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

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING 

MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

Case No. C 03-1431 SBA (EDL) 

Juanita R. Brooks, SBN 75934, brooks@fr.com 

Todd G. Miller, SBN 163200, miller@fr.com 

Fish & Richardson P.C. 

12390 El Camino Real 

San Diego, CA 92130 

Telephone: (858) 678-5070 

Facsimile: (858) 678-5099 

Additional counsel listed on following page 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Counterclaim Defendants 

Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. and Fresenius USA, Inc 

Michael J. Abernathy (admitted pro hac vice) mabernathy@bellboyd.com 

Alan L. Barry (admitted pro hac vice) abarry@bellboyd.com 

Thomas L. Gemmell (admitted pro hac vice) tgemmell@bellboyd.com 

Sanjay K. Murthy (admitted pro hac vice) smurthy@bellboyd.com 

Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC 

70 West Madison Street, Suite 3100 

Chicago, IL 60602 

Telephone: (312) 372-1121 

Facsimile: (312) 827-8000 

Additional counsel listed on following page 

Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants 

Baxter International Inc. and Baxter Healthcare Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, 

INC., a New York corporation; and FRESENIUS 

USA, INC., a Massachusetts corporation, 

Plaintiffs and CounterDefendants, 

v. 

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware 

corporation; and BAXTER HEALTHCARE 

CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, 

Defendants and Counter-Plaintiffs. 

 Case No. C 03-01431 SBA (EDL) 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING MANDATORY 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

Pretrial Conference Date: June 13, 2006

Judge: Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong

Courtroom: Courtroom 3, Third Floor

 

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Additional Counsel Continued from previous page: 

Mathias W. Samuel, pro hac vice, samuel@fr.com 

Thomas S. McClenahan, SBN 203204, mcclenahan@fr.com 

Fish & Richardson P.C. 

60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3300 

Minneapolis, MN 55402 

Telephone: (612) 335-5070 

Facsimile: (612) 288-9696 

Robert A. Van Nest, SBN 84065, rav@kvn.com 

Stuart L. Gasner, SBN 164675, slg@kvn.com 

David J. Silbert, SBN 173128, djs@kvn.com 

Keker & Van Nest, LLP 

710 Sansome Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-1704 

Telephone: (415) 391-5400 

Facsimile: (415) 397-7188 

Limin Zheng, SBN 226875, zheng@fr.com 

S. Kameron Parvin, SBN 232349, parvin@fr.com 

Fish & Richardson P.C. 

500 Arguello Street, Suite 500 

Redwood City, CA 94053 

Telephone: (650) 839-5070 

Facsimile: (650) 839-5071 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Counterclaim Defendants 

Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. and Fresenius USA, Inc. 

Daniel J. Furniss, SBN 73531, djfurniss@townsend.com 

Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP 

379 Lytton Avenue 

Palo Alto, CA 94301 

Telephone: (650) 326-2400 

Facsimile: (650) 326-2422 

Patrick J. Kelleher (admitted pro hac vice) pkelleher@gcd.com 

GARDNER CARTON & DOUGLAS LLP 

191 North Wacker Drive, Suite 3700 

Chicago, Illinois 60606 

Telephone: (312) 569-1000 

Facsimile: (312) 569-3000 

Joseph P. Reagen (admitted pro hac vice) joseph_reagen@baxter.com 

BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 

One Baxter Parkway 

Deerfield, Illinois 60015 

Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants 

Baxter International Inc. and Baxter Healthcare Corporation 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING 

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Case No. C 03-1431 SBA (EDL)

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Whereas Plaintiffs FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC. and FRESENIUS 

USA, INC. (collectively “Fresenius”) and Defendants BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., and 

BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION (collectively “Baxter”) (Fresenius and Baxter shall be 

collectively referred to as the “Parties”) seek to conduct a meaningful settlement conference, the 

Parties, having met and conferred, and upon determining that good cause exists for the foregoing, 

hereby STIPULATE as follows: 

(a) The Parties have agreed to modify the date to participate in a mandatory settlement 

conference until after the hearing currently scheduled for May 16, 2006 regarding the pending 

motions before the Court. The Parties agree as follows: 

Event Current Deadline Proposed Deadline 

Mandatory Settlement 

Conference 

April 17, 2006 to May 5, 

2006 

May 16, 2006 to June 12, 

2006 (1 day prior to pretrial 

conference)

(b) The Parties have agreed to hold the mandatory settlement conference at a mutually 

agreeable location with business and legal representatives with the appropriate authority in 

attendance. 

SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: May 8, 2006 BELL, BOYD & LLOYD LLC 

By: s/Michael J. Abernathy 

 Michael J. Abernathy 

Attorneys for Defendants/Counterclaimants 

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND 

BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 

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Dated: May 8, 2006 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 

By: s/Thomas S. McClenahan 

 Thomas S. McClenahan 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Counterdefendants 

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, 

INC. AND FRESENIUS USA, INC. 

SO ORDERED: 

Dated: 5/8/06___________ Hon. Saundra B. Armstrong 

United States District Judge 

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 Pursuant to General Order No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, I attest under penalty of 

perjury that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from Thomas S. 

McClenahan. 

Dated: May 5, 2006 BELL, BOYD & LLOYD LLC 

By: s/Adam L. Marchuk 

 Adam L. Marchuk 

Attorneys for Defendants 

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., and 

BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 

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