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Parties Involved:
Acco Brands, Inc.
Counter-defendant
Fellowes, Inc.
Counter-claimant
Kensington Technology Group
Plaintiff
PC Guardian Anti-Theft Products, Inc.
Counter-claimant

Document Text:

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ACCO BRANDS, INC. d/b/a

KENSINGTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP,

Plaintiff,

v.

PC GUARDIAN ANTI-THEFT

PRODUCTS, INC. and FELLOWES, INC.,

Defendants.

No. 04-03526 SI

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER DISMISSING WITH

PREJUDICE DEFENDANTS’

AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES FOR

FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM AND

PATENT MISUSE

Plaintiff ACCO Brands, Inc. d/b/a/ Kensington Technology Group and Defendants PC

Guardian Anti-Theft Products, Inc. and Fellowes, Inc., parties to this legal action, by and through

their attorneys, do hereby stipulate and the Court does hereby order as follows:

1. Defendants’ affirmative defense of failure to state a claim, in Paragraph 11 of

Defendants’ Amended Answer, Affirmative Defenses, Counterclaims, and Demand

for Jury Trial, against U.S. Patent No. 6,553,794 is dismissed with prejudice.

John M. McCormack (State Bar No. 143194)

Peter E. Heuser (State Bar No. 111600)

Elizabeth A. Tedesco (State Bar No. 221162)

Michael R. Langer (admitted pro hac vice)

Thomas J. Romano (admitted pro hac vice)

KOLISCH HARTWELL, P.C.

260 Sheridan Avenue, Suite 200

Palo Alto, California 94306

Telephone: (650) 325-8673

Facsimile: (650) 325-5076

Attorneys for Defendants

PC GUARDIAN ANTI-THEFT PRODUCTS, INC. and FELLOWES, INC.

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2. Defendants’ affirmative defense of patent misuse, in Paragraphs 17 through 19 of

Defendants’ Amended Answer, against the ‘794 patent is dismissed with prejudice.

3. Each party is to bear its own costs and attorneys fees with respect to these two

affirmative defenses and the entry of this Stipulation and Order.

DATED: September 25, 2008 /s/ Brian Smith

Brian Smith

HOWREY LLP

525 Market Street, Suite 3600

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: 415-848-4900

Facsimile: 415-848-4999

Email: smithbrian@howrey.com

Michael Q. Eagan

Michael J. Avenatti

EAGAN O’MALLEY & AVENATTI, LLP

Three Embarcadero, 8th floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: 415-765-4600

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ACCO BRANDS INC., d/b/a

KENSINGTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP

DATED: September 25, 2008 /s/ Thomas J. Romano

Thomas J. Romano

KOLISCH HARTWELL, P.C.

520 SW Yamhill Street, Suite 200

Portland, Oregon 97204

Telephone: 503-224-6655

Facsimile: 503-295-6679

Email: tromano@khpatent.com

Attorneys for Defendants,

PC GUARDIAN ANTI-THEFT

PRODUCTS, INC. and FELLOWES, INC.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:

Honorable Susan Illston

United States District Court Judge

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