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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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STIPULATION REGARDING MINIMUM ROYALTIES AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

No. C06-02469 CW 

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DILLINGHAM & MURPHY, LLP 

PATRICK J. HAGAN (BAR NO. 68264) 

pjh@dillinghammurphy.com 

MARK J. ROGERS (BAR NO. 173005) 

mjr@dillinghammurphy.com 

225 Bush Street, 6th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104-4207 

Telephone: (415) 397-2700 

Facsimile: (415) 397-3300 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Z-MAN FISHING PRODUCTS, INC. 

JILL NEIMAN (BAR NO. 164702) 

jneiman@mofo.com 

REBECCA S. SAELAO (BAR NO. 222731) 

rsaelao@mofo.com 

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

425 Market Street 

San Francisco, California 94105-2482 

Telephone: (415) 268-7000 

Facsimile: (415) 268-7522 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

APPLIED ELASTOMERICS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

APPLIED ELASTOMERICS, 

INCORPORATED, a California corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

Z-MAN FISHING PRODUCTS, 

INCORPORATED, a South Carolina 

corporation, 

 Defendant. 

Case No. C06-02469 CW 

STIPULATION REGARDING 

MINIMUM ROYALTIES AND 

ORDER 

Honorable Claudia Wilken 

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Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant Applied Elastomerics, Incorporated (“AEI”) and Defendant 

and Counter-Complainant Z-Man Fishing Products, Incorporated (“Z-Man”), through their respective 

attorneys of record, submit this stipulation and proposed order. 

Whereas AEI has until January 5, 2007 to bring a motion for judgment on the pleadings that 

Z-Man was required to pay AEI minimum royalties under the license agreement between the parties 

with an effective date of April 26, 2001 (“the Agreement”) whether or not the products sold by 

Z-Man fell are covered by the licensed Patent Rights (as the term is defined in the Agreement); and 

Whereas the Parties seek to avoid unnecessary motion practice by stipulation. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between AEI and Z-Man as follows: 

It is agreed that, if the Agreement is enforceable, regardless of whether any products made, 

used, imported, sold or offered for sale by Z-Man were covered by the licensed Patent Rights, the 

terms of the Agreement required payment of minimum royalties by Z-Man. Notwithstanding the 

foregoing, Z-Man maintains and does not waive any other defenses in this action or concede any of 

the elements of AEI’s claims, including, but not limited to, whether a contract (the Agreement) was 

ever formed or, if it was formed, whether the Agreement is void or voidable. The parties also 

continue to dispute the dollar amount of the minimum royalty term, if a contract (the Agreement) was 

in fact formed. 

Dated: December 22, 2006 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/ 

 Jill Neiman 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff Applied Elastomerics, Inc. 

Dated: December 22, 2006 DILLINGHAM & MURPHY, LLP 

By: /s/ 

 Mark J. Rogers 

 Attorneys for Defendant Z-Man Fishing 

 Products, Inc. 

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IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 1/5/07 

 United States District Judge 

 Honorable Claudia Wilken 

I, Jill Neiman, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this Stipulation 

Regarding Briefing Schedule and [Proposed] Order. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., 

I hereby attest that Mark J. Rogers has concurred in this filing. 

Dated: December 22, 2006 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

By: /s/ 

 Jill Neiman 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant 

 Applied Elastomerics, Inc. 

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