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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP 

1301 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019-6092 

TEL 212 259-8000 FAX 212 259-6333 

JEFFREY L. KESSLER 

212 259 8050 

jkessler@deweyballantine.com 

October 26, 2006 

The Honorable Joseph C. Spero 

United States Magistrate Judge 

United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

450 Golden Gate Avenue 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

Re: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. MediaTek, Inc., et al. 

 Case No. 05-CV-3148-MMC (JCS) 

Dear Judge Spero: 

We write in connection with (1) Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 

and Panasonic Corporation of North America’s Motion to Compel Production of 

Documents, Provide Full and Complete Interrogatory Responses And Provide Corporate 

Witnesses to Testify Regarding Certain Topics, or Alternatively Be Precluded from 

Relying on Withheld Materials and (2) Defendant and Counterclaimant MediaTek, Inc.’s 

Motion to Compel the Production of Documents and Source Code. 

I am lead counsel for Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. and 

Panasonic Corporation of North America and write on my own behalf and also with the 

full approval and consent of Adrian Pruetz, who we are informed is co-lead counsel for 

MediaTek, Inc., OPPO Digital, Inc. and MSI Computer Corp. Ms. Pruetz has reviewed 

and approved this letter. 

Confirming our telephone conversation with your clerk today, we are 

happy to report that in connection with the mediation in Hawaii before Judge Antonio 

Piazza, we have personally met and resolved 12 of the 14 issues pending in both of the 

motions to compel. Therefore, we have determined that the parties need to address only 

the two open issues in their response papers which are due this Friday, October 27, 2006. 

We are continuing to work on these remaining two issues and are hopeful that these 

issues will also be resolved before the hearing date on November 17, 2006. 

I am unavailable on Monday, October 30, 2006 because I am taking part 

in a previously scheduled deposition preparation and deposition that cannot be 

rescheduled. Accordingly, we respectfully request that we be relieved from the 

NEW YORK WASHINGTON, D.C. LOS ANGELES EAST PALO ALTO HOUSTON AUSTIN 

LONDON WARSAW FRANKFURT MILAN ROME BEIJING 

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obligation to appear personally in your jury room on Monday, October 30, 2006 and 

instead request that we be so ordered to appear on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 7, 

2006 assuming that the remaining two issues are not resolved by then. We have been 

advised by your deputy clerk that this date is being held for us. Moreover, we have no 

objection to the appearance of Kevin Johnson, Defendants’ co-lead counsel, on this date, 

because Ms. Pruetz is unavailable. We would then submit a joint letter to the Court 

within five business days following this meet and confer in your jury room if any issues 

remain. 

We sincerely believe that this schedule gives us the maximum opportunity 

to attempt to resolve all remaining issues in advance of the scheduled hearing date. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Jeffrey L. Kessler 

cc: Counsel of Record 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the lead trial counsel meet-and-confer session 

set for October 30, 2006, at 9:30 a.m., has been continued to November 7, 

2006, at 9:30 a.m. Jeffrey Kessler, lead trial counsel for Plaintiff, and Kevin 

Johnson, co-lead trial counsel for Defendants', shall appear, in person. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 27, 2006

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Joseph C. Spero

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