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Parties Involved:
The Stanley Works
Defendant
Zircon Corporation
Plaintiff

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[PROPOSED] ORDER AND JOINT STIPULATION FOR NINTH EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE STANLEY WORKS TO 

ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO ZIRCON CORPORATION’S COMPLAINT - Case No. C03 03577 JSW 

MacPHERSON KWOK CHEN & HEID LLP 

JENNIFER M. LANTZ (SBN 202252) 

1762 Technology Drive, Suite 226 

San Jose CA 95110 

Telephone: (408) 392-9250 

Facsimile: (408) 392-9262 

Email address: jlantz@macpherson-kwok.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ZIRCON CORPORATION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

ZIRCON CORPORATION, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

THE STANLEY WORKS, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. C03 03577 JSW 

[PROPOSED] ORDER AND JOINT 

STIPULATION FOR NINTH EXTENSION 

OF TIME FOR THE STANLEY WORKS TO 

ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO 

ZIRCON CORPORATION’S COMPLAINT 

WHEREAS, Zircon Corporation (“Zircon”) commenced this action in the United States 

District Court for the Northern District of California on July 31, 2003, and requested waiver of 

summons on The Stanley Works (“Stanley”) on September 24, 2003; 

WHEREAS, Zircon and Stanley continue to actively work towards a settlement of this 

matter, have exchanged several sets of settlement terms, and Stanley is currently developing a 

response to Zircon’s most recent set of proposed terms. The parties hope to conclude such 

negotiations within the next ninety days; 

WHEREAS, under the first order setting initial case management conference, meet and 

confer and ADR certifications were due November 21, 2003 and Stanley’s answer was due on 

November 24, 2003; 

WHEREAS, under the first order setting an initial case management conference, initial 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER AND JOINT STIPULATION FOR NINTH EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE STANLEY WORKS TO 

ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO ZIRCON CORPORATION’S COMPLAINT - Case No. C03 03577 JSW 

disclosures, a case management statement, and the Rule 26(f) report were due on December 5, 

2003;

WHEREAS, Zircon has agreed to grant Stanley an extension of time within which Stanley 

may answer Zircon’s complaint; 

WHEREAS the parties previously stipulated, and this Court ordered, that the deadline for 

meet and confer and ADR certifications, the answer, and any other responses to the complaint or 

allegations contained therein was extended to May 27, 2005, that the deadline for initial 

disclosures, case management statement, and Rule 26(f) report was extended to June 17, 2005, 

and that the Case Management Conference would be held on June 24, 2005. 

NOW THEREFORE, in order to attempt to conclude settlement negotiations, the parties 

hereto, by and through their undersigned counsel, and subject to the approval of the Court, 

stipulate and agree as follows: 

(1) That the deadline for meet-and-confer and ADR certifications, Stanley’s answer, and 

any other responses to the complaint or allegations contained therein is extended to August 26, 

2005.

(2) That the deadline for initial disclosures, the case management statement, and the Rule 

26(f) report is extended to September 16, 2005. 

(3) That parties appear in court for a case management conference on Friday, September 

23, 2005, at 1:30 p.m. or at a subsequent date and time set by the Court. 

Dated: May 24, 2005 

MACPHERSON KWOK CHEN & 

HEID LLP 

By /s/ 

Jennifer M. Lantz 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ZIRCON CORPORATION 

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW 

PITTMAN LLP 

By /s/ 

Brian Beatus 

Attorneys for Defendant 

THE STANLEY WORKS 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER AND JOINT STIPULATION FOR NINTH EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE STANLEY WORKS TO 

ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO ZIRCON CORPORATION’S COMPLAINT - Case No. C03 03577 JSW 

I attest under penalty of perjury that concurrence in the filing of the above stipulation has 

been obtained from Brian Beatus, counsel for The Stanley Works. 

Dated: May 26, 2005 

By /s 

Jennifer M. Lantz 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ZIRCON CORPORATION 

SO ORDERED, this day of , 2005. 

_ United States District Judge 

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27th May

/s/ Jeffrey S. White

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