Chrimar Systems, Inc. v Garrettcom, Inc., et al

Filing 46

ORDER DISMISSING CASE PURSUANT TO STIPULATION. Signed by Judge Alsup on December 22, 2009. (whalc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/22/2009)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO CHRIMAR SYSTEMS, INC. d/b/a CMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. GARRETTCOM INC. and EDGEWATER NETWORKS INC. Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Civil Action No. 3:09-cv-04516-WHA Honorable William H. Alsup ORDER DISMISSING CASE PURSUANT TO STIPULATION

STIPULATION OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL ____________________________________________________________________________ Pursuant to Federal Rule Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), each of the Parties, by and through its counsel of record hereby 1)stipulates to the dismissal of this action, including all claims and counterclaims, without prejudice and 2) agrees to be bound by the following provisions: A) If Plaintiff refiles this action against Defendants (or any successor in interest) or refiles this action involving any product sold by Defendants, the refiled action shall be brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. B) Defendants acknowledge that they have no current plans to sell or otherwise transfer their respective businesses to any third party. C) If Plaintiff refiles this action pursuant to Paragraph A above, it shall not base any claim of willful infringement on Defendants' continuation of activities, which Plaintiff alleges infringes, after this Dismissal.

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Plaintiff shall not refile this action against Defendants alleging infringement of claims pending in the current Reexamination of United States Patent No. 7,457,250 (Reexamination Control No. 90/009513) until, if ever, the completion of the Reexamination of those claims.

By: /s/ Richard W. Hoffman RICHARD W. HOFFMANN (MI Bar P42352) Reising, Ethington, PC 755 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 1850 Troy, Michigan 48084 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 248-689-4071 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiff ChriMar Systems, Inc. d/b/a CMS Technologies, Inc. Date: December 22, 2009

By: /s/ Sal Lim M. ELIZABETH DAY SAL LIM DLA Piper US LLP 2000 University Avenue East Palo Alto, California 94303-2248 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 650.833.2001 Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] Counsel for Defendants Garrettcom Inc. and Edgewater Networks Inc. Date: December 22, 2009

Pursuant to stipulation, the above-numbered case is hereby DISMISSED without prejudice. THE CLERK SHALL CLOSE THE FILE.
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