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Parties Involved:
Large Scale Biology Corporation
Counter-defendant
Prodigene, Inc.
Counter-claimant

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LARGE SCALE BIOLOGY CORPORATION,

Plaintiff.

 v.

PRODIGENE, INC., 

Defendant.

_______________________________________

No. C 04-2069 SBA

 

ORDER

On May 19, 2005, Defendant Prodigene, Inc. ("Defendant") filed a partial motion to dismiss Plaintiff

Large Scale BiologyCorporation's ("Plaintiff") Declaratory JudgmentComplaint("Motionto Dismiss") [Docket

No. 108]. In the Motion to Dismiss, Defendant seeks an order dismissing portions ofPlaintiff's Complaint on

the basis that no actual case or controversy exists with respect to claims 5-13 of United States Patent No.

5,824,870 (the "'870 Patent"). 

On June 16, 2005, Plaintiff and Defendant filed a Stipulation and Proposed Order Dismissing Certain

Causes of Action with Prejudice ("Stipulation") [Docket No. 116]. In the Stipulation, the parties agree to a

dismissal with prejudice of Plaintiff's claims for a declaratory judgment of noninfringement and invalidity of

claims 3-13 ofthe '870 Patent and a dismissal with prejudice of Defendant's counterclaims for infringement of

claims 3-13 of the '870 Patent. 

For good cause showing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Plaintiff's claims for a declaratory judgmentofnoninfringement and

invalidity of claims 3-13 of the '870 Patent and Defendant's counterclaims for infringement of claims 3-13 of

the '870 Patent ARE DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. Accordingly, Defendant's Motion to Dismiss

[Docket No. 108] is DENIED AS MOOT and the July 12, 2005 hearing on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss

is VACATED. 

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United States District Court

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ITIS FURTHERORDERED THATthe Case Management Conference scheduled forTuesday,July

12,2005at1:00p.m. is VACATED. The parties shall appear for a telephonic Case ManagementConference

on July 14, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. The parties shall meet and conferprior to the conference and shall prepare

a joint Case Management Conference Statement which shall be filed no later than ten (10) days prior to the

Case Management Conference. Plaintiff shall be responsible for filing the statement. The Case Management

Conference Statement shallspecifically identify the next available date for the Claim Construction

Hearing. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 /s/ Saundra Brown Armstrong 

Dated: 6-21-05 SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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