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CIVIL L.R. 7-12 STIPULATION REGARDING

AMENDMENT OF INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS – C08-3129 MMC

HOWARD A. SLAVITT (State Bar # 172840)

COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS, LLP

One Ferry Building, Suite 200

San Francisco, CA 94111-4213

Telephone: (415) 391-4800

Facsimile: (415) 989-1663

E-mail: has@cpdb.com

MICHAEL A. ALBERT (admitted pro hac vice)

MICHAEL N. RADER (admitted pro hac vice)

CHARLES T. STEENBURG (admitted pro hac vice)

WOLF, GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.

600 Atlantic Avenue

Boston, MA 02210-2206

Telephone: (617) 646-8000

Facsimile: (617) 646-8646

E-mail: malbert@wolfgreenfield.com

mrader@wolfgreenfield.com

csteenburg@wolfgreenfield.com

Attorneys for Defendant biolitec, Inc.

[Other counsel of record listed on last page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP d/b/a

VNUS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES,

Plaintiff,

vs.

BIOLITEC, INC., DORNIER MEDTECH

AMERICA, INC., and NEW STAR

LASERS, INC. d/b/a COOLTOUCH, INC.,

Defendants.

Case No. C08-03129 MMC

CIVIL L.R. 7-12 STIPULATION

REGARDING AMENDMENT OF

INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS

TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP d/b/a

VNUS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES,

Plaintiff,

vs.

TOTAL VEIN SOLUTIONS, LLC. d/b/a

TOTAL VEIN SYSTEMS,

Defendants.

Case No. C08-04234 MMC

(consolidated with Case No. C08-03129 MMC)

AND ORDER THEREON

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CIVIL L.R. 7-12 STIPULATION REGARDING

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WHEREAS Defendants biolitec, Inc., Dornier Medtech America, Inc., New Star Lasers,

Inc. d/b/a Cooltouch, Inc., and Total Vein Solutions, LLC d/b/a Total Vein Systems

(“Defendants”) recently obtained certain references that Defendants contend to be material prior

art to patents asserted by Plaintiff Tyco Healthcare Group LP d/b/a VNUS Medical Technologies

(Plaintiff) in the above-captioned litigation;

WHEREAS despite diligent searching, those references were not known to Defendants at

the time their Patent L.R. 3-3 Invalidity Contentions were due;

WHEREAS Patent Local Rule 3-6 permits parties to amend Invalidity Contentions by

Order of the Court;

WHEREAS Defendant biolitec, Inc., provided Plaintiff with a [Proposed] Amendment to

biolitec Inc.’s Invalidity Contentions, attached hereto as Exhibit A;

WHEREAS the proposed amendment would not affect the schedule of the case; and

WHEREAS Plaintiff does not object to the proposed amendment;

NOW, THEREFORE, Defendants request, and Plaintiff does not oppose, that the Court

grant leave for biolitec, Inc. to amend its Invalidity Contentions to include Exhibit A, and permit

the other Defendants to rely on the amendment to the same extent as biolitec.

Dated: February 22, 2010 WOLF, GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.

_/s/ Michael N. Rader

Michael N. Rader (admitted pro hac vice)

Charles T. Steenburg (admitted pro hac vice)

600 Atlantic Avenue

Boston, MA 02210

Tel: (617) 646-8000

Fax: (617) 646-8646

mrader@wolfgreenfield.com

csteenburg@wolfgreenfield.com

Attorneys for Defendant biolitec, Inc.

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KING & SPALDING LLP

__/s/ A. Shane Nichols

A. Shane Nichols (admitted pro hac vice)

Richard W. Miller (admitted pro hac vice)

1180 Peachtree Street N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309-3521

Tel: (404) 572-4600

Fax: (404) 572-5100

snichols@kslaw.com

rmiller@kslaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant

Dornier MedTech America, Inc.

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

__/s/ Allan W. Jansen

James W. Geriak (Bar No. 32871)

Allan W. Jansen (Bar No. 81992)

4 Park Plaza, Suite 1600

Irvine, CA 92614-2558

Tel: (949) 567-6700

Fax: (949) 567-6710

jgeriak@orrick.com

ajansen@orrick.com

Attorneys for Defendant

New Star Lasers, Inc. d/b/a CoolTouch, Inc.

BUCHE & ASSOCIATES, P.C.

__/s/ Sean M. Sullivan

John Karl Buche (Bar No. 239477)

Sean M. Sullivan (Bar No. 254372)

875 Prospect, Suite 305

La Jolla, CA 92037

Tel: (858) 812-2840

Fax: (858) 459-9120

jbuche@westerniplaw.com

sean@westerniplaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant

Total Vein Solutions, LLC d/b/a Total Vein Systems

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CIVIL L.R. 7-12 STIPULATION REGARDING

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DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP

__/s/ Suong T. Nguyen

Matthew B. Lehr (Bar No. 213139)

Suong T. Nguyen (Bar No. 237557)

David J. Lisson (Bar No. 250994)

1600 El Camino Real

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Tel: (650) 752-2000

Fax: (650) 752-2111

matthew.lehr@davispolk.com

suong.nguyen@davispolk.com

david.lisson@davispolk.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Tyco Healthcare Group LP d/b/a

VNUS Medical Technologies

I hereby attest that I have on file written (or e-mail) permission to sign this stipulation

from all parties whose signatures are indicated by a “confirmed” signature (/s/) within this e-filed

document.

Dated: February 22, 2010 /s/ Michael N. Rader_____

Michael N. Rader

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: __________________ _______________________________

HON. MAXINE M. CHESNEY, U.S.D.J.

February 23, 2010

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