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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1051 Trademark Infringement

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ARENT FOX LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

LOS ANGELES

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO LIMIT 

THE TESTIMONY 

CASE NO. 4:18-CV-01044-HSG (JCS)

 

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ALLAN E. ANDERSON (SBN 133672) TRACY LUU-VARNES (SBN 281165) 

ARENT FOX LLP 

555 West Fifth Street, 48th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90013-1065 

Telephone: 213.629.7400 

Facsimile: 213.629.7401 

Email: allan.anderson@arentfox.com 

 tracy.luu-varnes@arentfox.com 

Attorneys for non-parties 

MIKE HILBERMAN and DANIEL WOODS 

_________ 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, OAKLAND DIVISION 

TECHSHOP, INC. a California 

corporation, DORIS A. KAELIN, in 

her capacity as Chapter 7 trustee for 

TECHSHOP, INC. 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DAN RASURE, an individual residing 

in Kansas, TECHSHOP 2.0 LLC, a 

Kansas limited liability corporation, 

TECHSHOP 2.0 SAN FRANCISCO 

LLC, a Kansas limited liability 

corporation, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 4:18-CV-01044-HSG 

(JCS) 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

LIMIT THE TESTIMONY OF 

DANIEL WOODS AT TRIAL 

Judge: Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS 

 

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Counsel for the parties and non-party witnesses Mike Hilberman and Daniel 

Woods (the “Parties”) hereby stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS, on April 25, 2019, non-party witnesses Mike Hilberman and 

Daniel Woods filed their Motion to Modify Defendants’ Subpoena to Limit Scope 

of Testimony at Trial, or in the Alternative, A Motion for Productive Order (ECF 

No. 159) (“Motion”); 

WHEREAS, on May 3, 2019, the Court granted the parties stipulation to reschedule the hearing on the Motion from August 22, 2019 to May 23, 2019 (ECF 

Nos. 171); 

WHEREAS, Mssrs. Woods and Hilberman are defendants or potential parties 

in the following matters: 

- John S. and James L. Knight Foundation v. TechShop San Jose, LLC, 

Early Growth Financial Services, Inc., Mike Hilberman and Daniel 

Woods, Case No. 18CV330565 –pending in the Superior Court of the 

State of California, County of Santa Clara (“Knight Foundation 

Lawsuit”); and 

- The Bankruptcy Trustee’s threatened lawsuit against Mr. Woods and Mr. 

Hilberman in the bankruptcy action entitled In re TechShop, Inc., Case 

No. 18-50398 (MEH), which is pending in the United States District 

Court, Northern District of California (“Trustee’s Action”). 

- The Knight Foundation Lawsuit and the Trustee’s Action are collectively 

referred to as “The Other Matters”. 

WHEREAS, the Motion seeks to limit and exclude the testimony sought of 

Mssrs. Hilberman and Woods regarding The Other Matters, which are wholly 

unrelated and irrelevant to the subject lawsuit, and/or otherwise protected by the 

attorney-client and/or “work product” privileges; 

WHEREAS, on May 8, 2019, the Court granted TechShop, Inc.’s motion in 

limine to exclude Mr. Hilberman from testifying at trial (ECF No. 182); 

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WHEREAS, as a result of the Court’s order excluding Mr. Hilberman from 

testifying at trial, the Motion, as it pertains to Mr. Hilberman, is moot; 

WHEREAS, the Parties have further met and conferred regarding the subject 

matter of the Motion as it pertains to Mr. Woods and have agreed to a resolution to 

avoid a hearing on the Motion; 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the 

Parties, through their respective counsel and subject to the Court’s approval that the 

Parties will not seek to elicit any testimony from Dan Woods regarding The Other 

Matters, including any communications between Mr. Woods and his counsel 

regarding The Other Matters; 

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT notwithstanding the 

foregoing, nothing in this Stipulation is intended, nor shall it be construed, to limit 

Defendants’ right to elicit any testimony from Mr. Woods regarding TechShop, 

Inc.’s alleged fraud and/or alleged misrepresentation, but to the extent the Parties 

do so, the testimony sought will be limited to communications and dealings with 

Dan Rasure and the parties in the subject action, or related to the events described 

in the complaint and counterclaim in this subject action or the consequences 

thereof, without reference to The Other Matters. 

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT this Stipulation 

does not impact Defendants’ right to elicit testimony from Mr. Woods regarding the 

remainder of the issues disclosed in their Trial Witness List as to Mr. Woods. 

Dated: May 13, 2019 ARENT FOX LLP 

By: /s/ Tracy Luu-Varnes 

ALLAN E. ANDERSON 

TRACY LUU-VARNES 

Attorneys for Non-Party Witnesses 

Mike Hilberman and Daniel Woods 

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Dated: May 13, 2019 PARRISH LAW OFFICE 

By: /s/ James Charles Pistorino 

James Charles Pistorino 

Parrish Law Office 

Attorneys for Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant 

Dated: May 13, 2019

By: /s/ Andrea Pallios Roberts 

Ann McFarland Draper 

courts@draperlaw.net 

Draper Law Offices 

75 Broadway, Suite 202 

San Francisco, Ca 94111 

Telephone: (415) 989-5620 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & 

SULLIVAN, LLP 

Kevin P.B. Johnson 

kevinjohnson@quinnemanuel.com 

Andrea Pallios Roberts 

andreaproberts@quinnemanuel.com 

555 Twin Dolphin Drive, 5th Floor 

Redwood Shores, CA 94065 

Telephone: (650) 801-5000 

Ed Franco 

eddfranco@quinnemanuel.com 

51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor 

New York, NY 10010 

Telephone: (212) 849-7000 

John E. Nathan (Pro Hac Vice) 

jnathan155@yahoo.com 

John E. Nathan LLC 

New York, NY 10128 

Telephone: (917) 960-1667 

Attorneys for Defendants and 

Counterclaimants 

 

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DECLARATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 5-1 

I, Tracy Luu-Varnes, hereby declare pursuant to Civil Local Rules 5-1(i)(3), I 

have obtained the concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from 

each of the above signatories. 

Executed this 13th day of May, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. 

By _/s/ Tracy Luu-Varnes_________ TRACY LUU-VARNES 

 

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ARENT FOX LLP 

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ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 5/14/2019 

JUDGE HON. HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

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