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Parties Involved:
Dell, Inc.
Counter-claimant
Negotiated Data Solutions LLC
Counter-defendant

Document Text:

SQUIRE, SANDERS &

DEMPSEY L.L.P. 

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Palo Alto, CA 94304-1043 

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CASE NO. C 03-05755 JSW 

JOINT PROPOSAL REGARDING DEPOSITION LIMITS AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

David S. Elkins (State Bar No. 148077) 

DElkins@ssd.com 

Jose Luis Martin (State Bar No. 203709) 

JLMartin@ssd.com 

Xavier M. Brandwajn (State Bar No. 246218) 

XBrandwajn@ssd.com 

SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY L.L.P. 

600 Hansen Way 

Palo Alto, California 94304-1043 

Telephone: 650.856.6500 

Facsimile: 650.843.8777 

Nathan Lane III (State Bar No. 50961) 

NLane@ssd.com 

Arturo E. Sandoval (State Bar No. 227077) 

ASandoval@ssd.com 

SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY L.L.P. 

One Maritime Plaza, Third Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: 415.954.0200 

Facsimile: 415.393.9887 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant 

NEGOTIATED DATA SOLUTIONS LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

NEGOTIATED DATA SOLUTIONS LLC, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

DELL, INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. C 03-05755 JSW 

JOINT PROPOSAL REGARDING 

DEPOSITION LIMITS AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

The Honorable Jeffrey S. White

DELL, INC., 

Counterclaimant, 

 vs. 

NEGOTIATED DATA SOLUTIONS LLC, 

Counterclaim Defendant. 

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CASE NO. C 03-05755 JSW 

JOINT PROPOSAL REGARDING DEPOSITION LIMITS AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

JOINT STATEMENT

At the November 9, 2007 Case Management Conference and in the Court’s Civil Minute 

Order that followed, the Court instructed the parties to report by December 10, 2007 with their 

joint or separate proposals as to whether the Court should permit deviation from the statutory 

deposition limits. 

The parties met and conferred about the topic following their exchange of Initial 

Disclosures. After discussion, plaintiff/counterclaim defendant Negotiated Data Solutions LLC 

(“N-Data”) and defendant/counterclaimant Dell, Inc. (“Dell”) have agreed as follows and request 

that the parties’ agreement be entered as the Court’s Order: 

1. Each side is limited to 120 hours of deposition examination time. This 120-hour 

limit excludes deposition time for expert witnesses. Each party shall be entitled to take one 

deposition of up to seven hours for each expert witness designated by the other. 

2. The 120-hour limit is without prejudice to a reasonable future proposal to extend 

the 120-hour limit set now. N-Data and Dell have each represented to the other, and each repeats 

that representation to the Court here, that it will not oppose a reasonable request to extend the 

120-hour deposition limit when good cause exists for doing so. 

The agreed 120-hour limit represents a substantial compromise for both sides. N-Data 

strongly believes that the statutory limits on depositions should be observed, and that any 

departure from the statutory limits based on Dell’s Initial Disclosures should be less than the 120 

hours agreed on here. Dell, on the other hand, proposed 200 deposition hours, and strongly 

believes that its Initial Disclosures, and anticipated future Patent Local Rule disclosures, justify 

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more than the 120 hours agreed on here. Notwithstanding their respective beliefs, the parties 

have agreed that this compromise shall govern deposition planning, subject to their agreement in 

paragraph nos. 1-2 above. 

Dated: December 10, 2007 SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY L.L.P. 

By: /s/ David S. Elkins 

David S. Elkins 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant

NEGOTIATED DATA SOLUTIONS LLC 

Dated: December 10, 2007 PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP

By: /s/ Michael N. Edelman 

Michael N. Edelman 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant 

DELL, INC. 

ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45 

I, David S. Elkins, attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained 

from the other signatory. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on December 10, 2007. 

By: /s/ David S. Elkins 

David S. Elkins 

ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated:____________________ ____________________________________ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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December 10, 2007

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