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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

 SYSTEM GENERAL CORPORATION, et

al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 04-02581 JSW

ORDER RE MOTION TO

DISMISS OR IN THE

ALTERNATIVE TO LIFT THE

STAY

On April 18, 2008, Plaintiff Power Integrations Systems, Inc. filed a motion to dismiss

this action without prejudice or, in the alternative, to lift the stay. That motion is noticed for

hearing on May 23, 2008. 

In its motion, Plaintiff notes that the patents-in-suit are undergoing reexamination by the

United States Patent and Trademark Office, a fact that the parties previously brought to the

Court’s attention in their Second Joint Status Report. On October 12, 2006, pursuant to notice

filed by Plaintiff, the Court lifted the stay in this action. Thereafter, Defendants moved to

reinstate the stay, in part on the basis that the proceedings before the International Trade

Commission (“ITC”) were not final, and in part on the basis of the reexamination proceedings.

However, on December 28, 2006, the parties submitted a stipulation to the Court,

whereby Defendants withdrew their motion to stay, and the parties stipulated to stay this matter 

pending resolution of the matters proceeding before the Federal Circuit. On April 1, 2008, in

their Tenth Joint Status Report, the parties advised the Court that those proceedings were final,

which the Court construes as notice that the Court of Appeals has rendered a decision. (See

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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Docket No. 156 (Order Granting Stipulation to Stay at 3:9-11.) By operation of the parties’

stipulation, the stay is lifted. 

Accordingly, the Court shall hear the motion to dismiss on May 23, 2008, as noticed and

the parties’ briefs shall be due in accordance with the Local Rules. If Defendants wish to move

for a stay pending re-examination, they should file an appropriate motion and notice it for

hearing in accordance with the Local Rules. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 22, 2008 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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