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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1114 Trademark Infringement

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A/72313714.1/3000546-0000324645 No. C-07-1400 BZ 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE FACT DISCOVERY FOR LIMITED PURPOSES 

BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP 

TRENTON H. NORRIS (SBN 164781) 

MONTY AGARWAL (SBN 191568) 

RACHEL L. CHANIN (SBN 229253) 

Three Embarcadero Center 

San Francisco, CA 94111-4067 

Telephone: (415) 393-2000 

Facsimile: (415) 393-2286 

trent.norris@bingham.com 

monty.agarwal@bingham.com 

rachel.chanin@bingham.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

THRESHOLD ENTERPRISES LTD. 

KRONENBERGER BURGOYNE, LLP 

KARL S. KRONENBERGER (SBN 226112) 

JEFFREY M. ROSENFELD (SBN 222187) 

150 Post Street, Suite 520 

San Francisco, CA 94108 

Telephone: (415) 955-1155 

Facsimile: (415) 955-1158 

karl@kronenbergerlaw.com 

jeff@kronenbergerlaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

FUNCTIONAL BRANDS, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

THRESHOLD ENTERPRISES LTD., a 

Delaware Corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

FUNCTIONAL BRANDS, LLC, a Michigan 

limited liability company; and DOES 1 through 

150, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

No. C-07-1400 BZ 

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO 

CONTINUE FACT DISCOVERY 

FOR LIMITED PURPOSES 

Hon. Bernard Zimmerman 

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A/72313714.1/3000546-0000324645 1 No. C-07-1400 BZ 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE FACT DISCOVERY FOR LIMITED PURPOSES 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12, Plaintiff Threshold Enterprises Ltd. 

(“Threshold”) and Defendant Functional Brands, LLC (“Functional Brands”) STIPULATE

AND AGREE as follows: 

1. On June 26, 2007, the Court entered an Order Scheduling Jury Trial and 

Pretrial Matters, setting forth the following discovery and expert disclosure deadlines in this matter: 

 Close of Non-Expert Discovery: 10/30/07 

 Last Day for Disclosure of Experts: 11/15/07 

 Last Day for Expert Discovery: 2/15/08 

(Docket Entry # 29). 

2. On October 22, 2007, the Court entered a Joint Stipulation and Order to 

Continue Discovery and Expert Disclosures, establishing the following new deadlines: 

 Close of Non-Expert Discovery: 11/20/07 

 Last Day for Disclosure of Experts: 12/6/07 

 Last Day for Expert Discovery: 3/7/08 

(Docket Entry #37). 

3. To date, Threshold and Functional Brands have both served and responded 

to interrogatories and requests for production. The parties have met and conferred regarding the 

production of some additional documents, and anticipate completing an exchange of documents 

by November 30, 2007. 

4. The parties are also in the process of meeting and conferring on the 

scheduling of depositions. 

5. On September 20, 2007, the parties engaged in mediation regarding their 

disputes in this matter. The mediation did not result in immediate settlement. 

6. Since the mediation, the parties have continued to engage in settlement 

discussions. 

7. In light of efforts to mediate and settle the case, the parties have refrained 

from scheduling depositions. To facilitate the continuation of settlement discussions and to 

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accommodate the schedules of fact witnesses, the parties believe it is desirable to have an 

additional month to complete depositions. 

8. The parties have met and conferred regarding outstanding document 

requests. To facilitate the collection of additional documents, the parties believe it is desirable to 

have an additional 10 days to complete the collection and production of documents. However, 

the parties agree that no additional discovery requests may be served during this time. 

9. The proposed continuation does not change the March 19, 2008 deadline 

for hearing dispositive motions, April 15, 2008 pretrial conference date, or May 5, 2008 trial date 

set forth in the Court’s Pretrial Order. (Docket # 29) 

10. Accordingly, Threshold and Functional Brands, through their respective 

counsel, concur in the request and respectively request that the Court continue fact discovery 

deadlines in this matter as follows: 

 Last Day to Produce Documents: 11/30/07 

 Last Day to Conduct Depositions: 12/20/07 

The close of fact discovery for all other purposes will remain November 20, 2007. 

 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

DATED: November 14, 2007 BINGHAM McCUTCHEN LLP 

By: /s/ Rachel L. Chanin 

Rachel L. Chanin 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Threshold Enterprises, Ltd. 

DATED: November 14, 2007 KRONENBERGER BURGOYNE, LLP 

By: /s/ Jeffrey M. Rosenfeld 

Jeffrey M. Rosenfeld 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Functional Brands, LLC 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE FACT DISCOVERY FOR LIMITED PURPOSES 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: The Honorable Bernard Zimmerman 

United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

November 14, 2007

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Bernard Zimmerman

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ATTESTATION CLAUSE

I, Rachel L. Chanin, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to 

file this Joint Stipulation. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that 

Jeffrey M. Rosenfeld has concurred in this filing. 

DATED: November 14, 2007 BINGHAM McCUTCHEN LLP 

By: /s/ Rachel L. Chanin 

Rachel L. Chanin 

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