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

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IREU.&MANELLALLP .'

A Registered United Uabltty

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Professional Coporatloni

[COUNSEL LISTED

ON SIGNATURE PAGE]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

SHARPER IMAGE CORPORATION, a )

Delaware corporation, )

) Case No. C-04-0824 CW

Plaintiff, )

vs. )

THE MAY DEPARTMENT STORES ) JOINT STIPULATION

COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, ) DEPOSITION LIMITS

TARGET CORPORATION, a Minnesota ) BY FRCP 30(a)(2)(A)

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 CHA1M MARK BESS, an individual, )

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Defendants. )

)

(WDB)

TO MODIFY THE

ESTABLISHED

JOINT STIPULATION KB: NUMBER OF DEPOSITIONS

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RECITALS

1. WHEREAS, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(a)(2)(A) provides that Plaintiffs

and Defendants are each entitled to take no more than ten depositions without leave of court;

2. WHEREAS, litigation regarding U.S. Patent Number 6,713,026 ("the '026 patent)

was stayed by the Court by Order dated April 18,2005;

3. WHEREAS, there is currently in effect an Order Following Review of Parties'

Proposed Discovery Schedule ("Scheduling Order"), dated May 6,2005, providing for, among

other things, fact and expert discovery cut off deadlines. The Scheduling Order does not address

issues regarding depositions and explicitly does not apply to matters concerning the '026 patent;

4. WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to the following provisions regarding the

taking of depositions in order to facilitate the completion of discovery hi this case in a prompt and

effective manner; and THEREFORE:

STIPULATION

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

counsel for Defendants, on the other hand, that:

(1) Depositions of expert witnesses will not count among the ten (10) depositions permitted to be

taken by each side under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(a)(2)(A);

(2) Depositions relating only to U.S. Patent Number 6,713,026 ("the '026 patent") will not count

among the ten (10) depositions permitted to be taken by each side under Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 30(a)(2)(A); and

(3) Notwithstanding the close of discovery, depositions may be re-opened to address topics

relating to the '026 patent, if and when litigation regarding the '026 patent resumes in the District

Court.

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1REU.& MANELLA LLP

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IT IS SO STIPULATED

DatedrJulj^, 2005

Dated: MyQ, 2005

e. robert (bob) wallach (SEN 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 (SEN 152606)

Thelen Reid & Priest LLP

333 South Hope Street, Suite 2900

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3048

(213) 576-8044

Jeffrey W. Shopoff (SEN 46278)

Shopoff & Cavallo, LLP

353 Sacramento Street, Suite 1040

San Francisco, CA 94111

(415)984-1975

Alan L. Barry (pro hoc vice)

Heather Boice (pro hoc vice)

Bell, Boyd& Lloyd LLC

Three First National Plaza

, West Madison, Suite 3300

icago, IL 60810

Telephone: (302)372-1121

.eatb.er Boice/counsel for

Plaintiff and Counterdefendant S Image Corporation

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

jsenblattTcounset

Counterclaimants Target Corporation, Ionic Pro, LLC, Ideal

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

Inc. d/b/aHome Trends, Factories2U, LLC, and

Chaim Mark Bess

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I. -^^^i^eTeDyattest, 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.

iStomey for 1b&^S4^o CU 0

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: f,2005

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/GS

HONORABLE WAYNE D. BRAZIL

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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DEFENDANTS' REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO COMPEL

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