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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:183 Patent Infringement

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JT. STIP. & [PROP.] ORDER TO REALIGN PARTIES ETC. 04 2777 VRW

KENNETH G. HAUSMAN (No. 57252)

Email: khausman@howardrice.com

JEFFREY E. FAUCETTE (No. 193066)

HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY

FALK & RABKIN

A Professional Corporation

Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111-4024

Telephone: 415/434-1600

Facsimile: 415/217-5910

DOUGLAS A. CAWLEY (Pro Hac Vice)

THEODORE STEVENSON, III (Pro Hac

Vice)

GARRET W. CHAMBERS (Pro Hac Vice)

MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.

300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500

Dallas, Texas 75201-7856

Telephone: 214/978-4000

Facsimile: 214/978-4044

Attorneys for DATAMIZE, L.L.C.

TERRY KEARNEY (No. 160054)

MICHAEL B. LEVIN (No. 172329)

CHRISTOPHER R. PARRY (No. 209858)

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH &

ROSATI

Professional Corporation

650 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, California 94304-1050

Telephone: 650/493-9300

Facsimile: 650/565-5100

Attorneys for PLUMTREE SOFTWARE,

INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

PLUMTREE SOFTWARE, INC., a Delaware

corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

DATAMIZE, L.L.C., a Wyoming limited

liability corporation,

Defendant.

No. 04 2777 VRW

JOINT STIPULATION AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO (1) REALIGN

THE PARTIES, (2) ADD BEA AS A

PARTY, AND (3) EXTEND CERTAIN

DEADLINES

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Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant Plumtree Software, Inc. (“Plumtree”) and Defendant

and Counter-Claimant Datamize, LLC (“Datamize”) jointly submit this stipulation to:

(1) realign the parties, (2) add BEA Systems, Inc. (“BEA”) as a defendant, and (3) extend

certain deadlines, and in support thereof show as follows:

A. Realignment Of The Parties

The current lawsuit is styled with Plumtree Software, Inc. (“Plumtree”) as the Plaintiff

and Datamize as the Defendant. Plumtree is seeking declaratory judgment that it does not

infringe Datamize’s ’040 and ’418 patents and that the ’040 and ’418 patents are invalid and

unenforceable. Datamize has counterclaimed for infringement. Datamize requests that the

Court realign the parties such that the Datamize is the plaintiff and Plumtree is the

defendant. In Datamize, LLC v. Plumtree Software, Inc., CV02:05693 (VRW)

(“Plumtree I”), the Court granted a similar request from Datamize to realign the parties to

make Datamize the plaintiff (Docket No. 32). In view of the Court’s prior order, Plumtree

does not oppose, and agrees to, Datamize’s request.

B. Adding BEA As A Party And Extending Certain Deadlines

Datamize also seeks leave to add BEA as a Defendant in this case. In October 2005,

BEA acquired Plumtree, and Plumtree is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of BEA. Datamize

contends that BEA incorporated Plumtree’s Corporate Portal product into a BEA product

called Aqualogic User Interaction, and that this product infringes the ’040 and ’418 patents.

Datamize also contends that a separate product called WebLogic Portal, which was

developed independently by BEA, also infringes the ’040 and ’418 patents. Allowing

Datamize’s claim against BEA to be joined with its claim against Plumtree would promote

judicial economy, and is more likely to lead to a speedy resolution of all of the disputes

between the parties.

Plumtree and BEA do not oppose Datamize’s request provided that the current

schedule is extended to accommodate adding BEA as a party.

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current schedule, only Datamize and Plumtree were parties to this action. Datamize’s

assertions against BEA include a separate product line that BEA developed independently of

Plumtree, and that was not at issue in the prior Plumtree I litigation. In order to account for

BEA being added as a party, the parties will need additional time to conduct and complete

discovery.

THEREFORE, the Parties jointly request that the Court:

1. Realign the parties so that Datamize is the plaintiff and Plumtree is the defendant;

2. Grant Datamize leave to file the attached amended complaint adding BEA

Systems, Inc. as a defendant; and

3. Modify the current Case Management Order to extend the deadlines as follows:

Event: Date Set by March 6, 2007

Case Management

Conference:

Proposed New Date:

Fact Discovery Cutoff November 1, 2007 April 7, 2008

Designation of

Experts/Reports

November 1, 2007 April 7, 2008

Rebuttal Expert/Report November 29, 2007 May 5, 2008

Experts Discovery Cutoff December 31, 2007 June 9, 2008

Pretrial Conference * Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at

9:00 a.m.

*

Jury Trial (5 days) * Monday, February 11, 2008

at 8:30 a.m.

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* Subject to the Court’s availability

( . . . continued)

submitting Plumtree’s opening claim construction brief and Datamize’s reply claim construction

brief. See Docket No. 69. By the present stipulation, the parties are not seeking to further extend

the deadlines for claim construction briefing, or the date for the claim construction hearing

(currently scheduled for August 3, 2007).

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SO STIPULATED

DATED: July 6, 2007. WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI

Professional Corporation

By: /s/ Michael B. Levin

MICHAEL B. LEVIN

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant

PLUMTREE SOFTWARE, INC.

HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY

FALK & RABKIN, A Professioanl Corporation

By: /s/ Jeffrey E. Faucette

JEFFREY E. FAUCETTE

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant

DATAMIZE, L.L.C.

ATTESTATION

I, Jeffrey E. Faucette, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used

to file this Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to (1) Realign the Parties, (2) Add BEA as

a Party, and (3) Extend Certain Deadlines. In compliance with General Order 45.X.B, I

hereby attest that Michael B. Levin has concurred in this filing.

DATED: July 6, 2007. HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY

FALK & RABKIN, A Professioanl Corporation

By: /s/ Jeffrey E. Faucette

JEFFREY E. FAUCETTE

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant

DATAMIZE, L.L.C.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:

HONORABLE VAUGN R. WALKER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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July 26, 2007

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Vaughn R Walker

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