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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR

STAY PENDING IPR

CASE NO. 3:15-CV-03573-RS 

Andrew G. DiNovo. PHV Pending 

Victor G. Hardy. PHV Pending 

adinovo@dpelaw.com 

vhardy@dpelaw.com 

DINOVO PRICE ELLLWANGER & HARDY 

7000 N. MoPac Expressway, Suite 350 

Austin, Texas 78731 

Telephone: 512.539.2626 

Facsimile: 512.539.2627 

William Paul Schuck, CSB No. 203717 

pschuck@bzbm.com 

BARTKO ZANKEL BUNZEL & MILLER 

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 800 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415.956.1900 

Facsimile: 415.956.1152 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

VIA VADIS, LLC and AC 

TECHNOLOGIES, S.A. 

Ryan R. Smith, CSB No. 229323 

rsmith@wsgr.com 

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304 

Telephone: 650.493.9300 

Facsimile: 650.493.6811 

Attorneys for Defendant 

NETGEAR INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

VIA VADIS, LLC, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

NETGEAR INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. 3:15-cv-03573-RS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER FOR STAY PENDING INTER 

PARTES REVIEW 

Honorable Richard Seeborg 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR

STAY PENDING IPR

CASE NO. 3:15-CV-03573-RS 

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs Via Vadis, LLC and AC Technologies, S.A. (collectively, 

“Plaintiffs”) allege that Defendant NETGEAR, Inc. (“NETGEAR”) infringes various claims of 

U.S. Patent Nos. 8,656,125; 7,904,680; and RE 40,521 (collectively, “patents-in-suit”). On 

August 25, 2015, Amazon.com, Inc. and Blizzard Entertainment, defendants in cases currently 

pending in the Western District of Texas, filed four Inter Partes Review Petitions with the U.S. 

Patent and Trial Appeal Board (“PTAB”), having case numbers IPR2015-1802, IPR2015-1803, 

IPR2015-1804, and IPR2015-1805 (collectively, “IPRs”), alleging that all claims of the patents-insuit are invalid. 

WHEREAS, the Parties anticipate expending significant resources on this litigation, 

including discovery, claim construction, and potentially trial, during the pendency of the IPRs; 

WHEREAS, NETGEAR has agreed to be estopped from alleging invalidity on the grounds 

actually raised in the IPRs, upon which the PTAB issues a final written decision, which become 

non-appealable; 

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that resolution of the pending IPRs will streamline this 

litigation and may assist in the Parties’ efforts to reach a settlement agreement. For example, the 

IPRs could impact the intrinsic record of the patents-in-suit, which could, in turn, impact claim 

construction issues. The IPRs could also result in all the claims of the patents-in-suit being 

invalidated. A stay would, therefore, result in substantial saving for the Parties and would 

conserve judicial resources; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by the Parties, through their respective 

counsel, that the Court should vacate all deadlines in the above-captioned matter and enter a stay 

of all proceedings in this matter pursuant to the agreement of the Parties described herein pending 

the PTAB’s final non-appealable decision on the IPRs. Within thirty-days of the PTAB’s decision 

to institute the IPRs, the Parties shall submit a joint status report to the Court. To the extent that 

the PTAB institutes any of the IPRs, the parties shall submit an additional joint status report to the 

Court within thirty-days of issuance of the PTAB’s final decision on the IPRs, once such decision 

becomes non-appealable. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR

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CASE NO. 3:15-CV-03573-RS 

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Dated: October 30, 2015 BARTKO ZANKEL BUNZEL & MILLER 

By: /s/ William Paul Schuck 

 William Paul Schuck 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Via Vadis, LLC and AC Technologies, S.A. 

 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

By: /s/ Ryan R. Smith 

 Ryan R. Smith 

Attorneys for Defendant 

NETGEAR INC. 

ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 11/2/15 ____________________________ 

 The Honorable Richard Seeborg 

United States District Judge 

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