MKS Instruments, Inc. v. New Power Plasma

Filing 89

ORDER GRANTING 88 Stipulation Request to Stay Further Case Management Conference. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on 3/25/10. (jjo, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/25/2010)

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1 [e-mail] McGRANE GREENFIELD, LLP 2 One Ferry Building, Suite 220 3 Telephone [phone] Facsimile [phone] 4 5 [e-mail] Kimberly A. Mottley* 6 [e-mail] 7 One International Place Boston, Massachusetts 02110 8 Telephone [phone] *admitted pro hac vice 10 Attorneys for Plaintiff 11 12 13
MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC., Facsimile [phone] PROSKAUER ROSE LLP Steven M. Bauer* San Francisco, California 94111

Christopher D. Sullivan, SBN 148083

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 Attorneys for Defendants NEW POWER PLASMA and DOES 1-10 inclusive

MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. C 09-02297 JSW (JL) JOINT REQUEST TO STAY FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND ORDER THEREON

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v. Plaintiff,

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inclusive, Defendants.

MKS Instruments, Inc. ("MKS Instruments") and New Power Plasma Co., Ltd. ("New Power Plasma"), (collectively, the "Parties") jointly request that the further Case Management Conference and joint supplemental case management statement be stayed pending the Parties'

24 continuing efforts to complete negotiations for settlement. 25
The further Case Management Conference is currently scheduled to occur on April 2,

26 2010, at 1:30 p.m., and the joint supplemental case management statement is currently due on 27
March 26, 2010. (Dkt. 77.)

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JOINT REQUEST TO STAY FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

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On February 16, 2010, the Parties attended Settlement Conference before the Honorable

2 James Larson, Magistrate. At that conference the Parties agreed to, and entered into on the 3 record, a settlement agreement. Since February 16, 2010, the Parties have been working to 4 achieve final documentation of the settlement terms and to agree on the terms of the license 5
agreement.

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On March 19, 2010, the Court entered the Parties' stipulation extending the time to achieve final documentation of the agreement until April 7, 2010. (Dkt. 87.) In light of the Parties' ongoing discussions and efforts to reach a final agreement, the

10 further Case Management Conference and joint supplemental case management statement may 11 be unnecessary. Therefore, the Parties request that the further Case Management Conference 12 and joint supplemental case management statement be stayed. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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JOINT REQUEST TO STAY FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

DATED: March 25, 2010

_/s/ Christopher D. Sullivan _________ Attorney for Plaintiff MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC. Christopher D. Sullivan, SBN 148083 [e-mail] MCGRANE GREENFIELD, LLP One Ferry Building, Suite 220 San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone [phone] Facsimile [phone] and 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

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_/s/ Rebecca J. Stempien_____________ Attorneys for Defendants NEW POWER PLASMA CO., LTD. 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

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The parties shall file either a stipulation of dismissal or a joint IT IS SO ORDERED: status report by no later than April 9, 2010.

March 25, 2010 3 _________________________

_______________________________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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