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

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Case No. M: C 05-01654 JF (RS) and C 05-01567 JF (RS)

ORDER RE ACTION OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE IN EX PARTE

REEXAMINATION

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**E-Filed 6/1/06**

NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

IN RE COMPRESSION LABS, INC., PATENT

LITIGATION

MICROSOFT CORPORATION,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

COMPRESSION LABS, INC., et al.,

 

 Defendants.

Case Numbers M: C 05-01654 JF (RS)

 C 05-01567 JF (RS)

ORDER RE ACTION OF THE

UNITED STATES PATENT AND

TRADEMARK OFFICE IN EX

PARTE REEXAMINATION

On March 9, 2006, the Court held a hearing for the purpose of construing key disputed

terms in the claims of United States Patents No. 4,698,672 (“the ‘672 patent”), and the claim

construction order currently is under submission. On May 25, 2006, the United States Patent and

Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued an “Office Action in Ex Parte Reexamination” with respect

to the ‘672 patent. The action, while not final, rejects nineteen claims of the ‘672 patent,

including five claims that are central to the claim construction presently under submission with

this Court. Accordingly, the Court is considering whether to withhold issuance of a claim

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construction order and stay the instant action pending final action by the USPTO. The parties

may submit letter briefs, not to exceed three (3) pages in length, addressing the appropriateness

of such an approach on or before June 7, 2006. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 1, 2006

 

JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge

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This Order has been served upon the following persons:

John Allcock JAllcock@graycary.com, lwatts@graycary.com

Amr O. Aly amr.aly@wilmerhale.com,

Morton Amster mamster@arelaw.com,

Bryan K. Anderson bkanderson@sidley.com, grodriguez@sidley.com;

sjprobst@sidley.com

William L. Anthony, Jr wanthony@orrick.com, lbrim@orrick.com

James R. Batchelder jbatchelder@daycasebeer.com

Robert John Benson RJBenson@hhlaw.com

Kenneth Martin Bernstein kbernstein@arelaw.com,

David A. Boag dboag@arelaw.com

David C. Bohrer dbohrer@morganlewis.com, giyer@morganlewis.com;

elizabeth.kim@morganlewis.com

Monte M. Bond mbond@godwinpappas.com, tsankey@godwinpappas.com;

knevill@godwinpappas.com; twight@godwinpappas.com;

crourk@godwinpappas.com; mmclemore@godwinpappas.com

James Patrick Bradley jbradley@sidley.com, sstennett@sidley.com

Henry C. Bunsow bunsowh@howrey.com, lim@howrey.com

Nicholas M. Cannella ncannela@fchs.com

Joseph M. Casino jcasino@arelaw.com,

Richard A. Cederoth rcederoth@sidley.com, rcederot@sidley.com;

bdipasqu@sidley.com

Christopher E. Chalsen cchalsen@milbank.com, vguevara@milbank.com

Michelle Lynn Davidson MDavidson@omm.com, swhite@omm.com

Lloyd R. Day, Jr daylr@daycasebeer.com

Denise M. De Mory demoryd@howrey.com, kasenenkop@howrey.com;

crunkt@howrey.com

Martin H. Dodd martin@dfdlaw.com

Jamie L. Dupree jdupree@dfdlaw.com

Mark D. Flanagan mflanagan@wsgr.com

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Lauren B. Fletcher lauren.fletcher@wilmerhale.com,

Michael A. Futterman mfutterman@dfdlaw.com

Brandy Jennifer Glad jglad@omm.com, lrich@omm.com

Perry M. Goldberg pgoldberg@irell.com,

Edmund Lee Haag, III lhaag@fulbright.com, lzoldan@fulbright.com

David W. Hansen dhansen@skadden.com, dhill@skadden.com

Donald R. Harris dharris@jenner.com,

Robert T. Haslam Robert.Haslam@hellerehrman.com,

christine.chen@hellerehrman.com;

kurt.kjelland@hellerehrman.com;

yvonne.somek@hellerehrman.com

Scott W. Hejny shejny@sidley.com, kcollins@sidley.com

Donna Hill dwhill@skadden.com, vwang@skadden.com

John M. Hintz john.hitz@wilmerhale.com,

Adam Hoffman ahoffman@irell.com,

Michael J. Holston mholston@morganlewis.com,

Eric Nord Hoover ehoover@morganfinnegan.com,

Keith R Hummel khummel@cravath.com,

managing_attorneys_office@cravath.com;

abhoumik@cravath.com; lbuterman@cravath.com;

ilampl@cravath.com

Sten Anker Jensen, Esq sajensen@hhlaw.com

James A. Jorgensen jjorgensen@wmalaw.com, sgraham@wmalaw.com

Paul Robert Juhasz pjuhasz@wmalaw.com, mpaul@wmalaw.com

Abraham Kasdan akasdan@arelaw.com

Eric Joseph Klein eklein@godwingruber.com, sspradlin@godwingruber.com

Alyssa T. Koo alyssa.koo@hellerehrman.com

John W. Kozak jkozak@leydig.com

Vivian S. Kuo kuov@howrey.com, chased@howrey.com

Todd E. Landis tlandis@godwingruber.com, bnoriega@godwingruber.com

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Kristoffer Leftwich kleftwich@sidley.com, pjackman@sidley.com

Douglas I. Lewis dilewis@sidley.com 

Stuart Lubitz slubitz@hhlaw.com,

Martin F. Majestic MMajestic@hansonbridgett.com, IPFilings@hansonbridgett.com

Steven R. Manchester srman@gatespeed.com

Richard S. Mandaro rmandaro@arelaw.com, rmandaro@optonline.net;

dgoldberg@arelaw.com; litdoc@arelaw.com

Daniel W. McDonald dmcdonald@merchant-gould.com, vhanson@merchant-gould.com

Stephen E. Morrissey smorrissey@susmangodfrey.com,

hdanielson@susmangodfrey.com

Michael Martin Murray MMurray@milbank.com, smarino@milbank.com

Tibor L. Nagy tnagy@susmangodfrey.com, pwallace@susmangodfrey.com

Susan Garell O'Neill soneill@hansonbridgett.com, lbucsit@hansonbridgett.com;

cagnost@hansonbridgett.com; calendarclerk@hansonbridgett.com;

bswenson@hansonbridgett.com

Steven P. Petersen spetersen@leydig.com,

Amy E. Pizzutillo apizzutillo@morganlewis.com, scorson@morganlewis.com;

bmccoy@morganlewis.com; kpackel@morganlewis.com;

mdunglinson@wmalaw.com

Andrew Paul Price aprice@fulbright.com, tmoon@fulbright.com

David T. Pritikin dpritikin@sidley.com 

H. Kenneth Prol kprol@velaw.com, areiley@velaw.com; smendoza@velaw.com

George A. Riley griley@omm.com, mhendersen@omm.com

Edgar G. Sargent esargent@susmangodfrey.com,

Mark Christopher Scarsi mscarsi@omm.com,

John F. Schultz john.schultz@morganlewis.com, jminio@morganlewis.com

Willem G. Schuurman bschuurman@velaw.com

Barry Kenneth Shelton shelton@fr.com, tipton@fr.com; pickett@fr.com; marlow@fr.com

Seungtaik Michael Song msong@wsgr.com

Stephen D. Susman ssusman@susmangodfrey.com, ddefranco@susmangodfrey.com

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Thomas N Tarnay ttarnay@sidley.com, jburris@sidley.com

Eric S. Tautfest etautfest@godwingruber.com, etautfest@yahoo.com

Brooke Taylor btaylor@susmangodfrey.com, shoutstra@susmangodfrey.com

Max Lalon Tribble, Jr mtribble@susmangodfrey.com, kallen@susmangodfrey.com

Terrence Joseph Truax ttruax@jenner.com

Kaiwen Tseng ktseng@orrick.com, hlee@orrick.com

Bart Edward Volkmer, Esq bvolkmer@wsgr.com

Bruce Hilton Watrous, Jr bwatrous@graycary.com,

David B. Weaver dweaver@velaw.com, zamason@velaw.com

Garner K. Weng gweng@hansonbridgett.com, lbucsit@hansonbridgett.com;

calendarclerk@hansonbridgett.com;

mmajestic@hansonbridgett.com; soneill@hansonbridgett.com;

cagnost@hansonbridgett.com

Shelley K. Wessels swessels@wesselslaw.biz

Michael Patrick Wickey mwickey@hewm.com,

Danny L. Williams danny@wmalaw.com, mpaul@wmalaw.com;

mdunglinson@wmalaw.com

Rowena Y. Young ryoung@orrick.com, aako-nai@orrick.com; sschultz@orrick.com;

jcalderon@orrick.com; cwilkes@orrick.com

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