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

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CONSENT JUDGMENT AGAINST Case No. 03-1179 

G.W. PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 

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[COUNSEL LISTED ON SIGNATURE PAGE] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

LASER DESIGN INTERNATIONAL, LLC 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CRYSTAL MAGIC, INC., et al., 

Defendants. 

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 AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS. 

Case No. C-03-1179 JSW

Consolidated w/No. C-03-3905 JSW 

CONSENT JUDGMENT AGAINST G.W. 

PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 

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James Isbester appearing for Plaintiff and David W. Affeld, appearing for G.W. Partners 

International, Inc., (hereinafter "G.W. Partners"). The Honorable Jeffrey S. White, U.S. District Court 

Judge presidng. 

I. 

BACKGROUND 

This case involves a dispute over the alleged infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,206,496 C1 by 

G.W. Partners and other defendants through their manufacture and sale of “Laser Crystal Products” 

and/or the devices used to make those products. “Laser Crystal Products” are decorative objects that 

contain internal images that have been created inside a transparent medium (including without 

limitation a glass cube) using a laser. 

In general terms, Plaintiff Laser Design International, LLC (“LDI”) (“Plaintiff”) alleges that 

the Patent-in-Suit discloses and claims an invention entitled “Sub-Surface Marking” which teaches 

how to make controlled marks within the interior space of transparent materials such as glass without 

altering any of the surfaces of the material using sub-surface marking technology. The Patent-in-Suit 

was originally issued as U.S. Patent No. 5,206,496 on April 27, 1993; it was subsequently 

reexamined and deemed patentable with a reexamination certificate (U.S. Patent No. 5,206,496 C1 or 

the “’496-C1 patent”), which issued on November 19, 2002. 

Plaintiff alleges that it is the owner of the ’496 –C1 patent. Plaintiff has filed a consolidated 

action against G.W. Partners and other defendants, alleging that defendants infringe one or more 

claims of the ’496-C1 patent. 

LDI and G.W. Partners (“the Parties”) have now agreed to settle the controversy between 

them based on certain terms and conditions and have agreed to this consent Judgment. 

II. 

CONSENT JUDMENT 

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Rather than continuing with the litigation, the parties have agreed to settle the controversy 

between them and have consented to the entry of the following judgment by this Court. 

A. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 

G.W. PARTNERS ADMITS, AND ON THAT BASIS IT IS FOUND, ORDERED, 

ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that: 

1. This is an action for patent infringement arising under the patent laws of the United States. 

2. Jurisdiction of this Court is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§1331 and 1338. 

3. This Court has personal jurisdiction over G.W. Partners, and venue is proper in this district 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1400 (b) and 1391(c). 

4. All claims of the ’496-C1 patent are valid and enforceable in this cause of action or any 

different causes of action with respect to G.W. Partners. 

5. Plaintiff has standing to sue G.W. Partners for infringement of the ’496-C1 patent. 

6. With respect to G.W. Partners, the patent rights of Plaintiff are not barred or limited by 

laches, waiver, estoppel, inequitable conduct, patent misuse, or fraud. 

7. G.W. Partners infringes the ’496-C1 patent if it directly or indirectly imports, 

manufactures, causes to be made, offers for sale, sells, or uses Laser Crystal Products, or the 

apparatus used to make such products, that are covered by the claims of the ’496-C1 patent, or any 

colorable variation thereof (unless under rights granted by license). 

8. G.W. Partners has infringed one or more claims of the ’496-C1 patent by making, causing 

to be made, offering to sell, and selling Laser Crystal Products that are covered by those ’496-C1 

patent’s claims. 

9. With respect to G.W. Partners, Plaintiff has no adequate remedy at law and is entitled to an 

injunction. 

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10. Any Conclusion of Law which is deemed to be a Finding of Fact is hereby adopted as 

such. 

B. PLAINTIFF’S RELIEF 

IT IS FURTHER FOUND, ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that: 

1. Unless G.W. Partners has a valid license to practice the ’496-C1 patent, G.W. Partners 

(and its agents, employees, attorneys, and all persons or entities in concert or participation with it 

who receive actual notice of this Order) are permanently restrained and enjoined during the unexpired 

term of the ’496-C1 patent from directly, contributorily or by inducement, importing or causing to be 

imported, making or causing to be made, offering for sale, selling or causing to be sold, using or 

causing to be used in the United States any Laser Crystal Product or any manufacturing apparatus 

used to make those products that infringes any claim of the ’496-C1 patent, literally or under the 

doctrine of equivalents, including any colorable limitation thereof. 

C. TERMINATION OF THIS ACTION 

IT IS FURTHER FOUND, ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that: 

1. Judgment is hereby entered for Plaintiff and against G.W. Partners on the terms described 

above. 

2. This judgment shall finally conclude and dispose of this litigation as between Plaintiff and 

G.W. Partners. The Parties shall be entitled to issue preclusion, claim preclusion, res judicata, and 

collateral estoppel effect in future litigation or patent office proceedings related to the ’496-C1 patent, 

whether involving the methods, apparatus, or articles of manufacture covered by this judgment, or 

materially different methods, processes, or articles of manufacture. The Parties and this Court 

explicitly intend such issue preclusion, claim preclusion, res judicata, and collateral estoppel effects 

to extend to the issues of claim construction, validity, and enforceability regarding any claim of the 

’496-C1 patent whether raised in a court proceeding, patent office proceeding, reexamination, reissue 

or other dispute, even with respect to materially different methods, apparatus, or articles of 

manufacture. 

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3. This Court retains exclusive jurisdiction of this action for purposes of ensuring compliance 

with this judgment and injunction. 

4. No appeal shall be taken by any party from this Judgment, the right to appeal being 

expressly waived by all Parties. 

5. This court finds and determines that there is no just reason for delay of entry of this 

Judgment and injunction and hereby directs that this Judgment and injunction be entered. 

D. COSTS 

1. All issues pertaining to damages, costs and attorneys’ fees have been settled between 

Plaintiff and G.W. Partners. 

2. None of the Parties shall recover any additional damages, costs, or attorneys’ fees over or 

above that which they have agreed, and each side shall bear its own costs and attorneys’ fees. All 

remaining costs shall be assumed by the side incurring them. 

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Judgment is hereby entered on the terms described above. The Clerk is directed to enter this 

Consent Judgment forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Dated: _________________ ________________________________________ 

 HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE 

 United States District Judge 

Agreed to by: LASER DESIGN INTERNATIONAL, LLC 

Dated: ____March 9, 2007 _____________________________________ 

 By: Brian D. Liddicoat 

 Its: President 

 G.W. PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 

Dated: _________________ __________________________________________ 

 By: Scott Erikson 

 Its: President 

APPROVED AS TO FORM: 

 ISBESTER & ASSOCIATES, LLP 

DATED: ________________ ___________________________________________ 

 James Isbester 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

LASER DESIGN INTERNATIONAL, LLC 

LAW OFFICES OF DAVID W. AFFELD, A.P.C. 

DATED: _________________ ___________________________________________ 

 David W. Affeld 

 Attorney for Defendant 

 G.W. PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 

Isbester & 

Associates, LLP 

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May 9, 2007

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