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

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[COUNSEL LISTED 

ON SIGNATURE PAGE]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION 

SHARPER IMAGE CORPORATION, a 

Delaware corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

THE MAY DEPARTMENT STORES 

COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, 

TARGET CORPORATION, a Minnesota 

corporation, IONIC PRO, LLC, a Delaware 

company, QWIK COOK, INC. d/b/a HOME 

TRENDS, a New York corporation, IDEAL 

PRODUCTS, LLC, a Nevis company, 

SYLMARK, INC., a Delaware corporation, 

SYLMARK, LLC, a Delaware company, 

FACTORIES2U, LLC, a California company, 

and CHAIM MARK BESS, an individual, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. C-04-0824 CW (WDB) 

JOINT STIPULATION TO ADJUST 

BRIEFING AND HEARING SCHEDULE 

FOR DISCOVERY MOTIONS FILED 

BETWEEN AUGUST 16, 2005 AND 

SEPTEMBER 1, 2005

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RECITALS

1. WHEREAS, Civil Local Rule 7-2(a) provides that a motion must be served and 

noticed for a date not less than 35 days after service of the motion; 

2. WHEREAS, Civil Local Rule 7-3(a) provides that any opposition to a motion must 

be filed and served not less than 21 days before the scheduled hearing; 

2. WHEREAS, Civil Local Rule 7-3(c) provides that any reply to a motion must be 

filed and served not less than 14 days before the scheduled hearing; 

3. WHEREAS, the parties have filed several discovery-related motions as follows: 

• Docket No. 202 (Plaintiff Sharper Image Corporation’s Motion to Compel); 

• Docket No. 208 (Defendants’ Motion to Compel Sharper Image Corporation To Produce 

Documents And Respond to Interrogatories Regarding Financial And Marketing Information); 

• Docket No. 220 (Plaintiff Sharper Image Corporation’s Motion to Compel); 

• Docket No. 227 (Defendants’ Motion to Compel Sharper Image Corporation To Produce 

Documents And Respond to Interrogatories Regarding Its Ionic Air Purifier Products); 

• Docket No. 232 (Defendants’ Motion to Compel Sharper Image Corporation to Provide Proper 

Responses to Written Discovery); 

• Docket No. 237 (Defendants’ Motion to Compel Sharper Image Corporation To Provide 

Substantive Responses to Discovery Requests); and 

• Docket No. 241 (Motion For Protective Order). 

4. WHEREAS, certain of these motions are calendared for hearing by the Court on 

September 28, 2005 and certain of these motions are calendared for hearing by the Court on 

October 4, 2005; 

5. WHEREAS, to facilitate the efficient briefing and hearing of discovery motions, 

the parties have agreed to have all of the above motions heard by the Court on October 4, 2005; 

6. WHEREAS, the parties have agreed upon a modified briefing schedule for the 

above-mentioned motions; 

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between counsel for Plaintiff, on the one hand, 

and counsel for Defendants, on the other hand, that the briefing and hearing of the abovementioned discovery motions shall be scheduled as follows:

Event Original Date New Date

Oppositions to Docket Nos. 202 and 208 September 7, 2005 September 12, 2005 

Oppositions to Docket Nos. 220, 227, 232, and 237 September 13, 2005 September 14, 2005 

Oppositions to Docket No. 241 September 13, 2005 September 15, 2005 

Replies to Docket Nos. 202 and 208 September 14, 2005 September 20, 2005 

Replies to Docket Nos. 220, 227, 232, and 237 September 20, 2005 September 20, 2005 

Replies to Docket Nos. 241 September 20, 2005 September 20, 2005 

Hearing on Docket Nos. 202 and 208 September 28, 2005 October 4, 2005 

Hearing on Docket Nos. 220, 227, 232, 237, 241 October 4, 2005 October 4, 2005 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

e. robert (bob) wallach (SBN 29078)

Lawyer-Counselor 

Law Offices of e. robert (bob) wallach, P.C. 

P. O. Box 2670 

San Francisco, CA 94126-2670 

155 Jackson Street, No. 602 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

(415) 989-6445 

David L. Aronoff (SBN 152606) 

Thelen Reid & Priest LLP 

333 South Hope Street, Suite 2900 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3048 

(213) 576-8044 

Jeffrey W. Shopoff (SBN 46278) 

Shopoff & Cavallo, LLP 

353 Sacramento Street, Suite 1040 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

(415) 984-1975 

Alan L. Barry (pro hac vice) 

Heather Boice (pro hac vice) 

Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC 

Three First National Plaza 

70 West Madison, Suite 3300 

Chicago, IL 60610 

Telephone: (312) 372-1121 

Dated: September 2, 2005 /s/ Amy G. O’Toole 

Amy G. O’Toole, counsel for 

Plaintiff and Counterdefendant Sharper Image Corporation 

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 IRELL & MANELLA LLP 

Morgan Chu (70446) 

Jonathan S. Kagan (166039) 

Elizabeth L. Rosenblatt (203196) 

1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900 

Los Angeles, California 90067-4276 

Telephone: (310) 277-1010 

Facsimile: (310) 203-7199 

Dated: September 2, 2005 /s/ Elizabeth L. Rosenblatt 

Elizabeth L. Rosenblatt, counsel for Defendants and 

Counterclaimants Target Corporation, Ionic Pro, LLC, Ideal 

Products, LLC, Sylmark, Inc., Sylmark, LLC, Qwik Cook, 

Inc. d/b/a Home Trends, Factories2U, LLC, and 

Chaim Mark Bess 

I, Elizabeth L. Rosenblatt, hereby attest, pursuant to N.D. Cal. General Order No. 45, that 

the concurrence to the filing of this document has been obtained from each signatory hereto. 

 /s/ Elizabeth L. Rosenblatt 

 Attorney for Defendants

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ______________, 2005 HONORABLE WAYNE D. BRAZIL

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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