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

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MELODY A. KRAMER, SBN 169984 

9930 Mesa Rim Road, Suite 1600 

San Diego, California 92121 

Telephone (858) 362-3150 

email: mak@kramerlawip.com 

J. MICHAEL KALER, SBN 158296 

9930 Mesa Rim Road, Suite 200 

San Diego, California 92121 

Telephone (858) 362-3151 

email: michael@kalerlaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff JENS ERIK SORENSEN, 

as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND 

DEVELOPMENT TRUST 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of 

SORENSEN RESEARCH AND 

DEVELOPMENT TRUST, 

 Plaintiff 

v. 

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO., a Missouri 

corporation; ONE WORLD 

TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware 

corporation; RIDGE TOOL COMPANY, 

an Ohio corporation; RIDGID, INC., a 

Delaware corporation; and 

DOES 1 – 100 

 Defendants. 

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and related counterclaims. 

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Case No. 08cv00060 BTM CAB 

ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION FOR EXCEPTION TO STAY

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Plaintiff JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH 

AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST (“Plaintiff”) has moved this Court at Docket # 39 

for an exception to the stay of proceedings in this case for the purposes of limited 

discovery. 

The Court, having considered briefing by the parties and oral arguments on 

August 20, 2008, grants in part and denies in part Plaintiff’s motion for exception 

to the stay as set forth below. 

1. All prototype and production molds used in the production of the 

accused products within the custody and control of the Defendant(s) are to be 

preserved. 

2. All design and technical documents for the accused product within the 

control and custody of the Defendant(s) are to be preserved. 

3. Plaintiff is granted leave to propound one (1) interrogatory on the 

Defendant(s) that asks for the identification of the company names and addresses of 

nonparty manufacturers, suppliers, and importers who have prototype, production, 

design, technical documents or evidence regarding the accused products. 

4. Plaintiff is granted leave to file an Amended Complaint adding accused 

products within 30 days of this Order. Defendant must respond to said the Amended 

Complaint within 45 days after the stay is lifted. 

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 The Court denies without prejudice Plaintiff’s request for leave of court to 

use appropriate procedural discovery steps to acquire prototype, production, design, 

technical documents or evidence regarding the accused products from nonparties at 

this time; any subsequent requests will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED this 2nd day of September, 2008. 

Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz 

 United State District Judge 

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