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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING WILBUR-ELLIS’

MOTION TO COMPEL AND MOTIONS TO STRIKE

C 06-01690 (WHA)

MICAH R. JACOBS (STATE BAR NO. 174630)

ERIC K. FERRARO (STATE BAR NO. 172699)

JACOBS & FERRARO, LLP

One Embarcadero center, Suite 500

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: 415-773-2852

Facsimile: 415-773-2854

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

DR. THOMAS YAMSHITA and SUNBURST PLANT 

DISEASE CLINIC, INC.

WILLIAM L. ANTHONY (STATE BAR NO. 106908)

ELIZABETH A. HOWARD (STATE BAR NO. 173185)

HARDIP B. PASSANANTI (STATE BAR NO. 217484)

DIANA M. RUTOWSKI (STATE BAR NO. 233878)

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

1000 Marsh Road

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Telephone: 650-614-7400

Facsimile: 650-614-7401

Attorneys for Defendant 

WILBUR-ELLIS COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

DR. THOMAS YAMASHITA, an individual; 

SUNBURST PLANT DISEASE CLINIC, 

INC., a California Corporation,

Plaintiffs

v.

WILBUR ELLIS COMPANY, a California 

Corporation; HUGHSON CHEMICAL 

COMPANY, LLC, a California Limited 

Liability Company,

Defendants.

Case No. C 06-01690 WHA

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING IN 

PART AND DENYING IN PART 

WILBUR-ELLIS COMPANY’S 

MOTION TO COMPEL AND

MOTIONS TO STRIKE

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[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING WILBUR-ELLIS’

MOTION TO COMPEL AND MOTIONS TO STRIKE

C 06-01690 (WHA)

Pursuant to the hearing on Monday April 24, 2006, the Court rules as follows:

1. Wilbur-Ellis Company’s Motion to Compel Further Answers and 

Responses to Wilbur-Ellis’ Expedited Requests for Production of Documents (“Motion to 

Compel”) is hereby GRANTED in part and DENIED in part:

§ The Motion to Compel with respect to Request No. 1 is hereby 

GRANTED. Plaintiffs are ordered to produce all notebooks responsive to 

Request No. 1, on which the specifications for the Patents-in-Suit are based 

by noon on Wednesday, April 26, 2006. Plaintiffs will be precluded from 

relying on any notebooks that they do not produce at this time in this case. 

§ The Motion to Compel with respect to Request No. 2 is hereby DENIED.

§ The Motion to Compel with respect to Request No. 3 is hereby GRANTED 

in part. Plaintiffs are ordered to produce lists of all customers who 

purchased Plaintiffs’ patented fertilizer products from Hughson Chemical 

Company during the time it distributed Plaintiffs’ products up until the date 

this lawsuit was filed by noon on Wednesday, April 26, 2006. Plaintiffs 

will be precluded from relying on any customer lists in their possession, 

custody or control that they do not produce at this time in this case.

§ The Motion to Compel with respect to Request No. 5 is hereby GRANTED 

in part. Plaintiffs are ordered to produce documents sufficient to show the 

composition of the patented fertilizer product from January 1, 2001 up until 

the date this lawsuit was filed by noon on Wednesday, April 26, 2006.

2. Wilbur-Ellis’ Motion to Strike the Declarations of Dr. Peter Butterfield and 

Robert Kmieck is hereby DENIED.

3. Wilbur-Ellis’ Motion to Strike the Supplemental Declaration of Dr. 

Thomas Yamashita is hereby GRANTED.

4. Wilbur-Ellis is permitted to file its own laboratory results showing the 

composition of its allegedly infringing products no later than noon on Wednesday, April 26, 

2006.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING WILBUR-ELLIS’

MOTION TO COMPEL AND MOTIONS TO STRIKE

C 06-01690 (WHA)

5. Plaintiffs may take depositions of any witnesses who submitted 

declarations attaching Wilbur-Ellis’ laboratory results. Wilbur-Ellis shall make any declarants 

available for deposition on either Thursday, April 27, or Friday, April 28, 2006.

6. Plaintiffs Reply Brief in support of their Motion for a Preliminary 

Injunction shall be filed no later than 4:00 p.m. on Monday, May 1, 2006.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _________________, 2006

Honorable William Alsup

United States District Court Judge

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April 27

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

APPROVED

Judge William Alsup

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