TECHSHELL INC v. INCASE DESIGNS CORPORATION

Filing 72

STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO AMEND ANSWERS AND COUNTERCLAIMS re 68 Proposed Order, filed by Incase Designs Corporation, Techshell Inc, Bestbuy.com LLC, Best Buy Stores LP, Best Buy Co Inc. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 8/10/12. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/10/2012)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 C. Todd Norris, SBN 181337 BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY PC 601 California Street, Suite 1800 San Francisco, California 94108 Telephone: 415.352.2700 Facsimile . 415.352.2701 E-mail: todd.norris@bullivant.com Brian E. Mitchell (SBN 199095) Jigang Jin (SBN 239465) MITCHELL + COMPANY 4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 766-3515 Facsimile: (415) 402-0058 Email: brian.mitchel@mcolawoffices.com Stephen R. Risley (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) SMITH RISLEY TEMPEL SANTOS LLC Two Ravinia Drive, Suite 700 Atlanta, GA 30346 Telephone: 770-709-0022 Email: srisley@srtslaw.com Brandon Baum (SBN 121318) AGILITY IP LAW 149 Commonwealth Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 Phone: (650) 924-1032 Fax: (650) 561-8410 Email: brandon@agilityiplaw.com Michael T. Smith Richard L. Sizemore (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) LOGAN, JOLLY, & SMITH, L.L.P. 1805 North Boulevard Anderson, S.C. 29621 Telephone: (864) 226-1910 Email: msmith@loganjollysmith.com Email: sizemore@loganjollysmith.com Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants INCASE DESIGNS, INC., BEST BUY CO. INC. BESTBUY.COM LLC and BEST BUY STORES LP Attorneys for Plaintiff and CounterDefendant TECHSHELL, INC. 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION 17 18 TECHSHELL, INC., 19 20 21 22 Plaintiff, v. Case No. 4-11-cv-04576-YGR STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO AMEND ANSWERS AND COUNTERCLAIMS INCASE DESIGNS, INC. et al, Defendants. 23 24 25 26 27 28 Mitchell + Company 4 Embarcadero Ctr. Suite 1400 San Francisco, CA 94111 Case No. 3:11-cv-04576-YGR STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE AMENDMENT 1 Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant Techshell Inc. (“Techshell”), Defendant and 2 Counterclaimant Incase Designs Inc. (“Incase”), and Defendants Best Buy Company Inc., 3 BestBuy.com LLC and Best Buy Stores LP (the “Best Buy Defendants”) stipulate as follows: 4 1. Discovery in this matter is ongoing; 5 2. Incase and the Best Buy Defendants have recently identified certain facts during 6 discovery that, they assert, would support a defense based on inequitable conduct and, for Incase, 7 a corresponding counterclaim; 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 3. The Best Buy Defendants seek leave from this Court to amend their responsive pleading to include such a defense. Incase seeks leave from this Court to amend its responsive pleading to include such a defense and related counterclaim; 4. Techshell, while disputing the validity of such a defense, does not object to these amendments; 5. The parties agree that amendment will not delay in the orderly resolution of this matter including but not limited to any postponement of the July 8, 2013 trial date. 6. Accordingly, Techshell and Incase stipulate that Incase may amend its Answer and Counterclaims, in the form of the attached Exhibit A. 7. Accordingly, Techshell and the Best Buy Defendants stipulate that the Best Buy 18 Defendants may amend their Answer, in the form of the attached Exhibit B. 19 SO STIPULATED: 20 23 _/s/ Stephen R. Risley Stephen R. Risley SMITH RISLEY TEMPEL SANTOS LLC Two Ravinia Drive, Suite 700 Atlanta, GA 30346 Telephone: 770-709-0022 Email: srisley@srtslaw.com /s/ Brian E. Mitchell Brian E. Mitchell MITCHELL + COMPANY 4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 766-3515 Email: brian.mitchel@mcolawoffices.com 24 Attorney for Techshell, Inc. Attorney for Incase Designs, Inc., Best Buy Company Inc., BestBuy.com LLC and Best Buy Stores LP 21 22 25 26 27 28 1 Mitchell + Company 4 Embarcadero Ctr. Suite 1400 San Francisco, CA 94111 Case No. 3:11-cv-04576-YGR STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE AMENDMENT 1 2 3 ORDER PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED 4 5 6 August 10 Dated: ____________, 2012 _______________________________________ YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 Mitchell + Company 4 Embarcadero Ctr. Suite 1400 San Francisco, CA 94111 Case No. 3:11-cv-04576-YGR STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE AMENDMENT 1 ATTESTATION OF CONCURRENCE 2 I, Brian E. Mitchell, hereby attest that I am one of the attorneys for Defendants, and, as 3 the ECF user and filer of this document, I attest that, pursuant to General Order No. 45(X)(B), 4 concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the above signatory. 5 6 Dated: August 3 2012 By: /s/ Brian E. Mitchell 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 Mitchell + Company 4 Embarcadero Ctr. Suite 1400 San Francisco, CA 94111 Case No. 3:11-cv-04576-YGR STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE AMENDMENT

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