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Nature of Suit Code: 896
Nature of Suit: Other Statutes - Arbitration
Cause of Action: 09:1 U.S. Arbitration Act

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STIP. TO EXTEND DATES RE: MOTION AND RESPONSE TO PETITION CASE NO. 3:15-cv-04985-RS 

ALLEN RUBY (SBN 47109) 

Allen.Ruby@skadden.com

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

525 University Avenue, Suite 1400

Palo Alto, California 94301

Telephone: (650) 470-4500 

Facsimile: (650) 470-4570 

LANCE A. ETCHEVERRY (SBN 199916)

Lance.Etcheverry@skadden.com

ABRAHAM A. TABAIE (SBN 260727)

Abraham.Tabaie@skadden.com

ALLISON B. HOLCOMBE (SBN 268198)

Allison.Holcombe@skadden.com

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

300 South Grand Avenue 

Los Angeles, California 90071-3144 

Telephone: (213) 687-5000 

Facsimile: (213) 687-5600 

Attorneys for Respondents

BYD COMPANY LIMITED AND

BYD PRECISION MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

APPLE INC, 

 Petitioner, 

 v. 

BYD COMPANY LIMITED AND BYD 

PRECISION MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., 

 Respondents.

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CASE NO.: 3:15-cv-04985-RS 

JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

TIME TO FILE OPPOSITION AND 

REPLY BRIEFS (PETITIONER APPLE 

INC’S MOTION TO COMPEL 

ARBITRATION AND FOR 

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION) AND 

RESPONSE TO PETITION; and

[PROPOSED] ORDER

 Petitioner Apple Inc. (“Petitioner”) and Respondents BYD Company Limited and BYD 

Precision Manufacturing Company, LTD. jointly stipulate, pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1(b), 6-

2, and 7-12, to extend the time to file opposition and reply briefs regarding Petitioner’s Motion to 

Compel Arbitration and for Preliminary Injunction (“Motion”) (Dkt. No. 3) and to respond to 

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STIP. TO EXTEND DATES RE: MOTION AND RESPONSE TO PETITION CASE NO. 3:15-CV-04985-RS 

Petitioner’s Petition for Order Compelling Arbitration and for Injunctive Relief Pending 

Arbitration (“Petition”) (Dkt. No. 1); 

 WHEREAS, on November 16, 2015, Petitioner filed a motion with this Court to extend the 

deadline for any opposition to Petitioner’s Motion from November 17, 2015 to November 24, 

2015, and for a similar week extension for any reply papers (Dkt. No. 24); 

 WHEREAS, this Court granted Petitioner’s motion to extend time, and rescheduled the 

hearing on Petitioner’s Motion for December 17, 2015 (Dkt. No. 25); 

WHEREAS, counsel for Respondents also will be traveling to Asia for business the week 

of December 17, 2015 and will be unavailable to attend the currently scheduled hearing on 

Petitioner’s Motion; 

 WHEREAS, counsel for Respondents were recently engaged to represent Respondents and 

require additional time to consider the legal issues presented and to compile evidence to oppose 

Petitioner’s Motion; 

WHEREAS, Petitioner understands that Respondent BYD Company Limited may have 

withdrawn, or is in the process of withdrawing, its claims in the Chinese Patent Litigation as 

described in the Petition, but Petitioner and Respondents require additional time to consider 

whether to engage in further settlement discussions, including to discuss whether BYD Company 

Limited will participate in a mediation led by the Shenzhen Court in order to obtain a “Mediation 

Order”;

 Now therefore, the parties, through the undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 

 1) That the deadline for filing an opposition to Petitioner’s Motion be extended to 

December 8, 2015; 

 2) That the deadline for filing a response to Petitioner’s Petition be extended to December 

8, 2015; 

 3) That the deadline for filing a reply in support of Petitioner’s Motion be extended to 

December 22, 2015; and 

 4) That the hearing on Petitioner’s Motion be set for January 14, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. 

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STIP. TO EXTEND DATES RE: MOTION AND RESPONSE TO PETITION CASE NO. 3:15-CV-04985-RS 

The parties’ proposed time modification would impact the deadlines in this case as follows: 

DATED: November 23, 2015 

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP 

By: /s/ Lance A. Etcheverry LANCE A. ETCHEVERRY 

Attorneys for Respondents 

BYD COMPANY LIMITED AND 

BYD PRECISION MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 

SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP 

By: /s/ Harrison J. Frahn, IV 

HARRISON J. FRAHN, IV 

Attorneys for Petitioner 

Apple Inc. 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i), the filer attests that concurrence in the filing of this 

document has been obtained from the signatories above. 

 /s/ Lance Etcheverry 

 Current date Requested date 

Respondents’ Opposition to Petitioner’s 

Motion to Compel Arbitration and For 

Preliminary Injunction

11/24/2015 12/8/2015 

Respondent’s Response to Petition 11/24/2015 12/8/2015 

Petitioner’s Reply in Support of Motion to 

Compel Arbitration and For Preliminary 

Injunction 

12/1/2015 12/22/2015 

Hearing on Petitioner’s Motion to Compel 

Arbitration and For Preliminary Injunction 

12/17/2015 01/14/2016 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING STIP. TO EXTEND DATES RE: MOTION AND RESPONSE TO PETITION CASE NO. 3:15-CV-04985-RS 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

PURSUANT TO THE FOREGOING STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, IT IS 

ORDERED THAT: 

1. the deadline for any opposition to Apple’s Motion to Compel Arbitration and for 

Preliminary Injunction be extended from November 24, 2015 to December 8, 2015; 

2. the deadline for any response to Apple’s Petition for Order Compelling Arbitration and 

for Preliminary Injunction be extended from November 24, 2015 to December 8, 2015; 

3. the deadline for any reply in support of Apple’s Motion to Compel Arbitration and for 

Preliminary Injunction also be extended from December 1, 2015 to December 22, 2015; 

and 

4. that the hearing on Petitioner’s Motion be set for January 14, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. 

November __, 2015 __________________________

Honorable Richard Seeborg 

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