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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 15:1126 Patent Infringement

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STIPULATION EXTENDING DEADLINE TO FILE PRELIMINARY 

INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS PURSUANT TO 

LOCAL PATENT RULE 3-3

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Mark D. Selwyn (SBN 244180) 

mark.selwyn@wilmerhale.com 

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 

1117 California Avenue 

Palo Alto, California 94304 

Telephone: (650) 858-6000 

Facsimile: (650) 858-6100 

James L. Quarles III (pro hac vice) 

james.quarles@wilmerhale.com 

James M. Dowd (pro hac vice) 

james.dowd@wilmerhale.com 

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 

1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

Telephone: (202) 663-6000 

Facsimile: (202) 663-6363 

Attorneys for Defendants 

STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 

and STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

SANDISK CORPORATION, a Delaware 

corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

STMICROELECTRONICS, INC., a 

Delaware corporation, 

STMICROELECTRONICS N.V., a Dutch 

company, and DOES I to X, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: C 04-4379 JF 

Related Case No.: C 05-5021 JF 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINE TO 

FILE PRELIMINARY INVALIDITY 

CONTENTIONS PURSUANT TO LOCAL 

PATENT RULE 3-3; SUPPORTING 

DECLARATION OF JAMES M. DOWD 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1 and 6-2, Plaintiff SanDisk Corporation (“Plaintiff”) and 

Defendants STMicroelectronics, Inc. and STMicroelectronics N.V. (“Defendants”) hereby stipulate 

that the time for Defendants to serve their Preliminary Invalidity Contentions be enlarged by two 

weeks: from November 15, 2007 to November 29, 2007. On October 15, 2007, Plaintiff served on 

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all parties its Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Preliminary Contentions. Supporting Declaration 

of James M. Dowd, ¶ 2. This Disclosure introduced new claims to the litigation and to the parties. 

Id., ¶ 3. Patent Local Rule 3-3 ordinarily provides that Preliminary Invalidity Contentions may be 

filed 45 days after service of the Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Preliminary Infringement 

Contentions. See Northern District of California Patent Local Rule 6-2. To afford Defendants an 

opportunity to address Plaintiff’s new claims, the parties request an enlargement of time to serve the 

Preliminary Invalidity Contentions. Supporting Declaration of James M. Dowd, ¶ 4. 

The following time modifications in this case are the result of either stipulation by the 

parties or this Court’s order: (1) on November 4, 2004, the Court granted a stipulated request to 

extend the deadline for Defendants to file an answer to the Original Complaint; (2) on August 27, 

2007, the Court granted a stipulated request to extend the deadline for Defendants to file an answer 

to the First Amended Complaint; (3) on September 7, 2007, the Court adopted a proposed case 

management schedule for Patent Local Rule events extending each deadline by 30 days; and (4) on 

October 2, 2007, the Court granted a stipulated request to extend the deadline for Defendants to file 

their response to SanDisk’s counterclaims through and including October 19, 2007. Supporting 

Declaration of James M. Dowd, ¶ 5. 

The presently requested time modification will not affect other deadlines in this case. 

Supporting Declaration of James M. Dowd, ¶ 6. 

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NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1 and 6-2, the parties respectfully 

request the Court to grant the accompanying proposed order extending the deadline for Defendants 

to serve their Preliminary Invalidity Contentions from November 15, 2007 to November 29, 2007. 

 Dated: November 9, 2007 

Dated: November 9, 2007 

By: /s/ James M. Dowd 

 WILMER CUTLER PICKERING 

 HALE and DORR, LLP 

Attorneys for Defendants 

STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. and 

STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. 

By: /s/ James C. Yoon 

 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & 

ROSATI LLP 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SANDISK CORPORATION 

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SUPPORTING DECLARATION OF JAMES M. DOWD 

I, James M. Dowd, declare as follows: 

1. I am an attorney of record for Defendants STMicroelectronics, Inc. and 

STMicroelectronics N.V. (“Defendants”) in the above-entitled action. 

2. On October 15, 2007, Plaintiff served on all parties its Disclosure of Asserted Claims 

and Preliminary Contentions. 

3. Plaintiff’s Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Preliminary Contentions introduced 

new claims to the litigation and to the parties. 

4. To afford Defendants an opportunity to address Plaintiff’s new claims, the parties 

request an enlargement of time to serve the Preliminary Invalidity Contentions. 

5. The following time modifications in this case are the result of either stipulation by 

the parties or this Court’s order: (1) on November 4, 2004, the Court granted a stipulated request to 

extend the deadline for Defendants to file an answer to the Original Complaint; (2) on August 27, 

2007, the Court granted a stipulated request to extend the deadline for Defendants to file an answer 

to the First Amended Complaint; (3) on September 7, 2007, the Court adopted a proposed case 

management schedule for Patent Local Rule events extending each deadline by 30 days; and (4) on 

October 2, 2007, the Court granted a stipulated request to extend the deadline for Defendants to file 

their response to SanDisk’s counterclaims through and including October 19, 2007. 

6. The presently requested time modification will not affect other deadlines in this case. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed within the United States on November 9, 2007. 

 /s/ 

James M. Dowd, Esq. 

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SIGNATURE ATTESTATION 

 I hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each 

of the other signatories. I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the United States that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 9th day of November in the District of Columbia. 

 /s/ 

James M. Dowd, Esq. 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

The Court hereby GRANTS the parties’ stipulated request to extend the deadline for 

STMicroelectronics, Inc. and STMicroelectronics N.V. to serve their Preliminary Invalidity 

Contentions from November 15, 2007 to November 29, 2007. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED 

DATED: ____________________________ __________________________________ 

 Hon. Jeremy Fogel 

 United States District Court Judge 

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