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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER PERMITTING 3:06-CV-01839 CRB 

ELANTECH TO FILE ITS AMENDED COMPLAINT

Yitai Hu – yhu@akingump.com (California Admission Pending) 

Sean P. DeBruine – sdebruine@akingump.com (State Bar No. 168071) 

Hsin-Yi Cindy Feng – cfeng@akingump.com (State Bar No. 215152) 

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 

Two Palo Alto Square 

3000 El Camino Real, Suite 400 

Palo Alto, CA 94306 

Telephone: (650) 838-2000 

Facsimile: (650) 838-2001 

Attorneys For Plaintiff 

ELANTECH DEVICES CORPORATION 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

ELANTECH DEVICES CORPORATION, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

SYNAPTICS CORPORATION, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. 3:06-cv-01839 CRB 

STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

PERMITTING ELANTECH TO 

FILE ITS AMENDED 

COMPLAINT JOINING 

AVERATEC, INC. AND 

PROSTAR COMPUTER, INC. AS 

CO-DEFENDANTS 

STIPULATION 

 WHEREAS, plaintiff Elantech Devices Corp. (“Elantech”) filed its complaint against 

Synaptics for patent infringement on March 9, 2006, and Elantech has recently learned that 

Averatec and Prostar also use, sell, offer for sale, and/or import into the United States products 

that incorporate the Synaptics’s devices that are accused of patent infringement in this case; 

 WHEREAS, Elantech seeks to amend its Complaint to allege counts of patent 

infringement against proposed co-defendants Averatec, Inc. (“Averatec”) and Prostar 

Computer, Inc. (“Prostar”); and 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER PERMITTING 3:06-CV-01839 CRB 

ELANTECH TO FILE ITS AMENDED COMPLAINT - 2 -

WHEREAS, Synaptics does not oppose Elantech’s request to amend its complaint, but 

reserves the right to challenge Elantech’s substantive allegations to the extent permitted by the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and applicable law; 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, therefore, by and between the parties, acting through 

the undersigned counsel, that Elantech may amend its Complaint to join Averatec and Prostar 

as co-defendants in this case. Pursuant to Civ. L. R. 10-1, a proposed Amended Complaint is 

attached as Exhibit A. A proposed order accompanies this stipulation on the following page. 

Dated: June 14, 2006 AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 

By: /s/ 

 Sean P. DeBruine 

 

 Attorney For Plaintiff 

 ELANTECH DEVICES CORPORATION 

Dated: June 14, 2006 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

 

By: /s/ 

 Karl J. Kramer 

 

 Attorney For Defendant 

 SYNAPTICS, INC. 

 I hereby attest, pursuant to section X of General Order 45, that concurrence in the filing 

of this document has been obtained from Karl J. Kramer. 

Dated: June 14, 2006 By: /s/ 

 Sean P. DeBruine 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER PERMITTING 3:06-CV-01839 CRB 

ELANTECH TO FILE ITS AMENDED COMPLAINT - 3 -

ORDER 

 Pursuant to stipulation, and for good cause shown, it is hereby ORDERED that 

Elantech may file its Amended Complaint. 

Dated: ____________, 2006 

 Hon. Charles R. Breyer 

 United States District Court Judge 

June 16

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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