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

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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

TESSERA, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. et al.,

Defendants. /

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS.

 /

No. C-05-4063 CW

ORDER GRANTING THE

ASP DEFENDANTS’

MOTION FOR A

TEMPORARY

RESTRAINING ORDER

Defendants Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.,

Siliconware USA, Inc., STATS ChipPAC Ltd., STATS ChipPAC (BVI)

Limited, STATS ChipPAC, Inc., Advanced Semiconductor Engineering,

Inc., ASE (U.S.) Inc., ChipMOS Technologies, Inc. and ChipMOS,

U.S.A., Inc. (collectively, the ASP Defendants) move for a

temporary restraining order prohibiting Plaintiff Tessera, Inc.

from initiating an action against them before the International

Trade Commission (ITC), or in any other way seeking relief against

them outside of California. Plaintiff opposes the ASP Defendants’

motion. The matter was submitted on the papers. Having considered

all of the papers submitted by the parties, the Court grants the

ASP Defendants’ motion.

To obtain a temporary retraining order, the moving party must

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establish either: (1) a combination of probable success on the

merits and the possibility of irreparable harm, or (2) that serious

questions regarding the merits exist and the balance of hardships

tips sharply in the moving party’s favor. See Baby Tam & Co. v.

City of Las Vegas, 154 F.3d 1097, 1100 (9th Cir. 1998); Rodeo

Collection, Ltd. v. W. Seventh, 812 F.2d 1215, 1217 (9th Cir.

1987).

The Court finds that the ASP Defendants have made a sufficient

showing of likely success on the merits of their claims and of

irreparable harm to justify granting the relief they seek. 

Therefore, their motion for a temporary restraining order is

GRANTED. Plaintiff shall not initiate an action against the ASP

Defendants before the International Trade Commission (ITC), or in

any other way seek relief against them outside of California, for

infringement of the patents that are the subject of the license

agreements between them. This temporary restraining order is

effective on the ASP Defendants’ posting a bond in the amount of

$1,000. 

The parties are ordered to appear before the Court on October

23 at 2:00 p.m., at which time oral argument will be heard on the

ASP Defendants’ motion for a preliminary injunction. No additional

written submissions may be made.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

10/10/07

Dated: ________________________ 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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