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

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COOLEY GODWARD LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO

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COOLEY GODWARD LLP 

THOMAS J. FRIEL, JR. (80065) 

 (tfriel@cooley.com) 

BRIAN E. MITCHELL (190095) 

 (bmitchell@cooley.com) 

IAIN R. CUNNINGHAM (232357) 

 (icunningham@cooley.com) 

101 California Street, Fifth Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-5800 

Telephone: (415) 693-2000 

Facsimile: (415) 693-2222 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

NORWOOD OPERATING COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

LASER DESIGN INTERNATIONAL, LLC and 

NORWOOD OPERATING COMPANY, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CRYSTAL MAGIC, INC., et al., 

Defendants. __________________________________________

 

 AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS. 

Lead Case No. C 03-1179 JSW 

Consolidated with No. C 03-3905 

JSW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER DISMISSING NORWOOD 

OPERATING COMPANY FROM 

ACTION PURSUANT TO FRCP

25(C) DUE TO TRANSFER OF 

INTEREST 

1. Plaintiffs Norwood Operating Company ("Norwood") and Laser Design 

International LLC ("LDI") represent and warrant that, on May 24, 2006, Norwood assigned its 

entire interest in U.S. Patent No. 5,206,496 (“the Patent-in-Suit”) to co-plaintiff LDI; and 

2. Plaintiffs represent and warrant that Norwood has, on May 24, 2006, also assigned 

its right to any damages for past infringement of the patent-in-suit to co-plaintiff LDI; and 

3. Plaintiffs represent and warrant that LDI now possesses the sole right to claims for 

past, present, and future infringement of the patent-in-suit. 

 In reliance on the foregoing representations, Defendants Crystal Magic, Inc., Cerion 

GmbH, Vitro Laser GmbH, and JIMAC Marketing, Inc., have agreed to enter into the following 

stipulation: 

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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IT IS THEREFORE STIPULATED AND AGREED, by undersigned counsel, subject to 

the Court’s approval, that Plaintiff Norwood, by reason of the transfer of interest, now lacks 

adversity to any party and should be dismissed from this action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 25(c). 

Plaintiff LDI shall remain as the sole Plaintiff to this action in place of Norwood. 

ISBESTER & ASSOCIATES, LLP 

/s/ 

A. James Isbester 

3160 College Ave., Suite 203 

Berkeley, CA 94705 

Telephone: (510) 655-3014 

Facsimile: (510) 655-3614 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

LASER DESIGN INTERNATIONAL, LLC 

PERKINS COIE LLP 

/s/ 

Scott D. Eads (pro hac vice) 

Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 2400 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 344-7000 

Facsimile: (415) 344-7050 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CRYSTAL MAGIC, INC., JIMAC 

MARKETING, INC., CERION GMBH, AND 

VITRO LASER GMBH 

COOLEY GODWARD LLP 

/s/ 

Brian E. Mitchell (190095) 

101 California Ave., Fifth Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 693-2000 

Facsimile: (415) 693-2222 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

NORWOOD OPERATING COMPANY 

 Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to General Order No. 45, § X(B), I attest under penalty of 

perjury that concurrence in the filing of the document has been obtained from its signatory. 

Dated: November 22, 2006 By: /s/ Brian E. Mitchell 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: __________________________ By: _____________________________________ 

 Hon. Jeffrey S. White 

 United States District Judge 

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November 28, 2006

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