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

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STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO 

AMEND DISCLOSURES UNDER THE PATENT LOCAL RULES 

 C 07-2638 JSW (EDL) (CONSOLIDATED WITH C 07-2664 JSW) 

TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND 

CREW LLP

Eric P. Jacobs (State Bar No. 88413) 

Peter H. Goldsmith (State Bar No. 91294) 

Robert A. McFarlane (State Bar No. 172650) 

Igor Shoiket (State Bar No. 190066) 

Matthew R. Hulse (State Bar No. 209490) 

Two Embarcadero Center, 8th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Tel: 415.576.0200 

Fax: 415.576.0300 

E-mail: epjacobs@townsend.com 

 phgoldsmith@townsend.com 

 ramcfarlane@townsend.com 

 ishoiket@townsend.com 

 mrhulse@townsend.com 

Attorneys for Defendant and 

Counterclaimant 

FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR 

CORPORATION 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

Daniel Johnson, Jr. (State Bar No. 57409) 

Brett M. Schuman (State Bar No. 189247) 

Amy M. Spicer (State Bar No. 188399) 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126 

Tel: 415.442.1000 

Fax: 415.442.1001 

E-mail: djjohnson@morganlewis.com 

 bschuman@morganlewis.com 

 aspicer@morganlewis.com 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

Andrew J. Wu (State Bar No. 214442) 

2 Palo Alto Square 

3000 El Camino Real, Suite 700 

Palo Alto, CA 94306-2122 

Tel: 650.843.4000 

Fax: 650.843.4001 

E-mail: awu@morganlewis.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and 

Counterdefendants 

ALPHA & OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR, 

INC. 

ALPHA & OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR, 

LTD. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

ALPHA & OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR, 

INC., a California corporation; and 

ALPHA & OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR, 

LTD., a Bermuda corporation, 

Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants, 

v. 

FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR 

CORP., a Delaware corporation, 

Defendant and Counterclaimant. 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS 

Case No. C 07-2638 JSW (EDL) 

(Consolidated with Case No. C 07-2664 JSW) 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO AMEND 

DISCLOSURES UNDER THE PATENT 

LOCAL RULES 

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STIPULATION

WHEREAS Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc., Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Ltd. 

(collectively “AOS”) and Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation (“Fairchild”) are parties to the 

above-captioned matters. 

WHEREAS, on August 31, 2007, Fairchild served preliminary infringement contentions 

("PICs") for U.S. Patent Nos. 6,429,481 ("the '481 patent"), 6,521,497 ("the '497 patent"), 6,710,406 

("the '406 patent"), and 6,828,195 ("the '195 patent") that accused AOS open cell design and closed 

cell design products of infringing certain claims of these patents. 

WHEREAS, on February 25, 2008, Fairchild informed AOS that Fairchild discovered 

during the claim construction proceedings in this action that, in Fairchild's view, AOS closed cell 

design products accused of infringement in the PICs infringe claims of the patents that Fairchild 

had originally asserted only against AOS products with an open cell design. 

WHEREAS, Fairchild seeks to amend the PICs to reflect that the following claims, which 

were originally asserted only against AOS products with an open cell design, are also infringed 

by AOS products with a closed cell design: claims 6-8, 10, 11, and 21 of the '481 patent; claims 8 

and 9 of the '497 patent; claims 13-15, 17, and 25-32 of the '406 patent; and claims 15-17 of the 

'195 patent (hereinafter “the subject claims”). 

WHEREAS, in the PICs served on August 31, 2007, Fairchild asserted other claims 

against AOS closed cell design products. Fairchild's proposed amended PICs therefore do not 

add any new claims or accused products to the action. 

WHEREAS, Fairchild served a copy of its proposed amended PICs on AOS on 

February 25, 2008. 

WHEREAS, AOS contends Fairchild's proposed amendment reflects a broader 

interpretation of the subject claims, raising the possibility that, in AOS's view, additional prior art 

falls within those patent claims (under Fairchild’s new interpretation), and that this broader 

interpretation of the subject claims may raise additional disputes regarding claim construction. 

IT IS THEREFORE STIPULATED by and between the parties, through their undersigned 

counsel of record, that pursuant to Patent Local Rule 3-7, 

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STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO 

AMEND DISCLOSURES UNDER THE PATENT LOCAL RULES 

 C 07-2638 JSW (EDL) (CONSOLIDATED WITH C 07-2664 JSW) 

(a) Fairchild shall be permitted to amend its preliminary infringement contentions to 

reflect the changes described above; 

(b) the amended preliminary infringement contentions Fairchild served on 

February 25, 2008, shall constitute its preliminary infringement contentions in this action for the 

'481, '497, '406, and '195 patents; 

(c) AOS is granted leave to amend its Patent L.R. 3-3, 4-1, 4-2, and 4-3 Disclosures 

for the subject claims at issue in the amendments in Fairchild's amended preliminary infringement 

contentions. Any amendments to AOS's Patent L.R. 3-3, 4-1, 4-2 and 4-3 Disclosures must be 

necessitated solely by the new assertion of the subject claims against AOS closed cell design 

products; and 

(d) AOS may amend its Patent L.R. 3-3 Disclosures or its Patent L.R. 4-1 to 4-3 

Disclosures, and, if AOS amends its Patent L.R. 3-3 Disclosures or any of its Patent L.R. 4-1 to 

4-3 Disclosures, Fairchild may amend its Patent L.R. 4-1 to 4-3 Disclosures. Any amendments 

by AOS or Fairchild must be made on the schedule set forth below. The amendments may relate 

only to the amendments in Fairchild's amended preliminary infringement contentions, may only 

include amendments regarding the subject claims, and will not affect the briefing and 

construction of the ten highest priority claim terms that is currently underway: 

• AOS’s Patent L.R. 3-3 Disclosure (prior art): 30 days after the date of this Order; 

• Patent L.R. 4-1 Disclosures (exchange of proposed terms for construction): 45 

days after the date of this Order 

• Patent L.R. 4-2 Disclosures (exchange of preliminary claim constructions and 

extrinsic evidence): 60 days after the date of this Order; and 

• Patent L.R. 4-3 Disclosures (joint claim construction statement): 75 days after the 

date of this Order. 

IT IS SO AGREED AND STIPULATED. 

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STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO 

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Dated: April 2, 2008 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

By: /s/ 

Andrew J. Wu 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and 

Counterdefendants 

ALPHA & OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR, 

LTD., AND ALPHA & OMEGA 

SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 

Dated: April 2, 2008 TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND 

CREW LLP 

By: /s/ 

Matthew R. Hulse 

Attorneys for Defendant and 

Counterclaimant 

FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR 

CORPORATION 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

 Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation set forth above, 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

 

 HON. ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

April 3, 2008

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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Pursuant to General Order No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, I, Matthew R. 

Hulse, attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the 

other signatories. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of 

America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 2nd day of April, 2008, at 

San Francisco, California. 

 /s/ 

 Matthew R. Hulse 

61289600 v1 

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