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

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TRANS VIDEO ELECTRONICS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

SONY ELECTRONICS, INC., SONY

CORPORATION OF AMERICA, SONY

COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA

INC., SONY COMPUTER

ENTERTAINMENT, INC., and SONY

CORPORATION

Defendants. /

No. C 09-03304 MHP

ORDER

Re: Defendants’ Motion to Stay this Action

Pending Reexamination of the Patent 

On February 12, 2010, defendants Sony Electronics, Inc., Sony Corporation of America,

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc., and Sony

Corporation (collectively “defendants”), filed a motion to stay this action pending reexamination of

the patent at issue in this litigation—U.S. Patent number 5,991,801 (“the ‘801 patent”)—by the

United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). Defendants have submitted two separate

requests to the USPTO for the reexamination of the ‘801 patent. The USPTO has yet to decide

whether it will accept either of these requests. Having considered the parties’ arguments and

submissions and for the reasons stated below, the court enters the following order.

Defendants’ motion to stay this action is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.

This action is stayed, subject to the following, limited exception: The parties may continue

to conduct discovery related to claim construction of the ‘801 patent. 

Case 3:09-cv-03304-EMC Document 66 Filed 03/26/10 Page 1 of 2
United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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The parties are to notify the court within ten (10) days of any action taken by the USPTO

with respect to the two pending requests for reexamination. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 3/26/2010 

MARILYN HALL PATEL

United States District Court Judge

Northern District of California

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