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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Trademark

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR TIME TO CONDUCT ADR 

M. Taylor Florence, SBN 159695 

Daniel N. Ballard, SBN 219223 

BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY PC 

1415 L Street, Suite 1000 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 930-2500 

Facsimile: (916) 930-2501 

E-mail: taylor.florence@bullivant.com 

E-mail: daniel.ballard@bullivant.com 

Attorneys for Defendants, 

M&M GUTTERS, LLC and THERMAL 

TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BYLIN HEATING SYSTEMS, INC., a 

California corporation, doing business as 

BYLIN ENGINEERED SYSTEMS, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

M&M GUTTERS, LLC, a Utah Limited 

Liability Company; THERMAL 

TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Utah Corporation; 

ROOF ICE MELT SYSTEMS, INC., a Utah 

Corporation; and DOES 1 through 10, 

inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 2:07-CV-00505-FCD-KJM 

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR TIME 

TO CONDUCT ALTERNATIVE 

DISPUTE RESOLUTION 

PLEASE BE ON NOTICE that all the Parties in this action have determined and agreed 

that alternative dispute resolution in the form of mediation may lead to an early resolution of all 

matters in dispute in this action. 

While counsel have considered participating in the Court’s Voluntary Dispute 

Resolution Program ("VDRP"), the Parties believe and agree that the complexity of this case 

requires the services of a professional mediator with expertise and experience in patent 

litigation. The Parties, therefore, would like to pursue private mediation, though with the same 

expectations and within the same template normally reserved by the Court for cases assigned to 

VDRP. 

Concurrent with this Stipulation, the Parties have entered into a Standstill Agreement 

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providing, among other things, that the Parties refrain from all litigation conduct that involves 

activities or procedures in which another Party is entitled or required to participate, including 

discovery. The Standstill Agreement becomes effective only if and when the Court enters this 

Stipulation as an Order. 

THE PARTIES REQUEST AN ORDER, and hereby stipulate, that: 

1. The Parties have ninety (90) days from the date of the entry of this Order to 

conduct alternative dispute resolution, 

2. The Parties engage in their Rule 26 conference no later than fourteen (14) days 

after the alternative dispute resolution proceeding, and 

3. The Parties shall file a Joint Status Report and Discovery Plan no later than 

fourteen (14) days after the Rule 26 conference. 

Consent for the filing of this Stipulation was granted by Plaintiff's attorney Glenn 

Peterson via an email exchange with the undersigned on May 3, 2007. 

DATED: May 3, 2007 BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY PC

By: /s/ DANIEL N. BALLARD 

Daniel N. Ballard 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

 

DATED: May 3, 2007 MILLSTONE PETERSON & WATTS, LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

By: /s/ GLENN W. PETERSON 

 Glenn W. Peterson 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 4, 2007 

 

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