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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement

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Civil Action No. 3:09-CV-05040-JSW

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO

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SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

A Limited Liability Partnership

Including Professional Corporations

NEIL A. SMITH, Cal. Bar No. 63777

NATHANIEL BRUNO, Cal. Bar No. 228118

Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: 415-434-9100

Facsimile: 415-434-3947

Email: nsmith@sheppardmullin.com

nbruno@sheppardmullin.com

SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

A Limited Liability Partnership

Including Professional Corporations

MICHAEL A. MOLANO, Cal. Bar No. 171057

990 Marsh Road

Menlo Park, California 94025

Telephone: 650-815-2600

Facsimile: 650-815-2601

Email: mmolano@sheppardmullin.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

AKEENA SOLAR, INC. and

ANDALAY SOLAR, INC. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

AKEENA SOLAR, INC., a Delaware

corporation; and ANDALAY SOLAR, INC., a

California corporation,Plaintiffs, v. ZEP SOLAR, INC., a California corporation;

GLOBAL RESOURCE OPTIONS, INC. dba

GROSOLAR, a Delaware corporation; and

HIGH SUN TECHNOLOGY, INC., a

California corporation,Defendants.

Civil Action No. 3:09-CV-05040-JSW

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER TO CHANGE TIME OF

BRIEFING SCHEDULE RE

DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO STAY

[Civil L.R. 6-2]

Honorable Jeffrey S. White

United States District Judge

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Plaintiffs Akeena Solar, Inc. and Andalay Solar, Inc. ("Plaintiffs") hereby stipulate

pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2 with Defendants Zep Solar, Inc., Global Resource Options, Inc. dba groSolar, and High Sun Technology, Inc. ("Defendants") that that Plaintiffs' deadline to file an

opposition to Defendants' motion to stay this action be continued five days from February 11, 2010 to February 16, and that Defendants' related reply deadline be continued five days from

February 18 to February 23, but that the hearing date on Defendants' motion to stay shall remain

March 5, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. STIPULATION

WHEREAS, on October 22, 2009, Plaintiffs filed this action against Defendants

charging Defendants with infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,406,800 (the "'800 Patent") and

seeking a declaration of non-infringement of Defendants' U.S. Patent No. 7,592,537 (the "'537

Patent") (Docket No. 1.);

WHEREAS, on January 27, 2010, Defendants filed a request for inter partes

reexamination of the '800 Patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") and

on that same day, filed a motion to stay this action pending reexamination of the '800 Patent, setting the hearing date for March 5, 2010 (Declaration of Neil A. Smith, ¶ 2; Docket No. 24.);

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs' opposition to Defendants' motion to stay is currently due on

February 11, 2010. Defendants' motion to dismiss was scheduled to be heard on February 12, 2010, the day after Plaintiffs' opposition to the motion to stay would have been filed. On February

9, 2010, this Court granted Defendants' separate motion to dismiss Plaintiff's claim for a

declaratory judgment of non-infringement of the '537 Patent (Docket No. 29), ruling sua sponte

and in advance of the February 12, 2010 hearing date on the motion to dismiss, thereby

eliminating one of the two patents at issue in the action (Defendants' '537 Patent) and altering the

overall landscape of the action and the arguments pertaining to a potential stay of the action;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have represented they were preparing their opposition to the

motion to stay based on a belief that Defendants' '537 Patent would still be a part of the case at the

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time of their opposition, and that they now need a brief extension of five days to be able to account

for the new status of the case in their opposition to the motion to stay (Smith Declaration, ¶ 3);

WHEREAS, furthermore, Plaintiffs have represented that Plaintiff Akeena Solar, Inc. is a public company whose client representative is very busy preparing for an earnings call

this week, and that the client representative's input is needed as Plaintiffs readjust and revamp

their opposition arguments, but that the client representative is unavailable this week due to the

earnings call (Smith Declaration, ¶ 4);

WHEREAS, furthermore, Plaintiffs have represented that their lead counsel is

scheduled to be giving a speech in southern California on February 11, 2010 (the current due date

of Plaintiffs' opposition to the motion to stay) and his availability and input is needed to craft a

new opposition (Smith Declaration, ¶ 5);

WHEREAS, Monday, February 15, 2010 is a federal holiday (Presidents Day);

WHEREAS, the only previous modifications of time in this action were when

Plaintiffs stipulated on November 11, 2009 to extend Defendants time to answer or otherwise

respond to the Complaint (Docket No. 8), and when a slightly new case management schedule was

ordered by the Court on December 3, 2009 after this action was reassigned from a magistrate

judge to this Court (Docket No. 12); and

WHEREAS, the time extensions requested herein should not have an appreciable

effect on the overall progress of this case, but will simply extend the briefing dates pertaining to

Defendants' motion to stay by five days and will not affect the hearing date on the motion to stay

(Smith Declaration, ¶ 6);

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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by all parties to this action,

through their counsel of record, that Plaintiffs' deadline to file an opposition to Defendants' motion

to stay be continued from February 11, 2010 to February 16, and that Defendants' related reply

deadline be continued from February 18 to February 23, but that the hearing date on Defendants' motion to stay shall remain March 5, 2010 at 9:00 a.m.

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ________________________ ________________________________ Honorable Jeffrey S. White

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Dated: February 10, 2010

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

By /s/ Neil A. Smith

NEIL A. SMITH

MICHAEL A. MOLANO

NATHANIEL BRUNO

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

AKEENA SOLAR, INC. and

ANDALAY SOLAR, INC.

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However, the Court 

HEREBY CONTINUES the hearing to March 19, 2010 at 9:00 a.m.

February 11, 2010

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