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

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Farella Braun & Martel LLP 

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STIPULATED REQUEST TO DISMISS ‘584 

PATENT /Case No. 5:08-cv-00877 (JF) 23129\2274760.1

John L. Cooper (State Bar No. 050324) 

 jcooper@fbm.com 

Stephanie P. Skaff (State Bar No. 183119) 

 sskaff@fbm.com 

Eugene Y. Mar (State Bar No. 227071) 

 emar@fbm.com 

Farella Braun & Martel LLP 

235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 954-4400 

Facsimile: (415) 954-4480 

Attorneys for Defendants 

TECHNOLOGY PROPERTIES LIMITED 

and ALLIACENSE LIMITED 

Charles T. Hoge (State Bar No. 110696) 

 choge@knlh.com 

KIRBY NOONAN LANCE & HOGE 

35 Tenth Avenue 

San Diego, California 92101 

Telephone: (619) 231-8666 

Facsimile: (619) 231-9593 

Attorney for Defendants 

PATRIOT SCIENTIFIC CORP. 

Timothy Paar Walker (State Bar No. 105001) 

Harold H. Davis, Jr. (State Bar No. 235552) 

K&L Gates LLP 

55 Second Street, Suite 1700 

San Francisco, CA 94105-3493 

Telephone: (415) 882-8200 

Facsimile: (415) 882-8220 

Jeffrey Ratinoff (State Bar No. 197241) 

K&L Gates LLP 

630 Hansen Way 

Palo Alto, CA 94340 

Telephone: (650) 798-6700 

Facsimile: (650) 798-6701 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

ACER INC., ACER AMERICA CORP., and 

GATEWAY INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

ACER, INC., ACER AMERICA CORP., 

and GATEWAY INC., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

TECHNOLOGY PROPERTIES 

LIMITED, PATRIOT SCIENTIFIC 

CORPORATION, and ALLIACENSE 

LIMITED, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 5:08-cv-00877 JF 

STIPULATED REQUEST TO DISMISS 

THE SECOND CLAIM OF PLAINTIFFS’ 

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT 

REGARDING U.S. PATENT NO. 5,784,584 

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON___

The Honorable Jeremy Fogel 

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WHEREAS plaintiffs Acer, Inc., Acer America Corp., and Gateway, Inc. (collectively 

“Acer”) filed a First Amended Complaint seeking a declaratory judgment that Acer did not 

infringe any valid and enforceable claim of U.S. Patent No. 5,784,584 (“’584 patent”); 

WHEREAS defendants Technology Properties Limited, Patriot Scientific Corporation, 

and Alliacense Limited (collectively “TPL”) filed an Answer denying Acer’s averment that Acer 

did not infringe any valid and enforceable claim of the ’584 patent but did not assert a 

counterclaim based on that patent; 

WHEREAS, in the related actions, Barco N.V. v. Technology Properties Limited, et al., 

Case No. 08-05398 JF and HTC v. Technology Properties Limited, et al., Case No. 08-0882 JF, 

the Court has dismissed the ‘584 patent based on a covenant not to sue with the same scope and 

language; 

WHEREAS TPL has offered and hereby provides to Acer a covenant-not-to-sue with 

respect to the ’584 patent, which is reproduced in its entirety below; and 

WHEREAS in light of TPL’s covenant-not-to-sue, Acer has agreed to dismiss its 

declaratory judgment claim as to the ’584 patent on the terms set forth below; 

NOW, THEREFORE, TPL and Acer, by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby 

stipulate, and respectfully request that the Court order, as follows: 

1. TPL has provided the following covenant-not-to-sue to Acer, which the Court 

hereby approves: Technology Properties Limited and Patriot Scientific Corporation, each on 

behalf of itself and any successors-in-interest to U.S. Patent No. 5,784,584 (“the ’584 patent”), 

hereby unconditionally and irrevocably covenant not to assert at any time any claim of patent 

infringement including direct infringement, contributory infringement and/or inducing 

infringement against Acer, Inc., Acer America Corp., and Gateway Inc. (collectively “Acer”) 

under any claim of the ’584 patent as they currently read, and any claim in any reissued or 

reexamined version of the ’584 patent that is the same as, or substantially identical to, any claim 

of the ’584 patent as it currently reads, against any products made, used, offered for sale, sold, or 

imported into the United States by Acer currently or at any time prior to the date of this covenant. 

2. In light of TPL’s covenant-not-to-sue with respect to the ’584 patent, the Second 

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Claim of Declaratory Judgment Regarding the ’584 Patent in Acer’s First Amended Complaint is 

hereby DISMISSED without prejudice, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, pursuant to Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 41(a)(2). 

3. The dismissal provided by this Order does not limit the parties’ ability to continue 

to prosecute its remaining claims, defenses, and counterclaims in this litigation regarding U.S. 

Patent Nos. 5,809,336; 6,598,148; 5,440,749; and 5,530,890. This dismissal also does not limit 

any rights by the parties to subsequently seek recovery of attorneys’ fees and costs. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED. 

Dated: June 25, 2010 

I represent that concurrence in the filing of this 

document has been obtained from each of the 

other signatories which shall serve in lieu of 

their signatures on this document. 

FARELLA BRAUN & MARTEL LLP 

By: /s/ John L. Cooper 

John L. Cooper 

Attorneys for Defendants 

TECHNOLOGY PROPERTIES LIMITED 

and ALLIACENSE LIMITED 

Dated: June 25, 2010 KIRBY NOONAN LANCE & HOGE 

By: /s/ Charles T. Hoge 

Charles T. Hoge 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PATRIOT SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 

 

Dated: June 25, 2010 K&L GATES LLP 

By: /s/ Jeffrey Ratinoff 

Jeffrey Ratinoff 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

ACER, INC., ACER AMERICA CORP. and 

GATEWAY INC. 

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: 

1. TPL has provided the following covenant-not-to-sue to Acer, which the Court 

hereby approves: Technology Properties Limited and Patriot Scientific Corporation, each on 

behalf of itself and any successors-in-interest to U.S. Patent No. 5,784,584 (“the ’584 patent”), 

hereby unconditionally and irrevocably covenant not to assert at any time any claim of patent 

infringement including direct infringement, contributory infringement and/or inducing 

infringement against Acer, Inc., Acer America Corp., and Gateway Inc. (collectively “Acer”) 

under any claim of the ’584 patent as they currently read, and any claim in any reissued or 

reexamined version of the ’584 patent that is the same as, or substantially identical to, any claim 

of the ’584 patent as it currently reads, against any products made, used, offered for sale, sold, or 

imported into the United States by Acer currently or at any time prior to the date of this covenant. 

2. In light of TPL’s covenant-not-to-sue with respect to the ’584 patent, the Second 

Claim of Declaratory Judgment Regarding the ’584 Patent in Acer’s First Amended Complaint is 

hereby DISMISSED without prejudice, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, pursuant to Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 41(a)(2). 

3. The dismissal provided by this Order does not limit the parties’ ability to continue 

to prosecute its remaining claims, defenses, and counterclaims in this litigation regarding U.S. 

Patent Nos. 5,809,336; 6,598,148; 5,440,749; and 5,530,890. This dismissal also does not limit 

any rights by the parties to subsequently seek recovery of attorneys’ fees and costs. 

DATED: ___________________ Honorable Jeremy Fogel 

United States District Court Judge 

6/28/10

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