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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

Intertrust Technologies Corp.,

Plaintiff,

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Macrovision Corp.,

Defendant.

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NO. C 06-04596 JW 

ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO

CONSOLIDATE THIS ACTION WITH

CASE NOS. C 06-04659 JW (PVT) AND 

C 06-04660 JW (PVT)

Presently before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion to Consolidate This Action With Case

Nos. C 06-4659 JW (PVT) and C 06-4660 JW (PVT). (hereafter “Motion,” Docket Item No. 14.) 

According to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a), “actions involving a common question of law or

fact” may be consolidated. The cases that the parties move this Court to consolidate all seek review

of patent interference proceedings that had been brought before the Board of Patent Appeals and

Interferences. The patents and patent applications involved in these proceedings relate to the same

technological field and involve many of the same inventors. According to the parties, priority of

invention and inequitable conduct are likely to be issues present in all three cases. Given the

commonalities of these cases, the Court GRANTS the parties’ Motion.

Dated: September 25, 2006 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Barbara Clarke McCurdy barbara.mccurdy@finnegan.com

Frank Jonah West fwest@oblon.com

Linda Jean Thayer linda.thayer@finnegan.com

Michael D. Powell mikepowell@quinnemanuel.com

Dated: September 25, 2006 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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