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*1 **E-Filed 6/1/06** NOT FOR CITATION
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION
IN RE COMPRESSION LABS, INC., PATENT LITIGATION Case Numbers M: C 05-01654 JF (RS) C 05-01567 JF (RS) MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
ORDER RE ACTION OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE IN EX PARTE REEXAMINATION Plaintiff,
v.
COMPRESSION LABS, INC., et al.,
Defendants.
On March 9, 2006, the Court held a hearing for the purpose of construing key disputed terms in the claims of United States Patents No. 4,698,672 (“the ‘672 patent”), and the claim construction order currently is under submission. On May 25, 2006, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued an “Office Action in Ex Parte Reexamination” with respect to the ‘672 patent. The action, while not final, rejects nineteen claims of the ‘672 patent, including five claims that are central to the claim construction presently under submission with this Court. Accordingly, the Court is considering whether to withhold issuance of a claim *2 construction order and stay the instant action pending final action by the USPTO. The parties may submit letter briefs, not to exceed three (3) pages in length, addressing the appropriateness of such an approach on or before June 7, 2006.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: June 1, 2006
JEREMY FOGEL United States District Judge *3 This Order has been served upon the following persons:
John Allcock JAllcock@graycary.com, lwatts@graycary.com Amr O. Aly amr.aly@wilmerhale.com,
Morton Amster mamster@arelaw.com,
Bryan K. Anderson bkanderson@sidley.com, grodriguez@sidley.com; sjprobst@sidley.com William L. Anthony, Jr wanthony@orrick.com, lbrim@orrick.com James R. Batchelder jbatchelder@daycasebeer.com
Robert John Benson RJBenson@hhlaw.com
Kenneth Martin Bernstein kbernstein@arelaw.com,
David A. Boag dboag@arelaw.com
David C. Bohrer dbohrer@morganlewis.com, giyer@morganlewis.com; elizabeth.kim@morganlewis.com Monte M. Bond mbond@godwinpappas.com, tsankey@godwinpappas.com; knevill@godwinpappas.com; twight@godwinpappas.com; crourk@godwinpappas.com; mmclemore@godwinpappas.com James Patrick Bradley jbradley@sidley.com, sstennett@sidley.com Henry C. Bunsow bunsowh@howrey.com, lim@howrey.com Nicholas M. Cannella ncannela@fchs.com
Joseph M. Casino jcasino@arelaw.com,
Richard A. Cederoth rcederoth@sidley.com, rcederot@sidley.com; bdipasqu@sidley.com Christopher E. Chalsen cchalsen@milbank.com, vguevara@milbank.com Michelle Lynn Davidson MDavidson@omm.com, swhite@omm.com Lloyd R. Day, Jr daylr@daycasebeer.com
Denise M. De Mory demoryd@howrey.com, kasenenkop@howrey.com; crunkt@howrey.com Martin H. Dodd martin@dfdlaw.com
Jamie L. Dupree jdupree@dfdlaw.com
Mark D. Flanagan mflanagan@wsgr.com *4 Lauren B. Fletcher lauren.fletcher@wilmerhale.com,
Michael A. Futterman mfutterman@dfdlaw.com
Brandy Jennifer Glad jglad@omm.com, lrich@omm.com
Perry M. Goldberg pgoldberg@irell.com,
Edmund Lee Haag, III lhaag@fulbright.com, lzoldan@fulbright.com David W. Hansen dhansen@skadden.com, dhill@skadden.com Donald R. Harris dharris@jenner.com,
Robert T. Haslam Robert.Haslam@hellerehrman.com, christine.chen@hellerehrman.com; kurt.kjelland@hellerehrman.com;
yvonne.somek@hellerehrman.com Scott W. Hejny shejny@sidley.com, kcollins@sidley.com Donna Hill dwhill@skadden.com, vwang@skadden.com John M. Hintz john.hitz@wilmerhale.com,
Adam Hoffman ahoffman@irell.com,
Michael J. Holston mholston@morganlewis.com,
Eric Nord Hoover ehoover@morganfinnegan.com,
Keith R Hummel khummel@cravath.com, managing_attorneys_office@cravath.com; abhoumik@cravath.com; lbuterman@cravath.com; ilampl@cravath.com Sten Anker Jensen, Esq sajensen@hhlaw.com
James A. Jorgensen jjorgensen@wmalaw.com, sgraham@wmalaw.com Paul Robert Juhasz pjuhasz@wmalaw.com, mpaul@wmalaw.com Abraham Kasdan akasdan@arelaw.com
Eric Joseph Klein eklein@godwingruber.com, sspradlin@godwingruber.com Alyssa T. Koo alyssa.koo@hellerehrman.com
John W. Kozak jkozak@leydig.com
Vivian S. Kuo kuov@howrey.com, chased@howrey.com Todd E. Landis tlandis@godwingruber.com, bnoriega@godwingruber.com *5 Kristoffer Leftwich kleftwich@sidley.com, pjackman@sidley.com Douglas I. Lewis dilewis@sidley.com
Stuart Lubitz slubitz@hhlaw.com,
Martin F. Majestic MMajestic@hansonbridgett.com, IPFilings@hansonbridgett.com Steven R. Manchester srman@gatespeed.com
Richard S. Mandaro rmandaro@arelaw.com, rmandaro@optonline.net; dgoldberg@arelaw.com; litdoc@arelaw.com Daniel W. McDonald dmcdonald@merchant-gould.com, vhanson@merchant-gould.com Stephen E. Morrissey smorrissey@susmangodfrey.com, hdanielson@susmangodfrey.com
Michael Martin Murray MMurray@milbank.com, smarino@milbank.com Tibor L. Nagy tnagy@susmangodfrey.com, pwallace@susmangodfrey.com Susan Garell O'Neill soneill@hansonbridgett.com, lbucsit@hansonbridgett.com; cagnost@hansonbridgett.com; calendarclerk@hansonbridgett.com; bswenson@hansonbridgett.com Steven P. Petersen spetersen@leydig.com,
Amy E. Pizzutillo apizzutillo@morganlewis.com, scorson@morganlewis.com; bmccoy@morganlewis.com; kpackel@morganlewis.com; mdunglinson@wmalaw.com Andrew Paul Price aprice@fulbright.com, tmoon@fulbright.com David T. Pritikin dpritikin@sidley.com
H. Kenneth Prol kprol@velaw.com, areiley@velaw.com; smendoza@velaw.com George A. Riley griley@omm.com, mhendersen@omm.com Edgar G. Sargent esargent@susmangodfrey.com,
Mark Christopher Scarsi mscarsi@omm.com,
John F. Schultz john.schultz@morganlewis.com, jminio@morganlewis.com Willem G. Schuurman bschuurman@velaw.com
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Stephen D. Susman ssusman@susmangodfrey.com, ddefranco@susmangodfrey.com *6 Thomas N Tarnay ttarnay@sidley.com, jburris@sidley.com Eric S. Tautfest etautfest@godwingruber.com, etautfest@yahoo.com Brooke Taylor btaylor@susmangodfrey.com, shoutstra@susmangodfrey.com Max Lalon Tribble, Jr mtribble@susmangodfrey.com, kallen@susmangodfrey.com Terrence Joseph Truax ttruax@jenner.com
Kaiwen Tseng ktseng@orrick.com, hlee@orrick.com Bart Edward Volkmer, Esq bvolkmer@wsgr.com
Bruce Hilton Watrous, Jr bwatrous@graycary.com,
David B. Weaver dweaver@velaw.com, zamason@velaw.com Garner K. Weng gweng@hansonbridgett.com, lbucsit@hansonbridgett.com; calendarclerk@hansonbridgett.com; mmajestic@hansonbridgett.com; soneill@hansonbridgett.com; cagnost@hansonbridgett.com Shelley K. Wessels swessels@wesselslaw.biz
Michael Patrick Wickey mwickey@hewm.com,
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