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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC., a

Delaware corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, a

Cayman Island corporation,

Defendant. /

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS.

 /

O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, a

Cayman Island corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC., a

Delaware corporation, et al., 

Defendants. /

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS AND CROSSCLAIMS.

 /

No. C 04-2000 CW

(consolidated with

No. C 06-2929 CW)

ORDER APPOINTING

COURT-APPOINTED

EXPERT AND

ADDRESSING OTHER

MATTERS

On January 17, 2007, the Court ordered the parties to meet and

confer concerning the individual that the Court will select as the

court-appointed expert. The parties have agreed upon an

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individual: Dr. Seth R. Sanders, a Professor in the Department of

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of

California, Berkeley. The parties, however, do not agree upon the

scope of Dr. Sander's role as court-appointed expert or the

materials he should receive. The Court has considered the parties'

positions on these issues and orders the following:

Subject to his agreement to do so, Dr. Sanders will serve as

the court-appointed expert. The parties will retain Dr. Sanders. 

O2 Micro shall pay for half of Dr. Sanders' fees and expenses; MPS,

ASMC and ASUSTeK shall pay for the other half. Each side will

deposit a retainer, in an amount to be set by the Court, in the

Cooley Godward Kronish and Howrey trust accounts respectively,

which Dr. Sanders may bill. 

Within a week from the date of this order, the parties will

provide to Dr. Sanders the following materials: U.S. Patent

No. 6,396,722 (the '722 patent), the prosecution history of that

patent, any re-examination requests concerning the '722 patent, any

office action(s) from those requests, claim construction briefs,

technical expert witness reports, technical expert witness

deposition transcripts, technical documentation for the accused

products, prior art, infringement contentions/claim charts and

invalidity contentions/charts and whatever other information he

requests to be fully informed as to all of the technical matters in

dispute. 

Dr. Sanders will submit to the Court and the parties a report

on the technical issues of this case, including infringement and

validity issues, within thirty-five days of receiving the

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materials. If the parties wish to depose Dr. Sanders, they may do

so within ten days of receiving the report.

Dr. Sanders and the parties are ordered to appear before the

Court for a conference on February 16, 2007 at 10:00 a.m, in

Courtroom 2, 4th Floor, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California. At

the conference the Court will inform Dr. Sanders of his duties and

the parties shall have opportunity to participate. See Fed. R.

Civ. P. 706(a).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 2/2/07 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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