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

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 Order to Stay Action 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

SHARIDAN L. STILES , 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CVS PHARMACY INC., 

Defendant. 

 CASE No. 2:19-cv-02145-TLN-AC 

ORDER STAYING ACTION

 

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Order to Stay Action 

ORDER 

The parties, Plaintiff Sharidan L. Stiles and Defendant CVS Pharmacy, Inc., 

have presented a Stipulation to Stay the above-captioned action, on the following 

agreed premises: 

This is an action for alleged infringement of two patents owned by Plaintiff: 

United States Patent No. 9,108,329 (“the ’329 Patent”) and United States Patent No. 

9,707,689 (“the ’689 Patent”). This action involves a single accused product: the 

“Ardell Precision Shaper,” distributed and sold by American International Industries 

(“AII”) and sold at retail by CVS. This accused product is at issue in other cases 

pending in this Court, including Stiles, et al. v. Walmart Inc., et al., E.D. Cal. Case 

No. 14-cv-02234 (“The 2014 Action,” which alleges infringement of the ‘329 patent 

by the Ardell Precision Shaper), and American International Industries v. Stiles, 

E.D. Cal. Case No. 2:19-cv-01218 (“the Declaratory Relief Action,” which alleges 

non-infringement of the ‘689 patent by the Ardell Precision Shaper). The 

Declaratory Relief Action was previously deemed related to the 2014 Action. (The 

2014 Action, Dkt. No. 276) After recent judicial transfers, the 2014 Action and the 

Declaratory Relief Action are now pending before Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller. (The 

2014 Action, Dkt. No. 389; Declaratory Relief Action, Dkt. No. 27) 

The parties agreed that liability issues regarding the ‘329 and ‘689 patents 

should proceed in the 2014 Action and Declaratory Relief Actions prior to active 

litigation of the above-captioned action, in order to save substantial court and 

attorney resources, avoid duplication of efforts and facilitate more uniform control 

of the litigation. Accordingly, the parties stipulated to a stay of this case until an 

initial patent infringement liability determination is made in either the 2014 Action 

or the Declaratory Relief Action, after which point the parties propose to file a joint 

report informing the Court whether they agree that the stay in this case should 

continue pending further proceedings in the 2014 Action and/or the Declaratory 

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Relief Action. Accordingly, the parties requested that the Court enter the following 

Order to stay all but administrative activities in the above-captioned case. 

FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, the Court hereby orders that litigation of the 

above-captioned action is stayed, other than for administrative activities, pending a 

determination in Stiles, et al. v. Walmart Inc., et al., E.D. Cal. Case No. 14-cv02234 or American International Industries v. Stiles, E.D. Cal. Case No. 2:19-cv01218, of whether the Ardell Precision Shaper infringes either the ‘329 or ‘689 

Patent. Upon a determination in either of these actions as to whether the Ardell 

Precision Shaper infringes the ‘329 or ‘689 Patents, the parties shall promptly confer 

and file a joint report informing the Court whether they agree that the stay in this 

case should continue pending any further proceedings. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated this 5th day of March, 2020. 

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