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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1355 Petition for Return of Property

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SVI-80381v1 STIPULATION TO STAY AND SETTING DEADLINE

TO MOVE OR PLEAD AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Case No. 5:10-CV-00966-JF

Pamela K. Fulmer (SBN 154736) 

Chantelle C. Egan (SBN 257938) 

JONES DAY 

555 California Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 626-3939 

Facsimile: (415) 875-5700 

pkfulmer@jonesday.com 

cegan@jonesday.com 

Brian Selden (SBN 261828) 

Michael J. Klepich (SBN 260574) 

JONES DAY 

1755 Embarcadero Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94303 

Telephone: (650) 739-3939 

Facsimile: (650) 739-3900 

bgselden@jonesday.com 

mklepich@jonesday.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

RECKITT BENCKISER INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

SAN FRANCISCO TECHNOLOGY INC., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

THE GLAD PRODUCTS COMPANY, 

BAJER DESIGN & MARKETING INC., 

BAYER CORPORATION, BRIGHT IMAGE 

CORPORATION, CHURCH & DWIGHT 

CO. INC., COLGATE-PALMOLIVE 

COMPANY, COMBE INCORPORATED, 

THE DIAL CORPORATION, EXERGEN 

CORPORATION, GLAXOSMITHKLINE 

LLC, HI-TECH PHARMACAL CO. INC., 

JOHNSON PRODUCTS COMPANY INC., 

MAYBELLINE LLC, MCNEIL-PPC INC., 

MEDTECH PRODUCTS INC., PLAYTEX 

PRODUCTS INC., RECKITT BENCKISER 

INC., ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS 

CORPORATION, SOFTSHEEN-CARSON 

LLC, SUN PRODUCTS CORPORATION, 

SUNSTAR AMERICAS INC. 

Defendants. 

Case No. 5:10-cv-00966-JF 

STIPULATION STAYING ALL 

PROCEEDINGS UNTIL THE 

FEDERAL CIRCUIT ISSUES A FINAL 

DECISION IN STAUFFER AND 

SETTING DEADLINE FOR 

DEFENDANTS TO MOVE OR PLEAD 

TO 30 DAYS THEREAFTER AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

**E-Filed 5/28/2010**

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STIPULATION TO STAY AND SETTING DEADLINE

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Case No. 5:10-CV-00966-JF

Plaintiff San Francisco Technology Inc. (“Plaintiff”) and the undersigned defendants, The 

Glad Products Company, Bajer Design & Marketing Inc., Colgate-Palmolive Company, Combe 

Incorporated, and Reckitt Benckiser Inc. (“Defendants”), through their respective counsel, hereby 

make the following stipulation (the “Stipulation”). 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed its complaint (D.I. 1) on March 5, 2010 (the “Complaint”) 

alleging that each of the Defendants has falsely marked articles in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 292; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff had earlier filed a substantially similar complaint asserting the same 

false marking claim against other defendants in San Francisco Technology Inc. v. Adobe Systems 

Incorporated, et al., Case No. 2009-06083 (“Adobe”), on December 30, 2009; 

WHEREAS, on April 13, 2010, after full briefing and argument, Judge Seeborg of the 

Northern District of California stayed Adobe pending resolution of Stauffer v. Brooks Bros., 

Appeal Nos. 2009-1428, 2009-1430, 2009-1453 (“Stauffer”); 

WHEREAS, Judge Seeborg held in Adobe that the circumstances in which a private party 

has standing under Article III of the United States Constitution to bring a qui tam action for false 

patent marking under 35 U.S.C. § 292(b) is an issue of first impression currently pending before 

the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Stauffer; 

WHEREAS, Judge Seeborg held that once the Stauffer decision is rendered, the Federal 

Circuit's reasoning and analysis will likely bear directly on this Court's consideration of the 

pending motions to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that Judge Seeborg’s reasoning is equally applicable to this 

proceeding and, therefore, stipulate and agree that all claims asserted herein against Defendants, 

The Glad Products Company, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Bajer Design & Marketing Inc., 

Combe Incorporated, and Reckitt Benckiser Inc. should be stayed pending a final decision by the 

Federal Circuit; 

WHEREAS, the Stipulation would stay the hearings and all related proceedings on the 

Motion to Dismiss (D.I. 76) and Motion to Stay (D.I. 94) filed by Bajer Design & Marketing Inc. 

on April 8, 2010; 

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WHEREAS, the Stipulation would stay the hearing and all related proceedings on the 

Motion to Dismiss (D.I. 83) filed by Colgate-Palmolive Company on April 8, 2010; 

WHEREAS, of the Defendants, The Glad Products Company and Reckitt Benckiser Inc. 

have each previously stipulated with Plaintiff to extend time to respond to the Complaint, 

pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-1(a), to May 14, 2010 (D.I. 64 and D.I. 56, respectively); 

WHEREAS, the purpose of the stay is to narrow the litigated issues in this case and the 

stipulating parties have agreed to further narrow the litigated issues in this case by agreeing not to 

object to venue and personal jurisdiction in the Northern District of California for this case; 

WHEREAS, the requested time modification would have no other effect on the schedule 

for the case because currently no trial date has been set; and 

WHEREAS, the parties herein have agreed to stay all proceedings until the Federal 

Circuit issues a final decision in the Stauffer decision (or further order of the Court). 

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE THAT: 

These proceedings and all aspects of the case with respect to Defendants, The Glad 

Products Company, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Bajer Design & Marketing Inc., Combe 

Incorporated and Reckitt Benckiser Inc., are hereby stayed until 1) the Federal Circuit issues a 

final decision in Stauffer v. Brooks Bros., Appeal Nos. 2009-1428, 2009-1430, 2009-1453 (i.e., at 

the expiration of time to file a petition for rehearing or the denial of a timely-filed petition), and 2) 

further order of the Court in accordance with the Federal Circuit’s decision in Stauffer; 

The responsive pleadings of Defendants, The Glad Products Company, Colgate-Palmolive 

Company, Bajer Design & Marketing Inc., and Reckitt Benckiser Inc., are hereby due 30 days 

thereafter; and 

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The stipulating parties have agreed not to object to venue and personal jurisdiction in the 

Northern District of California for this case. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: May 13, 2010 JONES DAY 

By: /s/ Pamela K. Fulmer 

Pamela K. Fulmer 

Counsel for Defendant Reckitt 

Benckiser Inc. 

In accordance with General Order No. 45, Section X(B), the above signatory attests that 

concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the signatories below. 

Dated: May 13, 2010 MOUNT & STOELKER, P.C. 

By: /s/ Daniel H. Fingerman 

Daniel H. Fingerman 

MOUNT & STOELKER, P.C. 

333 West San Carlos Street, 

Suite 1650 

San Jose CA 95110 

Telephone: (408) 279-7000 

Facsimile: (408) 998-1473 

Counsel for Plaintiff San Francisco 

Technology Inc. 

Dated: May 13, 2010 FARELLA BRAUN & MARTEL LLP 

By: /s/ Roderick Manley Thompson 

Roderick Manley Thompson 

FARELLA BRAUN & MARTEL LLP

235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 954-4400 

Facsimile: (415) 954-4480 

Counsel for Defendant The Glad 

Products Company 

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Dated: May 13, 2010 HANSON BRIDGETT LLP 

By: /s/ Stephen B. Peck 

Stephen B. Peck 

HANSON BRIDGETT LLP 

425 Market Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 777-3200 

Facsimile: (415) 551-9366 

Counsel for Defendant Bajer Design & 

Marketing Inc. 

Dated: May 13, 2010 KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

By: /s/ David K. Callahan 

David K. Callahan 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

300 North LaSalle Street 

Chicago, IL 60654 

Telephone: (312) 862-2182 

Facsimile: (312) 862-2200 

Counsel for Defendant ColgatePalmolive Company 

Dated: May 13, 2010 MCMANIS FAULKNER 

By: /s/ Matthew Schechter 

Matthew Schechter 

MCMANIS FAULKNER 

50 West San Fernando Street 

10th Floor 

San Jose, CA 95113 

Telephone: (408) 279-8700 

Counsel for Defendant Combe 

Incorporated 

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Dated: ______________, 2010 By: 

 THE HON. JEREMY FOGEL 

 United States District Court Judge

May 28

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