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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 15:1126 Patent Infringement

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STIPULATION REGARDING TEMPORARY STAY AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

 CASE NO. 4:14-CV-01009-HSG 

G. HOPKINS GUY (SBN 124811)

hop.guy@bakerbotts.com 

JON V. SWENSON (SBN 233054) 

jon.swenson@bakerbotts.com 

KARINA A. SMITH (SBN 286680) 

karina.smith@bakerbotts.com 

ELIZABETH K. BOGGS (SBN 280555) 

betsy.boggs@bakerbotts.com 

JOHN F. GAUSTAD (SBN 279893) 

john.gaustad@bakerbotts.com 

BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. 

1001 Page Mill Road, Suite 200 

Palo Alto, California 94304 

Telephone: +1-650-739-7500 

Facsimile: +1-650-739-7699 

Attorneys for BrightEdge Technologies 

MARK D. FOWLER, Bar No. 124235 

mark.fowler@dlapiper.com 

TIMOTHY LOHSE, Bar No. 177230 

timothy.lohse@dlapiper.com 

CARRIE L. WILLIAMSON, Bar No. 

230873 

carrie.williamson@dlapiper.com 

DLA PIPER US LLP 

2000 University Avenue 

East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2248 

Telephone: (650) 833-2000 

Facsimile: (650) 833-2001 

Attorneys for Searchmetrics, Inc. and 

Searchmetrics GmbH

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

BRIGHTEDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SEARCHMETRICS GMBH. ET AL., 

Defendants. 

Case No.4:14-cv-01009-HSG

STIPULATION REGARDING A 

TEMPORARY STAY AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO ALLOW THE PARTIES TO 

PURSUE SETTLEMENT AND 

MEDIATION 

 

 

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STIPULATION REGARDING TEMPORARY STAY AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

 CASE NO. 4:14-CV-01009-HSG 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, pursuant to the Court’s July 18, 2017 

Order (Dkt. No. 142), by and between Plaintiff BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. (“BrightEdge”) and 

Defendants Searchmetrics, GmbH and Searchmetrics, Inc. (collectively, “Searchmetrics”) through 

their undersigned counsel, as follows: 

WHEREAS on May 2, 2017 the Court lifted the stay in the current case and directed the 

parties to submit a proposed case schedule; 

WHEREAS on May 8, 2017, Defendant Searchmetrics, Inc. filed a petition for Chapter 11 

bankruptcy with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, instituting an 

automatic stay pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362; 

WHEREAS on July 17, 2017, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of 

Delaware entered an order dismissing the bankruptcy petition and lifting the automatic stay (see

Dkt. No. 141); 

WHEREAS on July 18, 2017, the Court ordered the parties to “meet and confer regarding 

a proposed case schedule through claim construction and to e-file a stipulation and proposed order 

setting out the schedule” by July 28, 2017 (Dkt. No. 142); 

WHEREAS the parties have agreed in principal to further settlement discussions, including 

a personal face-to-face meeting between the principals of all three parties mediated by Tony 

Piazza to occur on Tuesday, August 1; 

WHEREAS Searchmetrics, Inc. has represented that, if settlement discussions and 

mediation fail, it will likely file for Chapter 7 liquidation, again imposing an automatic stay in this 

case and related litigation; 

WHEREAS the parties believe that an interim two-week stay will foster settlement 

discussions and the anticipated mediations, preserve the status quo, and preserve the resources of 

the parties and the Court; 

WHEREAS at the end of the interim two-week stay the parties will advise whether a 

settlement in principle has been reached or is anticipated and, if not, will submit a proposed case 

schedule pursuant to the Court’s July 18, 2017 order; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that the case be temporarily stayed, subject to the 

following conditions: 

1. The case is stayed until August 11, 2017; 

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STIPULATION REGARDING TEMPORARY STAY AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

 CASE NO. 4:14-CV-01009-HSG 

2. On or prior to August 11, 2017, the parties may submit a stipulation 

establishing good cause for a continuation of the stay due to a settlement in 

principle or anticipated, accompanied by a proposed order. 

In the alternative, if the Court wishes to enter a proposed case schedule at this time, the 

parties have met and conferred in an attempt to negotiate a case schedule. The parties were unable 

to reach agreement on a case schedule, and have presented each of their proposed schedules as a 

draft proposed order, Exhibit A hereto. 

DATED: July 28, 2017 Respectfully submitted, 

BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. 

By: /s/ Jon Swenson __

G. HOPKINS GUY (SBN 124811) 

hop.guy@bakerbotts.com 

JON V. SWENSON (SBN 233054) 

jon.swenson@bakerbotts.com 

BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. 

1001 Page Mill Road, Suite 200 

Palo Alto, California 94304 

Telephone: +1-650-739-7500 

Facsimile: +1-650-739-7699 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

BRIGHTEDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

DATED: July 28, 2017 Respectfully submitted, 

DLA PIPER LLP (US)

By: /s/ Carrie Williamson (by permission) 

MARK FOWLER 

TIMOTHY LOHSE 

CARRIE L. WILLIAMSON 

DLA PIPER LLP (US) 

2000 University Avenue 

East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2214 

Telephone: 650.833.2000 

Facsimile: 650.833.2001 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SEARCHMETRICS GMBH and 

SEARCHMETRICS, INC. 

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STIPULATION REGARDING TEMPORARY STAY AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

 CASE NO. 4:14-CV-01009-HSG 

 [PROPOSED ORDER] 

PURSUANT TO THE ABOVE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

 _____________________________________ 

Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

 7/31/2017

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