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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONCERNING

EXPERT DISCOVERY AND SCHEDULE C05 00686 SBA (EMC)

MARTIN R. GLICK (No. 40187)

Email: mglick@howardrice.com

BOBBIE J. WILSON (No. 148317)

Email: bwilson@howardrice.com

HOWHOWARD 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

MORTON AMSTER (pro hac vice)

ANTHONY F. LO CICERO (pro hac vice)

KENNETH M. BERNSTEIN (pro hac vice)

CHARLES R. MACEDO (pro hac vice)

AMSTER, ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN, LLP

90 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10016

Telephone: 212/336-8000

Facsimile: 212/336-8001

Attorneys for Defendants and Counter-Plaintiffs

VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD. and JVC

COMPONENTS (THAILAND) CO., LTD., and Defendants

AGILIS INC. and AGILIS TECHNOLOGY INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

NIDEC CORPORATION

Plaintiff,

v.

VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD., JVC

COMPONENTS (THAILAND) CO., LTD.,

AGILIS INC., and AGILIS TECHNOLOGY

INC.,

Defendants,

NIDEC AMERICA CORPORATION and

NIDEC SINGAPORE PTE, LTD.,

Additional Defendants on

the Counterclaims.

Case No. C05 00686 SBA (EMC)

Action Filed: February 15, 2005

E-Filing

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER CONCERNING EXPERT

DISCOVERY AND SCHEDULE

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONCERNING

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Further to the parties’ meet-and-confer teleconferences, and pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2 and 7-

12 of the Local Rules of Practice in Civil Proceedings before the United States District Court for

the Northern District of California, the parties declare that:

WHEREAS the stipulated discovery schedule below modifies the expert discovery and

willfulness fact discovery cut-off, and certain expert and willfulness discovery deadlines in the

Order Modifying Paragraphs A and B of the Order for Pretrial Preparation [D.I. 294] executed by

Judge Armstrong on November 3, 2006 and the Stipulation and Order Re: Discovery Schedule

executed by Judge Chen on March 6, 2007, but does not change the deadlines for dispositive

motions, the pretrial conference or trial or otherwise modify the Order for Pretrial Preparation [D.I.

283] executed by Judge Armstrong on October 25, 2006;

WHEREAS the parties have agreed to modify the discovery deadlines for the limited items

provided below.

The parties stipulate to an order providing the following:

1. JVC’s expert report(s) regarding prosecution history of the asserted Nidec Patents and

Nidec’s expert report(s) regarding prosecution history of the asserted JVC ‘973 Patent are due on

or before April 30, 2007.

2. Nidec’s responsive expert report(s) regarding prosecution history of the asserted Nidec

Patents and JVC’s responsive expert report(s) regarding prosecution history of the asserted JVC

‘973 Patent are due on or before May 14, 2007.

3. Nidec will complete production of the benchmark-related documents agreed upon by

the parties on or before May 18, 2007.

4. Nidec will produce Mr. Kenji Itoh for deposition on or before May 30, 2007, but after

Nidec has satisfactorily completed production of the benchmark-related product specimens and

documents.

5. JVC’s expert report(s) on the alleged willfulness of the asserted JVC ‘973 Patent, and

Nidec’s expert report(s) on the alleged willfulness of the asserted Nidec Patents are due on or

before June 5, 2007.

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6. JVC’s responsive expert report(s) on price erosion are due on or before June 11, 2007.

7. Nidec’s responsive expert report(s) on alleged willfulness of the asserted JVC ‘973

Patent, and JVC’s responsive expert report(s) on alleged willfulness of the asserted Nidec Patents

are due on or before June 19, 2007.

8. Nidec’s rebuttal report(s) on price erosion are due on or before June 28, 2007.

9. Expert discovery shall be completed by July 20, 2007.

IT IS SO AGREED AND STIPULATED.

Dated: April 26, 2007 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

FRANKLIN BROCKWAY GOWDY

THOMAS D. KOHLER

DAVID C. BOHRER

MICHAEL J. LYONS

DION M. BREGMAN

By: /s/

Thomas D. Kohler

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant

NIDEC CORPORATION and Additional

Defendants NIDEC AMERICA

CORPORATION and NIDEC SINGAPORE

Dated: April 26, 2007 HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY

FALK & RABKIN

MARTIN R. GLICK, SBN 40187

BOBBIE J. WILSON SBN 148317

AMSTER, ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN LLP

MORTON AMSTER (pro hac vice)

ANTHONY F. LO CICERO (pro hac vice)

KENNETH M. BERNSTEIN (pro hac vice)

CHARLES R. MACEDO (pro hac vice)

By: /s/

Kenneth M. Bernstein

Attorneys for Defendants and Counter-Plaintiffs

VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD. and

JVC COMPONENTS (THAILAND) CO., LTD

and Defendants AGILIS INC., and AGILIS

TECHNOLOGY INC.

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States Magistrate Judge

April 30, 2007

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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

Bernstein, 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 26 day of April 2007, at New York, New York.

/s/

KENNETH M. BERNSTEIN

W03 161590001/1385012/v1

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