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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1127 Trademark Infringement

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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PAUL W. REIDL (State Bar No. 155221)

Law Office of Paul W. Reidl

Second Floor

241 Eagle Trace Drive

Half Moon Bay, CA 94019

(650) 560-8530

paul@reidllaw.com

Attorney for Plaintiff

CENTRAL GARDEN AND PET COMPANY

ROBERT A. WEIKERT (State Bar No. 121146)

Nixon Peabody LLP

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94111

(415) 984-8200

rweikert@nixonpeabody.com

Attorney for Defendant

WEGMAN’S FOOD MARKETS, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET

COMPANY,

a Delaware Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

WEGMAN’S FOOD MARKETS, INC.,

a New York Corporation,

Defendant.

Case No. CV 15-00627 VC

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

FURTHER (1) EXTENDING TIME FOR

DEFENDANT TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT;

AND (2) CONTINUING INITIAL CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND

RELATED DATES (Civil L.R. 6-2(a));

DECLARATION OF ROBERT A. WEIKERT IN

SUPPORT THEREOF

Complaint filed: February 10, 2015

Complaint served: March 27, 2015

Response due: April 17, 2015

Response due by

stipulation: May 18, 2015

Plaintiff CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY and Defendant WEGMAN’S FOOD

MARKETS, INC. (collectively, the “Parties”) respectfully submit this second stipulation and

proposed order in support of their request to further extend (for thirty (30) days) the time for

AS MODIFIED

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Defendant to respond to the Complaint, and to further continue the Initial Case Management

Conference, presently set for June 19, 2015, and all related dates, by an additional thirty (30) days in

order to permit the Parties to complete their settlement discussions and hopefully resolve this matter.

WHEREAS, the initial Complaint in this matter was filed on February 10, 2015, and served

on March 27, 2015;

WHEREAS, the Parties previously stipulated to a thirty (30) day extension of time for

Defendant to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-1(a); that

stipulation was filed with the Court on April 16, 2015, and the current response date is Monday, May

18, 2015.

WHEREAS, as set forth below in the Declaration of Robert A. Weikert, the Parties are still

engaged in settlement discussions (and have been since the case was filed in February), and hope to

arrive at an informal resolution of this matter shortly; and

WHEREAS, in light of the active settlement discussions, Defendant would like to avoid the

expense of responding to the Complaint, and the Parties would like to avoid the expense of meeting

and conferring regarding the initial disclosures, preparing and serving the initial disclosures,

preparing and filing the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) Report, and appearing at the Initial

Case Management Conference;

THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate to, and respectfully request, the issuance of an

Order from the Court further (1) extending the time for Defendant to respond to the Complaint by

another thirty (30) days up to and including June 18, 2015; and (2) continuing for an additional thirty

(30) days the June 19, 2015 date of the Initial Case Management Conference, as well as all related

dates as set forth in the Court’s February 11, 2015 Order Setting Initial Case Management

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Conference and ADR Deadlines, and its April 22, 2015 Order Continuing Initial Case Management

Conference and Related Dates, in order to give the Parties an opportunity to complete their settlement

discussions and hopefully reach an informal resolution of this matter.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: May 13, 2015 LAW OFFICE OF PAUL W. REIDL

By /s/ Paul W. Reidl

Paul W. Reidl

Attorneys for Plaintiff

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY

Dated: May 13, 2015 NIXON PEABODY LLP

By /s/ Robert A. Weikert

Robert A. Weikert

Attorney for Defendant

WEGMAN’S FOOD MARKETS, INC.

DECLARATION OF ROBERT A. WEIKERT

1. I am an attorney at law duly admitted to practice before all courts in the State of

California, and a partner at Nixon Peabody LLP, attorney for Defendant Wegman’s Food Markets,

Inc. I have personal knowledge of the matters testified to herein.

2. The Parties, through their principals, are currently involved in active discussions to

informally resolve this matter. Those discussions began shortly after the Complaint was filed in

February 2015, which is why there was some delay in service of the Complaint. In order to allow the

Parties sufficient time to complete their discussions, which are progressing positively, and without

them having to incur additional fees and expenses in the interim, it would assist the process if the

Court would further (1) extend the time for Defendant to respond to the Complaint by another thirty

(30) days up to and including June 18, 2015; and (2) continue the Initial Case Management

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Conference date by another thirty (30) days, as well as the other dates set forth first in the Court’s

February 11, 2015 Order Setting Initial case Management Conference and ADR Deadlines and

thereafter in its April 22, 2015 Order Continuing Initial Case Management Conference and Related

Dates. A proposed Order to this effect is set forth below.

3. The only other time modifications that have occurred to date in the case are the April

16, 2015 Stipulation extending the time for Defendant to respond to the Complaint by no more than

thirty (30) days, and the Court’s April 22, 2015 Order Continuing Initial Case Management

Conference and Related Dates.

4. The Parties do not believe that the proposed thirty (30) day extension and continuance

that are the subject of the present Stipulation and [Proposed] Order will have any material or other

impact on the schedule for the case. Indeed, the case is still in its infancy and Defendant has of

course not yet responded to the Complaint. Moreover, the requested extension and continuance are

necessary in order to permit the Parties to complete their settlement discussions and likely resolve the

matter informally.

5. I understand that Plaintiff’s counsel is on vacation the week of July 13, 2015.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of California that the foregoing

is true and correct.

Executed this 13th day of May 2015 in San Francisco, California.

__________/s/ Robert A. Weikert_________

Robert A. Weikert

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ORDER

Based on the foregoing stipulation and supporting declaration, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED

that (1) the deadline for Defendant to respond to the Complaint is further extended by thirty (30) days

up to and including June 18, 2015, and (2) the Initial Case Management Conference is continued

from 10:00 AM on June 19, 2015 to 10:00 AM on _______________, 2015. The other deadlines set

forth first in the Court’s February 11, 2015 Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference and

ADR Deadlines and thereafter in the April 22, 2015 Order Continuing Initial Case Management

Conference and Related Dates are continued accordingly and for the same period of time.

Dated: May ___, 2015 __________________________________

Vince Chhabria

United States District Court Judge

AS MODIFIED July 21 No further extensions will be granted. 15

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