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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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1393049

JOINT STIP. RE: AMENDING CASE MANAGEMENT 

STATEMENT (Case No. C-04-0824)

IRELL & MANELLA LLP

A Registered Limited Liability

Law Partnership Including

Professional Corporations

[COUNSEL LISTED 

ON SIGNATURE PAGE]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

SHARPER IMAGE CORPORATION, a 

Delaware corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

THE MAY DEPARTMENT STORES 

COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, 

TARGET CORPORATION, a Minnesota 

corporation, IONIC PRO, LLC, a Delaware 

company, QWIK COOK, INC. d/b/a HOME 

TRENDS, a New York corporation, IDEAL 

PRODUCTS, LLC, a Nevis company, 

SYLMARK, INC., a Delaware corporation, 

SYLMARK, LLC, a Delaware company, 

FACTORIES2U, LLC, a California company, 

and CHAIM MARK BESS, an individual,

Defendants.

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Case No. C-04-0824 CW (WDB)

[PROPOSED] AMENDED STIPULATED 

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

Case 4:04-cv-00824-CW Document 382 Filed 10/11/05 Page 1 of 4
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1393049

-1- JOINT STIP. RE: AMENDING CASE MANAGEMENT 

STATEMENT (Case No. C-04-0824)

IRELL & MANELLA LLP

A Registered Limited Liability

Law Partnership Including

Professional Corporations

RECITALS

1. WHEREAS, there is currently in effect an Amended Stipulated Case Management 

Order, dated on or about February 3, 2005 and with dates later modified by an Order of Magistrate 

Judge Brazil on May 6, 2005, providing for, among other things, fact and expert discovery cut off 

deadlines, a dispositive motion hearing deadline, and a date for the final pretrial conference and 

trial. In light of the above events, the parties jointly seek to have the Case Management Order 

amended to extend certain of these dates and deadlines;

2. WHEREAS, Magistrate Judge Brazil ordered on August 26, 2005 that certain fact 

depositions not occur later than October 17, 2005;

3. WHEREAS, despite the best efforts of the parties, all fact depositions will not be 

completed by October 17, 2005;

4. WHEREAS, the parties exchanged their experts’ reports on August 29, 2005 and 

their rebuttal experts’ reports on September 23, 2005; 

5. WHEREAS, the parties have depositions scheduled for October 18 and October 20, 

2005;

6. WHEREAS, on October 4, 2005, Magistrate Judge Brazil held a hearing on several 

motions to compel, the outcome of which may require additional time for certain events, including 

depositions. On October 4, 2005, the Court issued a minute order (D.I. 366) indicating that a final 

order will follow;

7. WHEREAS, Sharper Image has sought leave to take five additional depositions 

beyond Rule 30(a)(2)(A) in its motion to amend the case management order (D.I. 305).

Defendants have opposed this motion (D.I. 356). If this motion is granted, these depositions will

not be completed by October 17, 2005, but will commence shortly after the Court’s ruling;

8. WHEREAS, the parties stipulate to the below amendments to the Case

Management Order to facilitate the completion of discovery in this case in a prompt and effective 

manner; and THEREFORE:

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1393049

-2- JOINT STIP. RE: AMENDING CASE MANAGEMENT 

STATEMENT (Case No. C-04-0824)

IRELL & MANELLA LLP

A Registered Limited Liability

Law Partnership Including

Professional Corporations

STIPULATION

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between counsel for Plaintiff, on the one hand, 

and counsel for Defendants, on the other hand, that the Case Management Order shall be amended 

as follows:

Event New Date

Continuation of Deposition of Robert Schultz October 18, 2005

Deposition of Federico De Bellegarde October 20, 2005

Completion of Expert Discovery November 23, 2005

Deadline to File Dispositive Motions December 2, 2005

Deadline for Dispositive Motion Oppositions December 16, 2005

Deadline for Dispositive Motion Replies December 23, 2005

Hearing on Dispositive Motions January 27, 2005 at 10 a.m.

All other deadlines, including Pre-Trial Conference and Trial dates, remain the same.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

e. robert (bob) wallach (SBN 29078)

Lawyer-Counselor

Law Offices of e. robert (bob) wallach, P.C.

P. O. Box 2670

San Francisco, CA 94126-2670

155 Jackson Street, No. 602

San Francisco, CA 94111

(415) 989-6445

David L. Aronoff (SBN 152606)

Thelen Reid & Priest LLP 

333 South Hope Street, Suite 2900 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3048

(213) 576-8044

Alan L. Barry (pro hac vice)

Amy G. O’Toole (pro hac vice)

Heather Boice (pro hac vice)

Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC

Three First National Plaza

70 West Madison, Suite 3300

Chicago, IL 60610

Telephone: (312) 372-1121

Dated: October 10, 2005 /s/ Amy G. O’Toole__________________ Amy G. O’Toole, counsel for 

Plaintiff and Counterdefendant Sharper Image Corporation

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1393049

-3- JOINT STIP. RE: AMENDING CASE MANAGEMENT 

STATEMENT (Case No. C-04-0824)

IRELL & MANELLA LLP

A Registered Limited Liability

Law Partnership Including

Professional Corporations

IRELL & MANELLA LLP 

Morgan Chu (70446)

Jonathan S. Kagan (166039)

Elizabeth L. Rosenblatt (203196)

1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900

Los Angeles, California 90067-4276

Telephone: (310) 277-1010

Facsimile: (310) 203-7199

Dated: October 10, 2005 /s/ Elizabeth L. Rosenblatt

Elizabeth L. Rosenblatt, counsel for Defendants and 

Counterclaimants Target Corporation, Ionic Pro, LLC, Ideal 

Products, LLC, Sylmark, Inc., Sylmark, LLC, Qwik Cook, 

Inc. d/b/a Home Trends, Factories2U, LLC, and

Chaim Mark Bess

I, Elizabeth L. Rosenblatt, hereby attest, pursuant to N.D. Cal. General Order No. 45, that 

the concurrence to the filing of this document has been obtained from each signatory hereto.

/s/ Elizabeth L. Rosenblatt

Attorney for Defendants

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ______________, 2005

HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

10/11

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Claudia Wilken

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