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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALEKSANDR L. YUFA,

Plaintiff,

 v.

LIGHTHOUSE WORLDWIDE SOLUTIONS,

INC., et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 09-00968 MEJ

ORDER RE SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF RE

REEXAMINATION OF ‘983 PATENT

AND STAY OF THIS MATTER

Pending before the Court is Defendant Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions, Inc.’s “Motion to

Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted; or, in the Alternative, For

a More Definite Statement.” (Dkt. #33.) The matter is set for hearing on August 6, 2009. In

reviewing Defendant’s Motion and Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint (Dkt. #28), it has come to the

Court’s attention that the patent-at-issue, U.S. Patent No. 6,346,983, is currently the subject of reexamination proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. (See Am. Compl. at

¶6.) As Defendant notes in its Motion, Plaintiff has filed several other cases in which he asserts

claims against various defendants for infringement of the ‘983 patent. In at least five of those cases,

including one currently pending in the Northern District, the district court has stayed litigation

pending outcome of the reexamination proceeding. (See Yufa v. TSI Inc., Case No. CV 09-1315 BZ,

at Dkt. ##24, 37.) 

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Because it may also be prudent to take the same action in this case, the Court ORDERS as

follows: 

Defendant shall file a brief not exceeding 5 pages addressing why this case should not be

stayed pending resolution of the reexamination proceeding. Defendant shall file its brief no later

than 5:00 p.m., August 4, 2009. 

The Court will advise the parties as to how it will proceed on this issue. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 30, 2009 

MARIA-ELENA JAMES

United States Magistrate Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALEKSANDR L. YUFA,

Plaintiff,

 v.

LIGHTHOUSE WORLDWIDE SOLUTION et

al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV09-00968 MEJ 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on July 30, 2009, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle located

in the Clerk's office.

Aleksandr L. Yufa

698 Cypress Avenue

Colton, CA 92324

Dated: July 30, 2009

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Brenda Tolbert, Deputy Clerk

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