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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:1 Antitrust Litigation

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CASE NO. 3:09-CV-5609

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE FILING NUNC PRO TUNC OF ANSWER

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CHRISTOPHER A. NEDEAU (CA SBN 81297)

CARL L. BLUMENSTEIN (CA SBN 124158)

ALLISON M. DIBLEY (CA SBN 213104)

NOSSAMAN LLP

50 California Street, 34th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Tel: 415.398.3600

Fax: 415.398.2438

cnedeau@nossaman.com

cblumenstein@nossaman.com

adibley@nossaman.com

Attorneys for Defendants

AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION

and AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION AMERICA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

IN RE: TFT-LCD (FLAT PANEL) ANTITRUST

LITIGATION

CASE NO. 3:09-CV-5609

MDL No. 3:07-MD-1827-SI

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: 3:09-CV5609

NOKIA CORPORATION and NOKIA INC.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION, et al.,

Defendants.

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

RE FILING NUNC PRO TUNC IN CASE

NO. 3:09-CV-5609 OF ANSWER TO

AMENDED COMPLAINT BY

DEFENDANTS AU OPTRONICS

CORPORATION AND AU OPTRONICS

CORPORATION AMERICA

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WHEREAS on November 25, 2009 plaintiffs Nokia Corporation and Nokia Inc. (collectively

“Nokia”) filed a complaint in the above-captioned case, case number 3:09-CV-5609 (the “Individual

Case”), against multiple defendants, including defendants AU Optronics Corporation and AU Optronics

Corporation America (collectively “AUO”);

WHEREAS the Individual Case is related to the multi-district proceedings consolidated in this

Court entitled In re: TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation, case number 3:07-MD-1827-SI (the

“MDL Case”);

WHEREAS on July 26, 2010 Nokia filed an amended complaint (“Amended Complaint”) after

the Court granted defendants’ motions to dismiss;

WHEREAS on August 27, 2010 AUO timely filed an answer to the Amended Complaint

(“Answer”) in the MDL Case but not in the Individual Case;

WHEREAS AUO intended to also file the Answer in the Individual Case pursuant to this Court’s

Pretrial Order #1 and Agenda for July 10, 2007 Status Conference filed July 3, 2007, which requires that

“[a]ll documents shall be e-filed in the master file, No. M 07-1827 SI. Documents that pertain to one or

only some of the pending actions shall also be e-filed in the individual case(s) to which the documents

pertain”;1

WHEREAS Nokia and AUO agree that AUO should be permitted to file the Answer in the

Individual Case nunc pro tunc to August 27, 2010;

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1 See MDL Docket No. 180 ¶ 7 (emphasis in original).

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THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and among the undersigned

counsel, on behalf of their respective clients, that:

Pending and upon approval by the Court of this Stipulation, AUO’s Answer, a copy of which is

attached as Exhibit A, shall be filed in case number 3:09-CV-5609 nunc pro tunc to August 27, 2010.

DATED: December 23, 2010

By:___/s/ Christopher A. Nedeau

Christopher A. Nedeau (CA Bar No. 81297)

NOSSAMAN LLP

50 California Street, 34th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111-4799

(415) 398-3600 (Phone)

(415) 398-2438 (Facsimile)

cnedeau@nossaman.com

Attorneys for Defendants

AU Optronics Corporation and

AU Optronics Corporation America

By: /s/ Valarie C. Williams

Valarie C. Williams (admitted pro hac vice)

ALSTON + BIRD LLP

1201 West Peachtree Street

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

(404) 881-7000 (Phone)

(404) 881-7777 (Facsimile)

valarie.williams@alston.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Nokia Corporation and Nokia Inc.

Pursuant to General Order 45, Part X-B, the filer attests that concurrence in the filing of this

document has been obtained from Valerie C. Williams.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

By:_______________________________________

Judge of the U.S. District Court

Northern District of California

Date:______________________________________

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