Monster Cable Products, Inc. v. Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation

Filing 8

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 1/10/12. Case stayed for sixty days. (Kaminski, H)

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DAVIS & LEONARD, LLP
Mark R. Leonard (State Bar No. 219186)
[e-mail]
8880 Cal Center Drive
Suite 180
Sacramento, California 95826
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
MONSTER CABLE PRODUCTS, INC.
KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP
Gregory G. Gilchrist (State Bar No. 111536)
[e-mail]
Margaret M. McHugh (State Bar No. 133907)
[e-mail]
Tali L. Alban (State Bar No. 233694)
[e-mail]
Two Embarcadero Center, Eighth Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MONSTER CABLE PRODUCTS, INC., a
California Corporation,

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Plaintiff,
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v.

Case No.

2:11-CV-02975-MCE -KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR
SIXTY DAY STAY OF CASE
PENDING SETTLEMENT
DISCUSSIONS

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DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING
CORPORATION, a New York Corporation,

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Defendant.

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Pursuant to Local Rules 143 and 144, Plaintiff Monster Cable Products, Inc. and

Defendant Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation (collectively referred to as “the Parties”),

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR SIXTY DAY STAY OF CASE PENDING SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS
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request that the Court stay this case for 60 days pending their settlement discussion.

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Plaintiff filed this action for declaratory judgment on November 8, 2011. Pursuant to

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Defendant’s waiver of service of summons, Defendant’s Answer to the Complaint is due on January 9,

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2012.

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The Parties are currently involved in settlement discussions in order to resolve this

dispute as well as a number of related actions.
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In light of their desire to settle this matter expeditiously and without using more of this

Court’s resources, the Parties stipulate to a sixty day stay of this Action and accordingly respectfully
request that this Court enter an order staying the case until March 9, 2012. The Parties propose that,
should settlement discussions fail, the stay shall expire, Defendant’s responsive pleading to the
Complaint shall be due on March 9, 2012, and pursuant to the Court’s November 9, 2011 Order the
parties shall file a joint status report by April 9, 2012. Currently, there are no other dates that have
been set by the Court.

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DATED: January 3, 2012

Respectfully submitted,
DAVIS & LEONARD, LLP

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By: /s/Mark R. Leonard
Mark R. Leonard
Attorneys for Plaintiff
MONSTER CABLE PRODUCTS, INC.

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DATED: January 3, 2012

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Respectfully submitted,
KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON

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By: /s/ Gregory S. Gilchrist
Gregory S. Gilchrist

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Attorneys for Defendant
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING
CORPORATION

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PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: January 10, 2012

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR SIXTY DAY STAY OF CASE PENDING SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS
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