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

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STIPULATED DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS AND 

COUNTERCLAIMS RELATING TO U.S. PATENT 

NO. 6,283,663 AND ORDER THEREON 

CASE NO. 05-CV-3465 (PJH) 

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KENNETH B. WILSON, State Bar No. 130009 

 kwilson@perkinscoie.com 

STEFANI E. SHANBERG, State Bar No. 206717 

 sshanberg@perkinscoie.com 

DIETER H. HELLMOLDT, State Bar No. 221498 

 dhellmoldt@perkinscoie.com

PERKINS COIE LLP 

Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 2400 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 344-7000 

Facsimile: (415) 344-7050 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant 

CHIP-MENDER, INC. 

PETER N. LARSON, State Bar No. 153448 

 pnlarson@jonesday.com 

JONES DAY 

555 California Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104-1602 

Telephone: (415) 626-3939 

Facsimile: (415) 579-0312 

Regan J. Fay, (admitted Pro Hac Vic) 

Anthony T. Jacono, (admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

JONES DAY 

North Point 

901 Lakeside Avenue 

Cleveland, OH 44114-1190 

Telephone: (216) 586-3939 

Facsimile: (216) 579-0212 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaim-Plaintiff 

THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

CHIP-MENDER, INC., 

a California corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY, 

an Ohio corporation, 

 Defendant. 

CASE NO. 05-CV-3465 (PJH) 

STIPULATED DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS 

AND COUNTERCLAIMS RELATING TO 

U.S. PATENT NO. 6,283,663 AND ORDER 

THEREON 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS 

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 WHEREAS plaintiff Chip-Mender, Inc. (“Chip-Mender”) wishes to dismiss with 

prejudice its Second Cause of Action for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,283,663 (“the ‘663 

Patent”); and 

 WHEREAS Chip-Mender hereby covenants that it will not sue Sherwin-Williams or its 

customers (including customers of retailers and third-party resellers), its retailers, or its thirdparty resellers for infringement of the '663 Patent, or any reissues or re-examinations thereof, 

with respect to products that Sherwin-Williams has made, used, or sold as of the date of the 

stipulation. 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Chip-Mender and Sherwin-Williams, by 

and through their respective counsel, as follows: 

 1. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a), Chip-Mender’s Second Cause of 

Action for infringement of the ‘663 Patent shall hereby be dismissed with prejudice. 

 2. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(c), Sherwin-Williams’ Second 

Counterclaim for Declaratory Relief relating to the ‘663 Patent shall hereby be dismissed without 

prejudice. 

 3. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(c), Sherwin-Williams’s Third and 

Fourth Counterclaims for violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act shall hereby be dismissed 

without prejudice, but only to the extent that the allegations of those counterclaims relate to the 

‘663 Patent. 

 4. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), Chip-Mender shall hereby be 

granted leave file an amended complaint in the form attached to this Stipulated Dismissal as 

Exhibit 1. Sherwin-Williams covenants and agrees that it will not assert a counterclaim for 

declaratory relief relating to the ‘663 Patent or counterclaims for violation of the Sherman 

Antitrust Act that contain allegations relating to the ‘663 Patent in its response to this pleading. 

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NO. 6,283,663 AND ORDER THEREON 

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Dated: November 7, 2006 CHIP-MENDER, INC. 

 By: /s/ 

 Kenneth B. Wilson 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant 

CHIP-MENDER, INC. 

Dated: November 7, 2006 THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY 

 By: /s/ 

 Regan J. Fay 

 Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaim-Plaintiff 

 THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: , 2006 

 The Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton 

 United States District Court Judge 

Nov. 8, 2006

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ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45 

 I, Kenneth B. Wilson, attest that I obtained the concurrence of Regan J. Fay in filing this 

document. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the United States that the foregoing is 

true and correct. 

 Executed this 7th day of November, 2006 at San Francisco California.

 /s/ 

 Kenneth B. Wilson 

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