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Parties Involved:
Sproqit Technologies, Inc.
Counter-claimant
Visto Corporation
Counter-claimant

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VISTO CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

v.

SPROQIT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Defendant.

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No. C-04-0651 EMC

ORDER RE MEET AND CONFER RE

COVENANT NOT TO SUE

The Court has received the parties’ supplemental briefs regarding the covenant not to sue

proffered by Visto. The parties have failed to engage fully in a meet and confer regarding the scope

of Visto’s covenant not to sue. The Court seeks clarification on a number of issues prior to

determining justiciability under Super Sack.

Accordingly, the Court orders the parties to further meet and confer within four days of the

date of this Order. The meet and confer must either be in person or by telephone. A written meet

and confer will not be sufficient. The parties should meet and confer and reach a clarifying

stipulation as to the following issues: (1) whether Sproqit’s customers or licensees (or other

authorized users) would be covered by the covenant; and (2) whether the covenant covers not only

direct infringement by Sproqit but also indirect infringement (i.e., contributory infringement and

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inducement). If the parties cannot agree upon a stipulation clarifying Visto’s covenant not to sue,

Visto shall file a brief providing specific, clear, and succinct answers to the above two questions. 

Said supplementary brief shall be filed within seven days of this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 8, 2006

 EDWARD M. CHEN

United States Magistrate Judge

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