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Parties Involved:
BEA Systems, Inc.
Counter-claimant
Datamize, L.L.C.
Counter-claimant
Plumtree Software, Inc.
Counter-claimant

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JT. STIP. & [PROP.] ORDER TO STAY PROCEEDINGS 04 2777 VRW

KENNETH G. HAUSMAN (No. 57252)

Email: khausman@howardrice.com

PAMELA PHILLIPS (No. 87581)

Email: pphillips@howardrice.com

SEAN M. SELEGUE (No. 155249)

Email: sselegue@howardrice.com

JEFFREY E. FAUCETTE (No. 193066)

Email: jfaucette@howardrice.com

HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY

FALK & RABKIN

A Professional Corporation

Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111-4024

Telephone: 415/434-1600

Facsimile: 415/217-5910

Attorneys for DATAMIZE, L.L.C.

TERRY KEARNEY (No. 160054)

MICHAEL B. LEVIN (No. 172329)

MATTHEW A. ARGENTI (No. 240954)

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI

Professional Corporation

650 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, California 94304-1050

Telephone: 650/493-9300

Facsimile: 650/565-5100

Attorneys for PLUMTREE SOFTWARE, INC.

AND BEA SYSTEMS, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

DATAMIZE, L.L.C., a Wyoming limited liability

corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

PLUMTREE SOFTWARE, INC., a Delaware

corporation and BEA SYSTEMS, INC, a

Delaware corporation,

Defendants.

No. 04 2777 VRW

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER TO STAY PROCEEDINGS

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Plaintiff Datamize, L.L.C. (“Datamize”) and Defendants Plumtree Software, Inc. (“Plumtree”)

and BEA Systems, Inc. (“BEA”) jointly submit this stipulation to stay proceedings in this matter.

WHEREAS, On December 13, 2007, Plumtree and BEA filed a motion to disqualify

Datamize’s counsel at McKool Smith, and on February 6, 2008, this Court disqualified McKool

Smith from further representing Datamize in this patent infringement suit;

WHEREAS, The existing fact discovery cut-off date in this case is April 7, 2008;

WHEREAS, Datamize intends to seek appellate review and anticipates filing a Petition for

Writ of Mandamus with the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Datamize’s “Petition”) no

later than March 6, 2008, which the parties believe will not delay this case more than two or three

months;

WHEREAS, Datamize represents that it has already begun the process of securing successor

counsel in the event the disqualification order remains in place but that it is currently without

counsel able to take the case forward on the current schedule; and

WHEREAS, assuming the petition for the writ is resolved prior to May 2008, Datamize

anticipates that it will be prepared to take the case forward on a revised schedule with McKool

Smith or with successor counsel by no later than May 2008.

IT IS THEREFORE HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties, by and through

their respective attorneys of record, that:

1. This matter is stayed until further order of the Court.

2. The pending deadlines and the trial date are hereby taken off calendar.

3. Datamize shall notify this Court promptly when the Federal Circuit issues a final ruling

on the Petition for Writ of Mandamus Datamize intends to file with the Court of Appeals for the

Federal Circuit.

4. No later than 14 days following the Federal Circuit’s final ruling on the Petition for Writ

of Mandamus, the parties shall file a joint case management statement with the Court containing

their proposal for a revised case calendar and trial date.

5. A further case management conference shall be set in this matter on May 22, 2008 at

3:30 p.m. If, however, the Federal Circuit has not issued its ruling on the Petition for Writ of

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Mandamus by May 5, 2008, then Datamize shall file a report with the Court no later than May 8,

2008 informing the Court as to the status of the Petition and suggesting a date for a further case

management conference.

DATED: March 4, 2008. HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY

FALK & RABKIN, A Professional Corporation

By: /s/ Jeffrey E. Faucette

JEFFREY E. FAUCETTE

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant

DATAMIZE, L.L.C.

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI

Professional Corporation

By: /s/ Michael B. Levin

MICHAEL B. LEVIN

Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants

PLUMTREE SOFTWARE, INC. and BEA SYSTEMS,

INC.

ATTESTATION

I, Jeffrey E. Faucette, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to file

this Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Stay Proceedings. In compliance with General Order

45.X.B, I hereby attest that Michael B. Levin has concurred in this filing.

DATED: February 29, 2008. HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY

FALK & RABKIN, A Professional Corporation

By: /s/ Jeffrey E. Faucette

JEFFREY E. FAUCETTE

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant

DATAMIZE, L.L.C.

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:

HONORABLE VAUGHN R. WALKER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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March 10, 2008

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Vaughn R Walker

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