Free Stipulation to EXTEND Time - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:05-cv-00048-SLR

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE HITACHI, LTD., and HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE ) PRODUCTS (USA), INC., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) BORGWARNER INC., and ) BORGWARNER MORSE TEC INC., ) ) Defendants. ) __________________________________________) ) BORGWARNER INC., ) ) Counterclaimant, ) ) v. ) ) HITACHI, LTD., and HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE ) PRODUCTS (USA), INC., ) ) Counterdefendants. )

Civil Action No. 05-048-SLR

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO AMEND SCHEDULE WHEREAS Hitachi's counsel, Ashby & Geddes, is moving its offices on December 15, 2006, the current deadline for filing summary judgment reply briefs; and WHEREAS BorgWarner's counsel is scheduled to participate in a Markman hearing (tutorial) in a case pending before the Honorable Jeffrey White in the Northern District of California on the afternoon of March 7, 2007, and a follow-up Markman hearing in the same court in San Francisco on the afternoon of March 14, 2007, and counsel would have great difficulty traveling from San Francisco to Wilmington in time for the Markman hearing in this Court on March 9, 2007, the day this Court has now scheduled argument;

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WHEREAS Hitachi's counsel is scheduled to participate in a trial during the weeks of March 19th and March 26th and will therefore be unavailable for oral argument during those weeks; WHEREAS the parties would like to clarify that argument on both summary judgment, claim construction, and Daubert issues will be heard on the date oral argument is scheduled; and WHEREAS the responses to the Daubert motions are presently due on January 2, 2007, and therefore the parties have agreed to postpone the deadline for filing responses to Daubert motions two weeks; The parties, by and through their undersigned counsel, do hereby stipulate and agree, subject to the approval of the Court, to further amend the most recent Scheduling Order dated December 7, 2006 as follows: 1. 2006. 2. 3. The deadline to respond to Daubert briefs is extended to January 16, 2007. The parties request an alternate date for summary judgment, claim construction, The deadline to reply to summary judgment briefs is extended to December 19,

and Daubert arguments during the week of February 26-March 2 if possible.

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ASHBY & GEDDES /s/ Tiffany Geyer Lydon Steven J. Balick (I.D. #2114) John G. Day (I.D. #2403) Tiffany Geyer Lydon (I.D. #3950) 222 Delaware Ave., 17th Floor P.O. Box 1150 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 654-1888 [email protected]

MORRIS JAMES LLP /s/ Richard K. Herrmann Richard K. Herrmann (I.D. #405) Lewis H. Lazarus (I.D. #2374) Mary B. Matterer (I.D. #2696) 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500 Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 888-6800 [email protected]

Of Counsel: William J. Robinson Kenneth E. Krosin Michael D. Kaminski Pavan K. Agarwal Liane M. Peterson C. Edward Polk FOLEY & LARDNER LLP Washington Harbour 3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20007-5143 (202) 672-5300 Attorneys for Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc.

Of Counsel: Hugh A. Abrams Thomas D. Rein Lisa A. Schneider Marc A. Cavan Lara V. Hirshfeld One South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60603 (312) 853-7000 Attorneys for BorgWarner Inc. and BorgWarner Morse TEC Inc.

SO ORDERED this ______ day of ___________________________, 2006. _______________________________ Chief Judge Sue L. Robinson

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