Synopsys Inc et al v. Mentor Graphics Corporation

Filing 51

STIPULATION AND ORDER SELECTING ADR PROCESS. Signed by Judge Maxine M. Chesney on January 29, 2013. (mmclc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/29/2013)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SYNOPSYS, INC., a Delaware Corporation,
EVE-USA, INC., a Delaware corporation,
and EMULATION AND VERIFICATION
ENGINEERING, S.A., formed under the
laws of France,
Plaintiffs and Counter-Defendants,
Case No. 3:12-cv-05025-MMC
v.

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER SELECTING ADR PROCESS

MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION,
an Oregon Corporation,
Defendant and Counter-Plaintiff(s).

Counsel report that they have met and conferred regarding ADR and have reached the
following stipulation pursuant to Civil L.R. 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5:
The parties agree to participate in the following ADR process:
Court Processes:
Non-binding Arbitration (ADR L.R. 4)
Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) (ADR L.R. 5)
Mediation (ADR L.R. 6)
(Note: Parties who believe that an early settlement conference with a Magistrate Judge is
appreciably more likely to meet their needs than any other form of ADR must participate in an
ADR phone conference and may not file this form. They must instead file a Notice of Need for
ADR Phone Conference. See Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5)
Private Process:
X
Private ADR (please identify process and provider) _Mediation before JAMS
mediator Hon. Edward A. Infante (Ret.) was conducted on January 21, 2013. The
parties agree to continue the discussions started with Judge Infante.
_____________________________________________________________________________
The parties agree to hold the ADR session by:
the presumptive deadline (The deadline is 90 days from the date of the order
referring the case to an ADR process unless otherwise ordered. )
X

other requested deadline The parties conducted mediation on January 21, 2013.

DATED: 1/25/2013

CHRIS R. OTTENWELLER
I. NEEL CHATTERJEE
WILLIAM H. WRIGHT
VICKIE L. FEEMAN
ROBERT J. BENSON
ORRICK, HERRINGTON &
SUTCLIFFE LLP
DOUGLAS E. LUMISH
JEFFREY G. HOMRIG
GABRIEL S. GROSS
JOSEPH H. LEE
UTTAM G. DUBAL
KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES
& FRIEDMAN LLP
By: /s/ Vickie L. Feeman
Vickie L. Feeman
Attorneys for Plaintiffs and CounterDefendants
SYNOPSYS, INC., EVE-USA,
INC., and EMULATION AND
VERIFICATION ENGINEERING,
S.A.

DATED: 1/25/2013

GEORGE A. RILEY
MARK E. MILLER
MICHAEL SAPOZNIKOW
ELIZABETH OFFEN-BROWN
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
By: /s/ Mark E. Miller
Mark E. Miller
Attorneys for Defendant and
Counter-Plaintiff MENTOR
GRAPHICS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), counsel for SYNOPSYS, INC., EVE-USA, INC., and
EMULATION AND VERIFICATION ENGINEERING, S.A. has obtained the
concurrence of MENTOR GRAPHICS counsel in the filing of this Stipulation.
By: /s/ Vickie L. Feeman
Vickie L. Feeman
Attorneys for Plaintiffs and CounterDefendants
SYNOPSYS, INC., EVE-USA,
INC., and EMULATION AND
VERIFICATION ENGINEERING,
S.A.

[PROPOSED] ORDER
x

The parties’ stipulation is adopted and IT IS SO ORDERED.
The parties’ stipulation is modified as follows, and IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ____________________
January 29, 2013
__________________________________
HONORABLE MAXINE M. CHESNEY
United States Senior District Judge

When filing this document in ECF, please be sure to use the appropriate Docket
Event, e.g., “Stipulation and Proposed Order Selecting Mediation.”

Rev. 12/11
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