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

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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ORDER GRANTING IN PART AT&T'S MOTION TO SHORTEN TIME—No. MDL-1423 (C-04-04247 RMW)

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

E-filed on 8/1/07

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

IN RE CYGNUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS

TECHNOLOGY, LLC, PATENT

LITIGATION

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THIS ORDER RELATES TO: 

CYGNUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS

TECHNOLOGY, LLC,

Plaintiff,

v.

AT&T CORP.,

Defendant.

No. MDL-1423 

(C-04-04247 RMW)

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AT&T'S

MOTION TO SHORTEN TIME

This court entered final judgment in the above matter on July 12, 2007. On Thursday, July

26, 2007, plaintiff filed a motion to alter or amend final judgment under Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 59(e), setting the hearing for August 31, 2007.

On Friday, July 27, 2007, defendant AT&T Corp., after unsuccessfully seeking from Cygnus

a stipulation to move the briefing and hearing dates, moved pursuant to Local Rule 6-3 to shorten

time on Cygnus's motion to alter or amend judgment. AT&T transmitted its motion to Cygnus via

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email that same day. Local Rule 6-3(c) provides that a party who opposes such a motion must file

an opposition "no later than the third day after receiving the motion." Cygnus timely filed its

opposition on Wednesday, August 1, 2007.

The court has considered AT&T's motion to shorten time and Cygnus's opposition thereto. 

Cygnus argues that the motion was brought for an improper purpose because (1) AT&T's true

motive is to shorten the length of time before it can move for attorney's fees and (2) AT&T is not

actually concerned with obtaining a final appealable judgment in time for it to participate with other

litigants in Cygnus's appeal to the Federal Circuit of this court's judgments in this multi-district

litigation that include a finding that the patents-in-suit are invalid under the on-sale bar. The court is

not persuaded that AT&T's motive is as Cygnus contends.

The court hereby grants AT&T's motion to shorten time in part as follows: Cygnus's reply to

AT&T's opposition to Cygnus's motion to alter or amend the judgment shall be due Wednesday,

August 8, 2007. Because AT&T filed its opposition to Cygnus's motion on July 27, 2007, this

shortened briefing schedule gives plaintiff even more than the week generally allotted on a noticed

motion to reply to an opposition – it gives Cygnus a week from the date of this order.

Because the court deems the motion to alter or amend appropriate for submission on the

papers, it vacates the currently-scheduled August 31, 2007 hearing date and will submit the matter

on the papers upon the filing of Cygnus's reply. The court will issue a ruling on or shortly after

August 8, 2007. 

DATED: 8/1/07

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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A copy of this order was mailed on 8/1/07 to:

Counsel for Plaintiff:

John P. Sutton

2421 Pierce Street

San Francisco, CA 94115-1131

Defendants:

Felice B. Galant; Joseph P. Zammit 

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. 

666 Fifth Avenue 

New York, NY 10103-3198 

Gregory B. Wood 

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. 

865 South Figueroa Street, 29th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90017 

Courtesy Copy:

Clerk of the Panel

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building

One Columbus Circle, N.E.

Room G-255, North Lobby

Washington, D.C. 20002-8004

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this order to co-counsel, as necessary.

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