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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Patent Infringement

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ORDER DEEMING MOTIONS SUBMITTED ON THE PAPERS & TEMPORARILY BARRING FURTHER FILING OF

MOTIONS—MDL-1423

JAH

E-filed on 1/3/07

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

IN RE CYGNUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS

TECHNOLOGY, LLC, PATENT

LITIGATION

______________________________________

THIS ORDER RELATES TO: 

All Actions

No. MDL-1423

This Order Applies to All Actions

 C-02-00142 RMW

 C-02-00145 RMW

 C-02-05437 RMW

 C-03-03378 RMW

 C-03-03594 RMW 

 C-03-03596 RMW

 C-03-04003 RMW

 C-04-03001 RMW

 C-04-03365 RMW

 C-04-04247 RMW

 C-04-04359 RMW

 C-06-03843 RMW

 C-06-04295 RMW

 C-06-06479 RMW

ORDER DEEMING MOTIONS SUBMITTED

ON THE PAPERS & TEMPORARILY

BARRING FURTHER FILING OF MOTIONS

The court held a hearing on claim construction and several related motions for summary

judgment on November 21, 2006 and has not yet issued a ruling. On December 1, 2006, plaintiff

Cygnus Telecommunications Technology, LLC filed what it styled a revised motion for summary

judgment against defendant United World Telecom, L.C. ("UWT"). UWT and defendant AT&T

Corp. filed separate responses, asking the court to strike Cygnus's latest filing. AT&T asked, in the

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 The court is aware that on December 19, 2006, the PTO issued a final rejection of claims 6

through 11 in the reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 6,035,027.

2

 On September 20, 2006, the court instructed Cygnus to show cause by December 20, 2006 why

any defendant in case no. C-06-04295 remained unserved, but the docket for that case shows no

case-specific activity. Similarly, the court expected a joint scheduling proposal from the parties in

case no. C-06-06479 some time ago but has not yet received one. 

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alternative, for leave to file a response, arguing that Cygnus's motion, although ostensibly directed

against only UWT, in reality covered issues common to all defendants.

Cygnus's revised motion and the defendants' counter-motions are all deemed submitted on

the papers. No hearing will be held. No further filings will be accepted in connection with these

motions.

In fact, until the court resolves all pending issues related to claim construction, validity of the

patents-in-suit, and infringement liability of individual defendants, no party should file any further

substantive motions. Permissible filings would be things like a notice of PTO action,1 notice of a

relevant recent decision, scheduling matters involving recently-served defendants,2 or stipulations

regarding settlement.

DATED: 1/3/07

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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ORDER DEEMING MOTIONS SUBMITTED ON THE PAPERS & TEMPORARILY BARRING FURTHER FILING OF

MOTIONS—MDL-1423

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A copy of this order was mailed on to:

Counsel for Plaintiff:

John P. Sutton

2421 Pierce Street

San Francisco, CA 94115-1131

Counsel for Defendants:

Alan M. Weisberg, Steven M. Greenberg 

Christopher & Weisberg, P.A. 

200 E. Las Olas Avenue, Suite 2040 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 

John C. Carey 

Rodriguez Greenberg & Paul

1395 Brickell Ave, Suite 700

Miami, FL 33131 

Felice B. Galant, Gregory B. Wood 

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. 

865 South Figueroa Street 

Twenty-Ninth Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90017 

Joseph P. Zammit 

Fulbright & Jaworski 

666 Fifth Avenue 

New York, NY 10103 

John F. Mardula, Jon L. Roberts 

Roberts Mardula & Wertheim, LLC 

11800 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 1000 

Reston, VA 20191-5302 

Richard B. Sheldon 

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP 

11377 West Olympic Boulevard 

Los Angeles, CA 90064-1683 

Jeffrey L. Silvestrini, Brian F. Roberts 

Cohne Rappaport & Segal 

P.O. Box 11008 

Salt Lake City, UT 84147-0008 

Raymond J. Etcheverry 

Parsons, Behle & Latimer 

One Utah Center 

201 South Main Street, 

Suite 1800, Post Office Box 45898 

Salt Lake City, UT 84145

Kieran Patrick Fallon 

436 SW 8th Street 

Miami, FL 33130-2814 

Matthew Francis McGahren 

Baum & McGahren 

6171 Crooked Creek Road 

Norcross, GA 30092 

Lori D. Greendorfer, Maxim H. Waldbaum 

Schiff Hardin LLP 

623 Fifth Avenue, 28th Floor 

New York, NY 10022 

Thomas T. Tamlyn 

Yeskoo Hogan & Tamlyn, LLP 

535 Fifth Avenue 

New York, NY 10017 

Peter S. Canelias 

Law Offices of Peter S. Canelias 

420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2148 

New York, NY 10170 

Elizabeth E. Green, R. Scott Shuker 

Gronek & Latham, LLP 

390 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 600 

Orlando, FL 32801 

Gregory J. Nelson 

Nelson & Roediger 

3333 E Camelback Road, Suite 212 

Phoenix, AZ 85018 

Peter Neil Greenfeld 

Greenfeld Law Group 

3333 E Camelback Road, Suite 212 

Phoenix, AZ 85018-2324 

Matthew McGahren

Baum, McGahren & Chiu, LLC

6171 Crooked Creek Road

Norcross, GA 30092

Courtesy Copy:

Clerk of the Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building

One Columbus Circle, N.E.

Room G-255, North Lobby

Washington, DC 20002-8004

Counsel is responsible for distributing copies of this order to co-counsel, as necessary.

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