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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Case No. 4:09-CV-04697-CW (EDL)

KARINEH KHACHATOURIAN (SBN 202634)

karineh.khachatourian@klgates.com 

BRYAN J. SINCLAIR (SBN 205885) 

bryan.sinclair@klgates.com 

MICHAEL R. HAVEN (SBN 208721) 

mike.haven@klgates.com 

K&L GATES LLP 

630 Hansen Way 

Palo Alto, CA 94304 

Telephone: (650) 798-6700 

Facsimile: (650) 798-6701 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant, 

PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., a 

Delaware corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

DEVICEVM, INC., a Delaware corporation, 

and BENEDICT CHONG, an individual, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 4:09-CV-04697-CW (EDL) 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING LEAVE TO FILE SECOND 

AMENDED COMPLAINT 

Judge: Honorable Claudia Wilken 

Room: Courtroom 2, 4th Floor 

DEVICEVM, Inc., a Delaware corporation, 

 Counterclaimant, 

v. 

PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD., a Delaware 

corporation, 

 Counterclaim-defendant. 

Complaint Filed: July 17, 2009 

Trial Date: TBD 

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Case No. 4:09-CV-04697-CW (EDL)

WHEREAS, on August 31, 2009, plaintiff Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (“Plaintiff”) filed the 

First Amended Complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of 

Santa Clara; 

WHEREAS, on October 1, 2009, defendants DeviceVM, Inc. and Benedict Chong 

(“Defendants”) timely removed the case to this Court pursuant to its federal question jurisdiction 

under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a); 

WHEREAS, on December 21, 2009, Defendants filed their Answers and Affirmative 

Defenses to the First Amended Complaint, and on January 8, 2010, Defendant DeviceVM filed 

Amended Counterclaims against Plaintiff; 

WHEREAS, on February 4, 2010, Plaintiff filed a separate action in the United States District 

Court for the Northern District of California against Defendant DeviceVM, Inc. for the alleged 

infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,519,659 styled Phoenix Technologies, LTD v. DeviceVM, Inc. Case 

No. 3:10-cv-00514-VRW (the “Phoenix Patent Infringement Case”); 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and have reached an agreement that will 

result in: (a) Phoenix being granted leave to further amend the First Amended Complaint in this case 

by filing a Second Amended Complaint which asserts one additional count for infringement of U.S. 

Patent No. 6,519,659; and (b) concurrent with the filing of the Second Amended Complaint in this 

case, Phoenix will file a Notice of Dismissal of Complaint Without Prejudice in the Phoenix Patent 

Infringement Case; 

NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned parties hereby stipulate and agree, and respectfully 

request that the Court enter an order, as follows: 

1. Phoenix is granted leave to file a Second Amended Complaint asserting one additional 

claim for patent infringement within five (5) days of entry of this Order; 

2. Defendants responsive pleading shall be due on or before March 19, 2010. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: March 1, 2010 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

By: /s/ Stephen J. Akerley 

Stephen J. Akerley 

Attorneys for Defendants / Counterclaimants, 

DeviceVM, Inc. and Benedict Chong

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Case No. 4:09-CV-04697-CW (EDL)

Dated: March 1, 2010 

K&L GATES LLP

By: /s/ Bryan J. Sinclair 

 Bryan J. Sinclair 

Attorneys for Plaintiff / Counter-Defendant, 

Phoenix Technologies, Ltd. 

I, Bryan J. Sinclair, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Regarding Scheduling Matters. In compliance with General 

Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that Bryan J. Sinclair has concurred in this filing. 

By: /s/ Bryan J. Sinclair _________________ 

 Bryan J. Sinclair 

O R D E R

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 22, 2010 

THE HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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