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

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[PROPOSED] ORDER AND STIPULATION REGARDING ISSUANCE OF COMMISSION 

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[SEE SIGNATURE PAGES FOR COUNSEL NAMES] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC and 

ENDOGAD RESEARCH PTY LIMITED, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COOK INCORPORATED and W.L. 

GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC., 

Defendants. 

No. C 03-3817 JSW (WDB) 

SECOND ORDER AND 

STIPULATION REGARDING 

ISSUANCE OF COMMISSION FOR 

TAKING DEPOSITIONS IN 

AUSTRALIA 

Judge Jeffrey S. White 

Magistrate Judge Wayne D. Brazil 

 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, hereby submit this Second Joint Stipulation Regarding Issuance of 

Commission for Taking Depositions in Australia. The stipulation is based on the following 

recitals. 

 WHEREAS, on May 9, 2007, the Court entered its Order Following Hearing on Plaintiffs’ 

Motion to Compel Defendant Cook; Defendant Cook’s Motion to Compel; and Defendant 

Gore’s Motion to Compel (see Docket #473); 

 WHEREAS, the Order states, among other things, that Plaintiffs must offer Dr. White and 

Dr. Yu for deposition (see Order at 2:20-24); 

 WHEREAS, Dr. White and Dr. Yu are Australian nationals who live and work in 

Australia; 

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 WHEREAS, the depositions of Dr. White and Dr. Yu were taken on June 27, 28, and 29 in 

Sydney, Australia, pursuant to the Court’s Order, and their continued depositions are scheduled 

for August 23 and 24 in Sydney, Australia; 

 WHEREAS, during the trip to Australia for the continued depositions of Dr. White and 

Dr. Yu, the parties have scheduled depositions of five other Australian nationals: Mr. Crispin 

Marsh (August 20), Dr. Michael Stephen (August 21), Dr. James May (August 22), Dr. Michael 

Lawrence-Brown (August 27), and Mr. David Hartley (August 28); 

 WHEREAS, Dr. White, Dr. Yu, Mr. Marsh, Dr. Stephen, Dr. May, Dr. Lawrence-Brown, 

and Mr. Hartley have agreed to voluntarily appear for depositions in Australia; 

 WHEREAS, the parties request that the Court issue a commission pursuant to FED. R. CIV.

P. 28(b) for purposes of taking these depositions in Australia; 

 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties jointly stipulate to the issuance of a commission by the 

Court – directed to the attorneys representing the parties and the court reporter retained to attend 

and transcribe the depositions – to administer the oath and take testimony in Australia from 

these witnesses, pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 28(b). 

Dated: August 7, 2007 By: s/ Lisa A. Schneider .

David T. Pritikin 

Hugh A. Abrams 

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 

Dated: August 7, 2007 By: s/ Jeffry M. Nichols .

Richard A. Kaplan 

Thomas J. Filarski 

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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 

Dated: August 7, 2007 By: s/ Gerard A. Haddad .

David H. Pfeffer 

Christopher K. Hu 

Gerard A. Haddad 

Jennifer Bianrosa 

MORGAN & FINNEGAN, L.L.P. 

3 World Financial Center 

New York, NY 10281-2101 

Mark J. Linderman 

John Querio 

SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL

525 Market Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Attorneys for Defendant, W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.

I, Jeffry M. Nichols, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

SECOND [PROPOSED] ORDER AND STIPULATION REGARDING ISSUANCE OF 

COMMISSION FOR TAKING DEPOSITIONS IN AUSTRALIA. In compliance with General 

Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that Lisa A. Schneider and Gerard A. Haddad have concurred in 

this filing. 

Dated: August 7, 2007 By: s/ Jeffry M. Nichols .

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 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION AND FED. R. CIV. P. 28(B), IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that the attorneys representing the parties and/or the court reporter retained to attend 

and transcribe the depositions of Dr. Geoffrey White, Dr. Weiyun Yu, Mr. Crispin Marsh, Dr. 

Michael Stephen, Dr. James May, Dr. Michael Lawrence-Brown, and Mr. David Hartley are 

commissioned to administer the oath and take testimony from the witnesses in Australia. This 

commission applies to the taking of these depositions in Australia even if one or more of them 

are rescheduled to an alternative date. 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

 August 9, 2007 

Date Magistrate Judge Wayne D. Brazil 

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