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

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KAHN LLP

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO 

TRANSFER VENUE TO EASTERN DISTRICT OF 

MICHIGAN; Case No. C06-033556 MJJ 

FOLGER LEVIN & KAHN LLP

Michael F. Kelleher (CSB No. 165493, mkelleher@flk.com) 

Amy L. Kashiwabara (CSB No. 210562, akashiwabara@flk.com) 

Embarcadero Center West 

275 Battery Street, 23rd Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 986-2800 

Facsimile: (415) 986-2827 

BARRIS, SOTT, DENN & DRIKER, PLLC 

Stephen E. Glazek (P23186; sglazek@bsdd.com) Admitted Pro Hac Vice 

Josh J. Moss (P66550; jstefan@bsdd.com) Admitted Pro Hac Vice

211 West Fort Street, 15th Floor 

Detroit, MI 48226-3281 

Telephone: (313) 965-9725 

Facsimile: (313) 983-3323 

Attorneys for Defendants GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and FORD MOTOR 

COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

KUHL WHEELS, LLC and EPILOGICS 

GROUP, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 

and FORD MOTOR COMPANY, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C06-03356 MJJ 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TRANSFERRING VENUE TO 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN 

Judge: Honorable Martin J. Jenkins 

Date: November 7, 2006 

Time: 9:30 a.m. 

Location: Courtroom 11, 19th Floor 

Plaintiffs, Kuhl Wheels, LLC and Epilogics Group, and Defendants, Ford Motor 

Company and General Motors Corporation (collectively the “Parties”), stipulate to the following: 

1. Whereas Defendants have filed a motion to transfer venue of this case pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) to the Eastern District of Michigan. Defendants’ motion is set for hearing on 

November 7, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. in this court. 

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2. WHEREAS, as detailed in Defendants’ motion to transfer, a case involving the 

same patents and products as this case is pending before Judge Cleland, of the Eastern District of 

Michigan, in the case Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. v. Kuhl Wheels, LLC and Epilogics 

Group; Case No. 03-70181 (the “Hayes v. Kuhl Case”). 

3. WHEREAS, The Parties stipulate to the transfer of the above-captioned matter to 

the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; 

4. The Parties agree that, pursuant to Eastern District Local rule 83.11(b)(7)(A), this 

case should be assigned to Judge Cleland upon its transfer to the Eastern District of Michigan. 

The Parties further agree that they will take appropriate steps to alert the Eastern District of 

Michigan that the case should be transferred to Judge Cleland’s docket; and 

5. The Parties also agree that, whenever reasonable, they will request that Judge 

Cleland coordinate hearings in this case with hearings in the Hayes v. Kuhl Case. 

Dated: October 25, 2006 FOLGER LEVIN & KAHN LLP

/s 

Michael F. Kelleher 

Attorneys for Defendants 

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and FORD 

MOTOR COMPANY 

Dated: October 25, 2006 THE ELSTEAD LAW FIRM 

/s 

John C. Elstead 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

KUHL WHEELS, LLC and EPILOGICS GROUP 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED THAT this case shall be transferred 

to the Eastern District of Michigan. 

Dated: October _____, 2006 

_______________________________ 

Honorable Martin J. Jenkins 

United States District Court Judge 

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