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Parties Involved:
Acco Brands, Inc.
Counter-defendant
Fellowes, Inc.
Counter-claimant
Kensington Technology Group
Plaintiff
PC Guardian Anti-Theft Products, Inc.
Counter-claimant

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HENRY C. BUNSOW (State Bar No. 60707) 

K.T. CHERIAN (State Bar No. 133967) 

BRIAN A.E. SMITH (State Bar No. 188147) 

HOWREY LLP 

525 Market Street, Suite 3600 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 848-4900 

Facsimile: (415) 848-4999 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ACCO BRANDS, INC. d/b/a KENSINGTON 

TECHNOLOGY GROUP 

JOHN M. MCCORMACK (State Bar No. 143194) 

KOLISCH HARTWELL, P.C. 

260 Sheridan Ave., Suite 200 

Palo Alto CA 94306 

Telephone: (650) 325-8673 

Facsimile: (650) 325-5076 

Attorneys for Defendants 

PC GUARDIAN ANTI-THEFT PRODUCTS, INC. 

and FELLOWES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

ACCO BRANDS, INC. d/b/a KENSINGTON 

TECHNOLOGY GROUP, 

Plaintiff, 

 v. 

PC GUARDIAN ANTI-THEFT PRODUCTS, 

INC. and FELLOWES, INC., 

Defendants. 

Case No. CV 04-03526 SI 

JOINT PROPOSED CASE SCHEDULE 

Courtroom 10, 19th floor 

The Honorable Susan Illston

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Plaintiff ACCO Brands, Inc. d/b/a Kensington Technology Group (“Kensington”) and 

defendants PC Guardian Anti-Theft Products, Inc. (“PC Guardian”) and Fellowes, Inc. 

(“Fellowes”) submit this Joint Proposed Case Schedule. 

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Joint Proposal 

Close of Claim Construction Discovery October 1, 2007 

Opening Claim Construction Brief Due October 12, 2007 

Response to Claim Construction Opening 

Brief Due 

October 26, 2007 

Claim Construction Reply Brief Due November 2, 2007 

Markman Hearing (1 hour) November 16, 2007 

Further Case Management January 11, 2008 

Close of Non-Expert Discovery April 18, 2008 

Designation of Experts May 19, 2008 

Opposing Experts June 18, 2008 

Rebuttal Experts July 2, 2008 

Dispositive Motions Due August 4, 2008 

 Oppositions Due August 18, 2008 

 Reply Due August 25, 2008 

 Hearing September 5, 2008 

Close of Expert Discovery September 12, 2008 

Pretrial Conference October 28, 2008 

Trial Date November 10, 2008 

Estimated Trial Duration 5 days 

Currently pending before the United States District Court for the Northern District of 

Illinois, Eastern Division, is ACCO Brands USA, LLC v. PC Guardian Anti-Theft Products, 

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et al., Case No. 06-cv-07102. Kensington has asserted that PC Guardian and other 

defendants infringe U.S. Patent Numbers 7,100,403 and 7,121,125. On February 15, 2007, 

PC Guardian filed a motion to sever and transfer the Illinois suit to this District pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 1404. That motion is fully briefed and the parties are awaiting a decision. If the 

Illionis court orders the ‘403 and ‘125 claims transferred to this District, then the parties shall 

meet and confer within 30 days after issuance of that order to discuss the case schedule. 

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DATED: July 20, 2007. Respectfully submitted, 

 HOWREY LLP 

 By: /s/ Brian A.E. Smith 

Brian A.E. Smith 

525 Market Street, Suite 3600 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 848-49000 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ACCO BRANDS INC., d/b/a KENSINGTON 

TECHNOLOGY GROUP 

DATED: July 20, 2007. Respectfully submitted, 

 KOLISCH HARTWELL, P.C. 

 By: /s/ John M. McCormack 

John M. McCormack 

260 Sheridan Ave., Suite 200 

Palo Alto CA 94306 

Telephone: (650) 325-8673 

Attorneys for Defendants 

PC GUARDIAN ANTI-THEFT PRODUCTS, INC. 

and FELLOWES, INC. 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Susan Illston

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