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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IDENTITY ARTS, a California Limited

Liability Company,

No. C 05-4656 PJH

Plaintiff, No. C 06-1631 PJH

v. ORDER CLARIFYING 

CONSOLIDATION ORDER

BEST BUY ENTERPRISE SERVICES 

INC., a Minnesota Corporation, et al.,

Defendants.

_______________________________/

GEE JEFFERY & PARTNERS

ADVERTISING, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

BEST BUY CO., INC., et al.,

Defendants.

_______________________________/

On April 10, 2006, the court issued an order granting the parties’ motion to

consolidate the above-referenced actions, case no. 05-4656 (Best Buy I) and case no. 06-

1631 (Best Buy II). Under the court’s record-keeping procedures, this order had the formal

effect of subsuming the later-filed case number within the earlier filed case number, and

would normally further require the redesignation of the consolidated case captions, so that

all matters might be referenced by a single caption and a single case number (e.g., In re

Best Buy). 

This is not the court’s intention. The two instant cases are to be treated as

consolidated cases only for all discovery and pretrial purposes. The cases are not

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consolidated for trial purposes. Accordingly, the court clarifies its consolidation order as

follows:

To the extent that the court’s consolidation order of April 10, 2006 requires a

redesignation of the individual case numbers and captions into a single number and

caption, the court orders that the cases be unconsolidated. Both cases are to retain their

individual case numbers and case captions, and shall continue to be referenced in

accordance with same in all future filings. For all practical purposes, however, the court will

continue to treat the cases as consolidated for all discovery and pretrial purposes. 

To that end, the court further orders the parties in Best Buy II to attend a case

management conference to be held in conjunction with the case management conference

already scheduled in the Best Buy I case. The case management conference shall be held

on May 11, 2006 at 2:30 p.m., in Courtroom 3, 17th Floor, Federal Building, 450 Golden

Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 13, 2006 ______________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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