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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Anti-trust

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND WAIVER OF SERVICE 

Kaiwen Tseng (193756) 

ktseng@ftklaw.com

100 Marine Parkway, Suite 200 

Redwood Shores, CA 94065 

Telephone: (650) 593-6300 

Hsiang “James” H. Lin (SBN 241472) 

jlin@techknowledgelaw.com

TECHKNOWLEDGE LAW GROUP LLP 

1521 Diamond Street 

San Francisco, CA 94131 

Telephone: (415) 816-9525 

James B. Baldinger (pro hac vice) 

jbaldinger@carltonfields.com

David B. Esau (pro hac vice) 

desau@carltonfields.com

CARLTON FIELDS, P.A. 

CityPlace Tower 

525 Okeechobee Boulevard, Suite 1200 

West Palm Beach, Florida 33401-6350 

Telephone: (561) 659-7070 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

IN RE OPTICAL DISK DRIVE ANTITRUST 

LITIGATION 

__________________________________________ 

This Document Relates to 

Case No. 5:13-cv-04991-RS 

ACER INC.; ACER AMERICA CORPORATION; 

GATEWAY, INC.; AND GATEWAY U.S. 

RETAIL, INC., F/K/A EMACHINES, INC. 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

LITE-ON IT CORPORATION; NEC 

CORPORATION; KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS 

ELECTRONICS N.V.; PHILIPS & LITE-ON 

Master File No. 3:10-md-2143 RS 

MDL Docket No. M 10-2143 

_______________________________ 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING 

EXTENSION OF TIME TO 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND 

WAIVER OF SERVICE 

Judge Richard Seeborg 

 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND WAIVER OF SERVICE 

DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; PHILIPS 

& LITE-ON DIGITAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.; 

PIONEER CORPORATION; PIONEER DIGITAL 

DESIGN & MANUFACTURING COMPANY; 

PIONEER ELECTRONICS (USA) INC.; PIONEER 

HIGH FIDELITY TAIWAN CO., LTD.; PIONEER 

NORTH AMERICA, INC.; SAMSUNG 

ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.; SAMSUNG 

ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; SONY 

CORPORATION; SONY ELECTRONICS INC.; 

SONY NEC OPTIARC INC.; SONY OPTIARC 

AMERICA INC.; SONY OPTIARC INC.; 

TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 

INC.; TOSHIBA CORPORATION; TOSHIBA 

SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY 

CORPORATION; TOSHIBA SAMSUNG 

STORAGE TECHNOLOGY KOREA 

CORPORATION, 

Defendants. 

WHEREAS, Acer Inc., Acer America Corporation, Gateway, Inc., and Gateway U.S. Retail, 

Inc. f/k/a EMachines, Inc. (“Acer”) filed a complaint on October 25, 2013 (the “Complaint”) against 

the above-named Defendants; 

WHEREAS, Acer intends to file an Amended Complaint within approximately the next 

thirty days; 

WHEREAS, Acer wishes to avoid the burden and expense of serving process on foreign 

entities; and 

WHEREAS, Defendant NEC Corporation (“NEC”) desires a reasonable amount of time to 

respond to the Amended Complaint, and wishes to avoid the necessity of responding to the original 

Complaint; 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is stipulated by and between the undersigned parties, by their 

representative attorneys, that Undersigned Counsel of WINSTON & STRAWN LLP agrees to 

accept service of the complaint in Acer v. Lite-On IT Corporation, et al., Case No. 5:13-cv-04991-

RS, on behalf of NEC. NEC shall have until Wednesday, March 26, 2014 to file a response to the 

Complaint. If Acer amends its Complaint, NEC shall have until either 60 days from the date of 

amendment, or March 26, 2014, whichever is later, to respond to the Amended Complaint. This 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND WAIVER OF SERVICE 

stipulation does not constitute a waiver by NEC of any defense, including but not limited to those 

defenses provided under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12.

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: December 24, 2013 CARLTON FIELDS, P.A. 

By: /s/ David B. Esau 

DAVID B. ESAU (pro hac vice) 

CityPlace Tower 

525 Okeechobee Boulevard, Suite 1200 

West Palm Beach, Florida 33401-6350 

desau@carltonfields.com 

Telephone: (561) 659-7070 

Hsiang (“James”) H. Lin (SBN 241472) 

jlin@techknowledgelaw.com

TECHKNOWLEDGE LAW GROUP LLP

1521 Diamond Street 

San Francisco, CA 94131 

Telephone: (415) 816-9525 

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS ACER INC.; 

ACER AMERICA CORPORATION; GATEWAY, 

INC.; AND GATEWAY U.S. RETAIL, INC., F/K/A 

EMACHINES, INC. 

DATED: December 24, 2013 WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 

By: /s/ Robert B. Pringle

ROBERT B. PRINGLE 

101 California Street, Suite 3900 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Tel: 415-591-1000 

Fax: 415-591-1400 

rpringle@winston.com 

Counsel for Defendant 

NEC CORPORATION 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), the filer attests that concurrence in the filing of 

this document has been obtained from the stipulating parties. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND WAIVER OF SERVICE 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ____________________ __________________________________ 

HONORABLE RICHARD SEEBORG 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

1/3/14

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