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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1121 Trademark Infringement

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COBLENTZ, PA T

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H, DUFFY 

& BASS, LLP 

O ne F erry Bui lding, Sui te 20

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JEFFREY G. KNOWLES (State Bar # 129754) 

COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS, LLP

One Ferry Building, Suite 200 

San Francisco, California 94111-4213 

Telephone: (415) 391-4800 

Facsimile: (415) 989-1663 

Email: jgk@cpdb.com

JONATHAN Z. KING 

Pro Hac Vice 

COWAN, LIEBOWITZ & LATMAN, P.C. 

1133 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, New York 10036 

Telephone: (212) 790-9200 

Facsimile: (212) 575-0671 

Email: jzk@cll.com

Attorneys for Defendants SANOFI-AVENTIS and 

SANOFI-SYNTHELABO INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MEDICAL WEEK NEWS, INC., and 

MILTON R. BENJAMIN, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

SANOFI-AVENTIS and SANOFISYNTHELABO INC., 

 Defendants. 

Case No. C-05-2600 MJJ 

STIPULATED REQUEST AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER CHANGING TIME

Complaint Filed: June 27, 2005 

Amended Complaint Filed: September 8, 2005 

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12231.001.0015.c 1 Case No. C 05-2600 MJJ 

STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CHANGING TIME

Case 3:05-cv-02600-MJJ Document 15 Filed 09/22/2005 Page 1 of 3

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WHEREAS, the parties have undertaken discussions aimed at informally resolving this 

action; and 

WHEREAS, the parties have commenced settlement discussions and have made 

significant progress towards reaching a settlement that may resolve this action; and 

WHEREAS, the parties need additional time to negotiate the all the terms of such a 

settlement and to finalize an agreement reflecting the same; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties, that Defendants be granted an 

extension of time in which to answer or otherwise respond to the Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint 

up to and including forty-five (45) days from the prior response date of September 26, 2005 for 

both defendants. In order to accommodate various scheduling issues, the parties have further 

agreed that a change of certain other dates and deadlines in this matter is appropriate. 

Therefore, all parties to this action, by and through their respective counsel of record, 

hereby stipulate and agree that the following dates and deadlines should be amended as follows: 

1. Last day for defendants to answer or otherwise respond to the plaintiffs Amended 

Complaint (formerly September 26, 2005): now November 10, 2005;

2. Last day to meet and confer re initial disclosures, early settlement, ADR process 

selection, and discovery plan (formerly September 27, 2005): now November 28, 2005; 

3. Last day to file Joint ADR Certification with Stipulation to ADR process or Notice 

of Need for ADR Phone Conference (formerly September 27, 2005): now November 28, 2005; 

4. Last day to complete initial disclosures or state objection in Rule 26(f) Report, 

file/serve Case Management Statement, and file/serve Rule 26(f) Report (formerly October 11, 

2005): now November 30, 2005;

5. Case Management Conference in Courtroom 11, 19th Floor at 2:00 p.m. (formerly October 

18, 2005): now December 20, 2005; 

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STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CHANGING TIME

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91-4800 • fax (415) 989-1

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No other dates are intended to be altered by this Stipulation and Order. 

Dated: September 22, 2005 COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS, LLP 

By: /s/ Jeffrey G. Knowles 

 JEFFREY G. KNOWLES

Attorneys for Defendants SANOFIAVENTIS and SANOFI-SYNTHELABO 

INC. 

 PRO HAC VICE 

JONATHAN Z. KING 

COWAN, LIEBOWITZ & LATMAN, P.C 

Attorneys for Defendants SANOFIAVENTIS and SANOFI-SYNTHELABO 

INC. 

Dated: September 22, 2005 ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION 

By: /s/ Corynne McSherry 

Fred von Lohmann, 

Jason M. Schultz 

Corynne McSherry 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MEDICAL WEEK NEWS, INC., and 

MILTON R. BENJAMIN, 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: __________________________________________ 

Hon. Martin J. Jenkins 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

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