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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING TRANSFER OF THIS CASE TO THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. C 10-03350 CW 

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MARTIN L. FINEMAN, California State Bar No. 104413 

DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 

505 Montgomery Street 

Suite 800 

San Francisco, California 94111-6533 

Phone: (415) 276-6500 

Fax: (415) 276-6599 

E-mail: martinfineman@dwt.com 

DAVID J. SHEIKH (Pro Hac Vice) 

DINA M. HAYES (Pro Hac Vice) 

JOSEPH A. CULIG (Pro Hac Vice) 

NIRO, HALLER & NIRO 

181 West Madison Street 

Suite 4600 

Chicago, Illinois 60602-4515 

Phone: (312) 236-0733 

Fax: (312) 236-3137 

E-mail: sheikh@nshn.com E-mail: hayes@nshn.com E-mail: jculig@nshn.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Morvil Technology, LLC 

EDWARD R. REINES (Bar No. 135960) 

PAUL T. EHRLICH (Bar No. 228543) 

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

Silicon Valley Office 

201 Redwood Shores Parkway 

Redwood Shores, California 94065 

E-mail: edward.reines@weil.com

E-mail: paul.ehrlich@weil.com

Telephone: (650) 802-3000 

Facsimile: (650) 802-3100 

Attorneys for Defendants

Ablation Frontiers, Inc., Medtronic 

Ablation Frontiers LLC and Medtronic

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(OAKLAND DIVISION) 

MORVIL TECHNOLOGY, LLC, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

ABLATION FRONTIERS, INC., 

MEDTRONIC ABLATION FRONTIERS 

LLC and MEDTRONIC, INC., 

 Defendants.

Case No. C 10-03350 CW 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING TRANSFER OF THIS 

CASE TO THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF 

CALIFORNIA 

 Plaintiff Morvil Technology, Inc. (“Morvil”) and defendants Ablation Frontiers, Inc., 

Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC and Medtronic, Inc. stipulate and agree as follows: 

 1. Morvil filed its Complaint initiating this case on July 29, 2010. 

 2. Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC and Medtronic, Inc. were served with Morvil’s 

Complaint on August 2, 2010. 

 3. On September 16, 2010, Morvil and the defendants filed a stipulation pursuant to 

Civil L.R. 6.1(a) extending the time for the defendants to respond to Morvil’s Complaint to 

September 30, 2010. 

 4. The defendants have represented to Morvil that Ablation Frontiers, Inc. has 

merged into Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC; that Ablation Frontiers, Inc. no longer exists; 

and that Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC has completely assumed and is completely 

responsible for any liabilities of Ablation Frontiers, Inc., including those liabilities that may 

result from Morvil's claims for infringement in this case. 

 5. The defendants maintain that Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC does not have, 

and has never had, a regular and established place of business in the Northern District of 

California. 

 6. The defendants maintain that Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC does not have, 

and has never had, contacts with the Northern District of California that would be sufficient to 

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subject Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC to personal jurisdiction in the Northern District of 

California. 

 7. The defendants have represented to Morvil that Medtronic Ablation Frontiers 

LLC's principal place of business in the United States is in Carlsbad, California, within the 

Southern District of California. The defendants maintain that venue is improper in this district 

with respect to Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC due to its lack of contacts with this district. 

The defendants further maintain that this is not a convenient forum for the parties and witnesses. 

Accordingly, the defendants have informed Morvil that they intend to file a motion to dismiss 

based on improper venue and to transfer this case to the U.S. District Court for the Southern 

District of California based on 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). That motion would be based on the 

concentration of witnesses in the Southern District of California relative to the more limited 

relationship between this district and this case. The Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC witnesses 

knowledgeable about the accused products are concentrated in Carlsbad, California, which is in 

the Southern District of California. Morvil is not located in this district. It is located in 

Roseville, California, which is in the Eastern District of California. While there might turn out 

to be some witnesses in this district, the parties are not aware of a substantial number of 

witnesses in this district or any particular interest this district would have in this case. 

 8. To avoid motion practice regarding the venue for this case, and based upon the 

above, the parties hereby STIPULATE and AGREE as follows: 

 A. Morvil will file a First Amended Complaint removing Ablation Frontiers, Inc. 

from the case, without prejudice. If discovery reveals that Ablation Frontiers, Inc. should be a 

party in this case, none of Ablation Frontiers, Inc., Medtronic, Inc. and Medtronic Ablation 

Frontiers LLC will object to its addition based on the removal of that entity from this case 

pursuant to this stipulation, or assert laches, waiver or estoppel based on the addition of Ablation 

Frontiers, Inc. as a party. 

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 B. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), this case should be transferred to the 

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in San Diego for the convenience of 

the parties and witnesses and in the interests of justice. 

 C. Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC and Medtronic, Inc. will answer Morvil's First 

Amended Complaint within 14 days after the First Amended Complaint is served. 

Respectfully submitted, 

 /s/David J. Sheikh 

MARTIN L. FINEMAN (Bar No. 104413) 

martinfineman@dwt.com DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 

505 Montgomery St., Suite 800 

San Francisco, California 94111-6533 

Phone: (415) 276-6500 

Fax: (415) 276-6599 

DAVID J. SHEIKH (Pro Hac Vice) 

DINA M. HAYES (Pro Hac Vice) 

JOSEPH A. CULIG (Pro Hac Vice) 

NIRO, HALLER & NIRO 

181 West Madison, Suite 4600 

Chicago, IL 60602-4515 

Phone: (312) 236-0733 

Fax: (312) 236-3137 

E-mail: sheikh@nshn.com E-mail: hayes@nshn.com E-mail: jculig@nshn.com

Attorneys for Morvil Technology, LLC

Respectfully submitted, 

 /s/Edward R. Reines 

EDWARD R. REINES (Bar No. 135960) 

edward.reines@weil.com

PAUL T. EHRLICH (Bar No. 228543) 

paul.ehrlich@weil.com

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

Silicon Valley Office 

201 Redwood Shores Parkway 

Redwood Shores, CA 94065 

Telephone: (650) 802-3000 

Facsimile: (650) 802-3100 

Attorneys for Defendants

Ablation Frontiers, Inc., Medtronic 

Ablation Frontiers LLC and Medtronic

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated: 10/4/2010 

 U.S. District Judge 

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