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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC., a

Delaware corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, a

Cayman Island corporation,

Defendant. /

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS.

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O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, a

Cayman Island corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC., a

Delaware corporation, et al., 

Defendants. /

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS AND CROSSCLAIMS.

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No. C 04-2000 CW

(consolidated with

No. C 06-2929 CW)

ORDER CONCERNING

COURT-APPOINTED

EXPERT

At the hearing on October 27, 2006, the Court informed the

parties that, if this case went to trial, the Court would order a

court-appointed expert to testify on the technology at issue. See

Case 4:04-cv-02000-CW Document 671 Filed 01/17/07 Page 1 of 2
United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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Fed. R. Evid. 706. Therefore, the parties are ordered to submit a

statement to this Court within a week from the date of this order.

The parties shall inform the Court whether their clients are

willing to waive a jury. In addition, the parties shall meet and

confer concerning the individual that the Court will select as the

court-appointed expert. If they cannot agree on the individual,

the parties shall try to agree on the process for selecting the

individual and shall inform the Court of the agreed process. If

the parties cannot agree on a process, O2 Micro shall provide MPS,

ASMC and ASUSTeK with two nominees; MPS, ASMC and ASUSTeK shall

provide O2 Micro with two nominees. The parties will provide the

Court with commentary, no more than five pages per side, on why the

Court should select one of their nominees, and not one of the

opposing side's nominees. 

The parties are also ordered to submit a proposed schedule,

including when the parties will provide the court-appointed expert

with information, and what information will be provided, when the

court-appointed expert's report should be due and when the parties

will depose the court-appointed expert. 

The Court will consider the parties' statement and then issue

an order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 1/17/07 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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