenue 

Suite 1700 

Post Office Box 0231 

Orlando, FL 32802-0231 

Elizabeth E. Green, R. Scott Shuker 

Gronek & Latham, LLP 

390 N. Orange Avenue 

Suite 600 

Orlando, FL 32801 

Meredith L. Caliman 

Meredith L. Caliman Law Offices 

3858 Carson Street, Suite 120 

Torrance, CA 90503-6705 

Gregory J. Nelson 

Nelson & Roediger 

3333 E Camelback Road, Suite 212 

Phoenix, AZ 85018 

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Peter Neil Greenfeld 

Greenfeld Law Group 

3333 E Camelback Road, Suite 212 

Phoenix, AZ 85018-2324 

Matthew McGahren

Baum, McGahren & Chiu, LLC

6171 Crooked Creek Road

Norcross, GA 30092

Courtesy Copy:

Clerk of the Panel

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building

One Columbus Circle, N.E.

Room G-255, North Lobby

Washington, DC 20002-8004

Counsel for plaintiff is responsible for ensuring that involved attorneys not on the above service list

receive a copy of this order, if necessary, and shall inform the court of any omissions.

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