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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement

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[COUNSEL LISTED ON SIGNATURE PAGE] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC., 

a Delaware corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, 

a Cayman Islands corporation, 

Defendant. 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM. 

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STIPULATED DISMISSAL WITH 

PREJUDICE OF PLAINTIFF’S FIRST AND 

SECOND CLAIMS FOR RELIEF AND 

DEFENDANT’S COUNTERCLAIM 

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Plaintiff Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (“MPS”) and Defendant O2 Micro International 

Limited (“O2 Micro”) hereby stipulate to a dismissal with prejudice of their respective claims for relief 

based on the following premises: 

(1) Whereas, on May 1, 2007, MPS filed this action seeking a declaratory judgment that 

certain of its power inverter controller products do not infringe any valid claim of U.S. 

Patent No. 6,804,129 (“the ‘129 patent”) and that the claims of the ‘129 patent are 

unenforceable; 

(2) Whereas, on February 12, 2008, O2 Micro filed an amended Answer that included a 

counterclaim for infringement of the ‘129 patent. 

(3) Whereas, in the course of discovery, MPS has identified the power inverter controller 

products at issue in this action to be products currently having the designations 

MP1007, MP1008, MP1009, MP1028, MP1039, MP1041, MP1048, MP1060, MP1061, 

MP1080, MP1088, MP1872, MP1900, VN800, VN801, and VN830. 

(4) Whereas, by its signature to this stipulation, O2 Micro covenants not to assert or 

reassert its ‘129 patent against MPS or MPS’s direct and indirect customers for 

infringement by (i) MPS power inverter controller products MP1007, MP1008, 

MP1009, MP1028, MP1039, MP1041, MP1048, MP1060, MP1061, MP1080, MP1088, 

MP1872, MP1900, VN800, VN801, and VN830 in the form currently in existence; (ii) 

any inverter controller products incorporating insubstantial changes to the design and 

relevant operation of the products listed in (i) (even if such products are given a 

different designation); and (iii) any inverter controller products under development by 

MPS as of the execution date of this agreement that provide for feedback control of 

power pulse generation during all phases of operation (i.e., during start-up, normal 

operation, and open-lamp conditions), made, used, imported, offered for sale or sold by 

MPS, as well as any inverter modules and end-user devices incorporating such inverter 

controllers described in (i)-(iii) above in a manner consistent with MPS’s reference 

diagrams produced in this litigation. If, despite the existence of this stipulation, O2 

Micro alleges infringement of the ‘129 patent against MPS or MPS’s direct and indirect 

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customers (based in whole or in part on their use of MPS products), any lawsuit must be 

filed in the Northern District of California and must not be filed until re-examination 

proceedings involving the ‘129 patent are complete. O2 Micro agrees that it will not 

assign the ‘129 patent or grant exclusive licensees without binding assignees/licensees 

to the covenants above. 

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Dated: August 20, 2008 COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP 

By: /s/ Matthew J. Brigham 

Matthew J. Brigham 

Thomas J. Friel, Jr. (80065) 

(tfriel@cooley.com) 

Matthew J. Brigham (191428) 

(mbrigham@cooley.com) 

COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP 

3000 El Camino Real 

Five Palo Alto Square 

Palo Alto, CA 94306 

Telephone: (650) 843-5000 

Facsimile: (650) 857-0663 

James P. Brogan (155906) 

(jbrogan@cooley.com) 

COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP 

380 Interlocken Crescent, Suite 900 

Broomfield, CO 80021-8023 

Telephone: (720) 566-4000 

Facsimile: (720) 566-4099 

Brian E. Mitchell (190095) 

(bmitchell@cooley.com) 

COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP 

101 California Street, 5th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-5800 

Telephone: (415) 693-2000 

Facsimile: (415) 693-2222 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 

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Dated: August 20, 2008 HOWREY LLP 

By: /s/ Robert M. Harkins (with permission) 

Robert M. Harkins, Jr. 

Henry C. Bunsow (SBN 060707) 

bunsowh@howrey.com 

K.T. Cherian (SBN 133967) 

cheriank@howrey.com 

Duane H. Mathiowetz (SBN 111831) 

mathiowetzd@howrey.com 

Henry C. Su (SBN 211202) 

suh@howrey.com 

Robert M. Harkins, Jr. (SBN 179525) 

harkinsr@howrey.com 

HOWREY LLP 

525 Market Street, Suite 3600 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 848-4900 

Facsimile: (415) 848-4999 

Attorneys for Defendant 

O2 Micro International Limited 

Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to General Order No. 45, § X(B), I attest under penalty of perjury 

that concurrence in the filing of the document has been obtained from its signatory. 

Dated: August 20, 2008 By /s/ Matthew J. Brigham

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ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, it is SO ORDERED. This action, including all claims and 

counterclaims asserted herein, is hereby DISMISSED with prejudice. 

Dated: / / 

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THE HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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