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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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1 The lead case, Siliconix Inc. v. Denso Corp., et al., is not included in the Settlement

Conferences ordered at this time. Counsel will decide shortly whether they desire a Settlement

Conference in that case, and will notify the Court immediately thereafter. If the lead case is to be

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SILICONIX INCORPORATED, No. C-05-1507 WHA (JCS)

Plaintiff,

v. NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT

CONFERENCES AND SETTLEMENT

 DENSO CORPORATION, ET AL., CONFERENCE ORDER

Defendants.

______________________________________/

SILICONIX INCORPORATED, Consolidated Case No. C-04-0344 WHA (JCS)

Plaintiff,

v.

ADVANCED ANALOGIC TECHNOLOGIES

INCORPORATED, 

Defendant.

______________________________________/

SILICONIX INCORPORATED, Consolidated Case No. C-05-3617 WHA (JCS)

Plaintiff,

v.

(E-FILING CASES)

MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL

COMPANY, LTD., ET AL.,

Defendants.

_______________________________________/

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

The above matters have been referred to Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero for settlement

purposes.1

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You are hereby notified that Settlement Conferences have been scheduled as follows:

 1. Siliconix Inc. v. Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co., Ltd., et al., C-05-3617 WHA, for

July 18, 2006, at 9:30 a.m.; and

2. Siliconix Inc. v. Advanced Analogic Techs. Inc., C-04-0344 WHA, for July 19, 2006, 

at 9:30 a.m.

The conferences will take place in Courtroom A, 15th Floor, Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate

Avenue, San Francisco, California.

Additionally, the following principals, or other individuals having unlimited settlement

authority that the parties may identify and counsel are ORDERED to meet and confer in

person on or before June 30, 2006, to discuss settlement: King Owyang or Nick Basile for

Siliconix; Richard Williams for AATI; and Masato Okuguchi for Matsushita/Panasonic. (If

the clients desire, their counsel may also attend the meet-and-confer sessions.)

On or before June 9, 2006, Siliconix shall make settlement proposals, in writing, and

serve copies on the undersigned. On or before June 16, 2006, AATI and Matsushita/Panasonic

shall respond with counter-proposals, in writing, and serve copies on the undersigned.

It is the responsibility of counsel to ensure that whatever discovery is needed for all sides to

evaluate the case for settlement purposes is completed by the dates of the Settlement Conferences. 

Counsel shall cooperate in providing discovery informally and expeditiously.

Lead trial counsel shall appear at the Settlement Conferences with the parties. The abovenamed principals, or other individuals designated by the parties, shall also attend the Settlement

Conferences. Any party who is not a natural person shall be represented by the person(s) with

unlimited authority to negotiate a settlement. A person who needs to call another person not

present before agreeing to any settlement does not have unlimited authority. If a party is a

governmental entity, its governing body shall designate one of its members or a senior executive to

appear at the Settlement Conferences with authority to participate in the Settlement Conferences

and, if a tentative settlement agreement is reached, to recommend the agreement to the governmental

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entity for its approval. An insured party shall appear with a representative of the carrier with full

authority to negotiate up to the limits of coverage. Personal attendance of a party representative will

rarely be excused by the Court, and then only upon separate written application demonstrating

substantial hardship served on opposing counsel and lodged as early as the basis for the hardship is

known but no later than the Settlement Conference Statement.

Each party shall prepare a Settlement Conference Statement, which must be e-mailed

to the undersigned's Chambers no later than NOON on July 7, 2006, at the following address:

Mary_Ann_Gomez@cand.uscourts.gov. The Statements should not be filed with the Clerk of the

Court, and need not be served on opposing counsel. The parties are encouraged, however, to

exchange Settlement Conference Statements. If Settlement Conference Statements are exchanged,

any party may submit by e-mail an additional confidential settlement letter to the Court not to

exceed three (3) pages. The contents of this confidential settlement letter will not be disclosed to the

other parties.

The Settlement Conference Statement shall include the following:

1. A brief statement of the facts of the case.

2. A brief statement of the claims and defenses including, but not limited to, statutory or

other grounds upon which the claims are founded, and a candid evaluation of the parties' likelihood

of prevailing on the claims and defenses. The more candid the parties are, the more productive the

conference will be.

3. A list of the key facts in dispute and a brief statement of the specific evidence

relevant to a determination of those facts.

4. A summary of the proceedings to date and any pending motions.

5. An estimate of the cost and time to be expended for further discovery, pretrial and trial.

6. The relief sought, including an itemization of damages.

7. The party's position on settlement, including present demands and offers and a history

of past settlement discussions. The Court's time can best be used to assist the parties in completing

their negotiations, not in starting them. The parties are urged to carefully evaluate their case before

taking a settlement position since extreme positions hinder the settlement process.

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Settlement Conference Statements may be submitted on CD-ROM with hypertext links to

exhibits. Otherwise, the portion of exhibits on which the party relies shall be highlighted.

It is not unusual for the conference to last three (3) or more hours. Parties are encouraged to

participate and frankly discuss their case. Statements they make during the conference will not be

admissible at trial in the event the case does not settle. The parties should be prepared to discuss

such issues as:

1. Their settlement objectives.

2. Any impediments to settlement they perceive.

3. Whether they have enough information to discuss settlement. If not, what additional

information is needed.

4. The possibility of a creative resolution of the dispute.

The parties shall notify Chambers immediately at (415) 522-3691 if this case settles prior to

the date set for Settlement Conference. Counsel shall provide a copy of this order to each party who

will participate in the conference.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 3, 2006

_________________________________ JOSEPH C. SPERO

United States Magistrate Judge

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