MKS Instruments, Inc. v. New Power Plasma

Filing 61

ORDER GRANTING 60 Stipulated Interim Order. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on 8/4/09. (jjo, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/4/2009)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) NEW POWER PLASMA and DOES 1-10, inclusive, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO. C 09-02297 JSW [PROPOSED] STIPULATED INTERIM ORDER Date: Time: Location:

Courtroom 11 United States Courthouse 450 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, Cal. 94102

The parties, MKS Instruments, Inc. ("MKS") and New Power Plasma ("NPP"), pursuant to the Court's suggestion at the July 31, 2009 hearing, and subject to the Court's endorsement, have stipulated to the following terms of an interim order: 1. Pending disposition of the present litigation on the merits, NPP agrees not to

make, use (including use in testing or qualification processes), offer to sell, or sell its products in the U.S., import its products into the U.S., or to provide such products to third parties for testing or qualification processes in the U.S. 2. The accused NPP devices are to remain in storage and not used for any purpose at

Applied Materials, Inc. until the disposition of the present litigation on the merits. Alternatively, if Applied Materials, Inc. will not continue its storage of the NPP devices in this jurisdiction, NPP will store the devices at its expense within the Court's jurisdiction.

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This Court shall retain jurisdiction of this matter for enforcement of this

stipulation through trial and disposition of this case on the merits. IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: August 4, 2009

/s/ Christopher D. Sullivan
Attorneys for Plaintiff MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC. Christopher D. Sullivan, SBN 148083 [e-mail] MCGRANE GREENFIELD, LLP 1 Ferry Bldg Ste 220 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Steven M. Bauer* [e-mail] Kimberly A. Mottley* [e-mail] PROSKAUER ROSE LLP One International Place Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2600 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] *admitted pro hac vice

DATED: August 4, 2009

/s/ Paul Grandinetti
Attorneys for Defendants NEW POWER PLASMA and DOES 1-10 John H. Patton, SBN 69,261 [e-mail] David M. Austin, SBN 215,371 [e-mail] MCNICHOLS BEERS LLP 6600 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 250 Pleasanton, California 94566-8058 Telephone [phone]

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Paul Grandinetti* Rebecca J. Stempien* LEVY & GRANDINETTI 1156 Fifteenth Street, N.W., Suite 603 Washington, D.C. 20005 Telephone [phone] Facsimile [phone] [e-mail] *admitted pro hac vice PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

__________________________________________ JEFFREY S. WHITE United States District Court Judge

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