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Parties Involved:
Digital Impact, Inc.
Counter-defendant
Yesmail, Inc.
Counter-claimant

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CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

Case Nos. C 05-00636 SBA and C-05-00990 SBA

THOMAS E. MOORE III (Bar # 115107)

NICOLE V. ECONOMOU (Bar # 154485)

TOMLINSON ZISKO LLP

200 Page Mill Road, Second Floor

Palo Alto, California 94306

Telephone: (650) 325-8666

Facsimile: (650) 324-1808

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant, DIGITAL IMPACT, INC.

ARTHUR M. DRESNER (pro hac vice)

REED SMITH LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 521-5404

Facsimile: (212) 521-5450

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant

BIGFOOT INTERACTIVE, INC.

L.J. CHRIS MARTINIAK (Bar # 64847)

HELLER EHRMAN LLP

333 Bush Street 

San Francisco, CA 94014

Telephone: (415) 772-6000

Facsimile: (415) 772-6268

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant

YESMAIL, INC.

See Attachment A for additional counsel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

DIGITAL IMPACT, INC., a Delaware 

corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

BIGFOOT INTERACTIVE, INC., a Delaware 

corporation,

Defendant.

RELATED CASES:

NO. C05 00636 SBA

NO. C05 00990 SBA

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

CMC DATE: September 28, 2005

Time: 3:00 p.m.

Before: Hon. Saundra B. Armstrong 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM

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CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

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The initial case management conference was held before the Court via telephone 

conference on September 28, 2005, at 3:00 p.m. Thomas E. Moore III of Tomlinson Zisko LLP 

appeared on behalf of the plaintiff, Digital Impact, Inc. ("Digital Impact"), Arthur M. Dresner and 

John P. Bovich of Reed Smith LLP appeared on behalf of defendant Bigfoot Interactive, Inc. 

("Bigfoot"), and L.J. Chris Martiniak, Peter E. Gratzinger and Christopher J. Longman of Heller 

Ehrman LLP appeared on behalf of defendant Yesmail, Inc. ("Yesmail"). Good cause appearing,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. The parties have represented that they are attempting to resolve both related cases 

and that they will be using the ADR services of the court. Pending this attempt, discovery in both 

related cases shall be stayed. If resolution of either case is not successful, the court will then 

conduct a limited “mini-Markman” proceeding in accordance with the rest of this order. At that 

time, limited discovery may be conducted solely as to the issues presented in that proceeding

without prejudice to subsequent discovery on all relevant issues if the case is not resolved by the 

mini-Markman proceeding.

2. The Court will hold a "mini-Markman" hearing on April 5, 2006, at 9:00 a.m.

concurrently in both related cases. The purpose of the "mini-Markman" hearing will be to construe 

the patent-at-issue, U.S. Patent No. 6,449,634, with respect to the sole issue of whether the patent's

claims require steps from independent parties.

3. The schedule of submissions prior to that hearing is set forth below:

DIGITAL IMPACT, INC., a Delaware 

corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

YESMAIL, INC., a Delaware corporation,

Defendant.

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM

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CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

Case Nos. C 05-00636 SBA and C-05-00990 SBA

Deadline Activity

December 16, 2005 Exchange of Proposed Terms and Claim 

Elements for Construction (Pat. L.R. 4-1). 

The parties are to limit the terms to be 

construed to no more than six terms.

December 23, 2005 Exchange of Preliminary Claim 

Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence 

(Pat. L.R. 4-2).

January 13, 2006 Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing 

Statement (Pat. L.R. 4-3).

February 13, 2006 Claim Construction Discovery closes.

February 27, 2006 Bigfoot and Yesmail file their ”miniMarkman” briefs.

March 13, 2006 Digital Impact files its opposition papers.

March 20, 2006 Bigfoot and Yesmail file their reply 

papers.

April 5, 2006 @ 9:00 AM Mini-Markman hearing

3. The parties anticipate that discovery in this case will require the disclosure of 

substantial amounts of confidential, proprietary and other commercially sensitive information, and 

therefore will seek the entry of a mutually agreeable protective order in each related case. All other 

proceedings and disclosures will be deferred until after the Court issues its mini-Markman order. If 

that order does not dispose of the case, the parties may propound discovery on any of the remaining 

issues in the case without further leave of Court.

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CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

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4. After issuing its mini-Markman order, the court shall, if necessary, set a date for a 

further case management conference for the purpose of scheduling dates for the balance of the 

case.

DATED: 10/5/05 

HON. SAUNDRA B. ARMSTRONG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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ATTACHMENT A

JOHN P. BOVICH (Bar No. 150688)

REED SMITH LLP

2 Embarcadero Center 

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 659-5926

Facsimile: (415) 391-8269

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant

BIGFOOT INTERACTIVE, INC.

PETER E. GRATZINGER (Bar # 228764)

HELLER EHRMAN LLP

275 Middlefield Road

Menlo Park, CA 94027

Telephone: (650) 324-7000

Facsimile: (650) 324-0638

CHRISTOPHER J. LONGMAN (Bar # 234473)

HELLER EHRMAN LLP

4350 La Jolla Village Drive, 7th Floor

San Diego, CA 92122

Telephone: (858) 450-8400

Facsimile: (858) 450-8499

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant

YESMAIL, INC.

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