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

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FOR W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND ITS ANSWER TO 

PLAINTIFFS’ SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

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[SEE SIGNATURE PAGE FOR COUNSEL NAMES]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC and 

ENDOGAD RESEARCH PTY LIMITED,

Plaintiffs,

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COOK INCORPORATED and W. L. 

GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.,

Defendants.

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No. C 03-3817 JSW (WDB)

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER REQUESTING 

CONTINUANCE OF HEARING DATE 

FOR W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.’S 

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND ITS 

ANSWER TO PLAINTIFFS’ SECOND 

AMENDED COMPLAINT

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-7(b) and 6-1(a), Plaintiffs, Edwards Lifesciences LLC and 

EndoGAD Research Pty Limited, and Defendants, Cook Incorporated and W.L. Gore & 

Associates, Inc., by and through their undersigned counsel, jointly submit this Joint 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order. The parties hereby stipulate to the request to continue the 

date of the hearing for Gore’s Motion For Leave To File An Amended Answer To Plaintiffs’ 

Second Amended Complaint from March 21 to March 28, 2008 at either 9:00 am or 1:30 pm. 

This case has a case management conference already scheduled on March 28 at 1:30 pm. 

Moving this hearing to the date of the case management conference will conserve resources 

and promote efficiency. The parties affected by the motion have not previously stipulated to 

continue the hearing date. The change will not alter the date of any event or any deadline 

already fixed by Court order.

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SO STIPULATED:

MORGAN & FINNEGAN, LLP

Dated: March 7, 2008 /s/ Gerard A. Haddad

David H. Pfeffer (pro hac vice)

Christopher K. Hu (pro hac vice)

John T. Gallagher (pro hac vice)

Gerard A. Haddad (pro hac vice)

Jennifer BianRosa (pro hac vice)

3 World Financial Center

New York, New York 10281-2101

Telephone (212) 415-8700

Mark J. Linderman (State Bar No. 144685)

Hillary Noll Kalay (State Bar No. 233173)

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal

525 Market Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105-2708

Telephone: (415) 882-5000

Attorneys for Defendant

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

Dated: March 7, 2008 /s/ Hugh A. Abrams

David T. Pritikin

Hugh A. Abrams

Lisa A. Schneider

Richard T. McCaulley

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

One S. Dearborn Street

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Russell L. Johnson

Matthew T. Powers

Carrie W. Cotter (Pro Hac Vice)

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

555 California Street, Suite 5000

San Francisco, California 94104-1715

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC and

ENDOGAD RESEARCH PTY LIMITED

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BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE

Dated: March 7, 2008 /s/ Jeffry M. Nichols

Richard A. Kaplan

Thomas J. Filarski

Bradley G. Lane

Jeffry M. Nichols

Julie L. Leichtman

BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE

NBC Tower, Suite 3600

455 North Cityfront Plaza Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60611-5599

Dirk M. Schenkkan (No. 72533)

Jeffrey E. Faucette (No. 193066)

Jason S. Takenouchi (No. 234835)

HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY

FALK & RABKIN

A Professional Corporation

Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111-4024

Attorneys for Defendant

COOK INCORPORATED

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

The date of the hearing on Gore’s Motion For Leave To File An Amended Answer To 

Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint is continued to March 28, 2008 at ________ am/pm.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: __________________, 2008

Honorable Jeffrey S. White

United States District Judge

9:00 The case management conference shall follow the hearing. March 7, 2008

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