Free Letter - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:05-cv—00255-Gl\/IS Document 7 Filed 05/17/2005 Page 1 of 1
MORRIS, NICHOLS, Ansar & Trmunra.
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DONALD E. REED
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202 425 2002 as May in 2005
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VIA lil-FILING
The Honorable Gregory M. Sleet
United States District Court
for the District of Delaware
844 King Street
Wilmington, DE l980l
Re: Sony Electronics, Inc., et al. v. Orion IP, LLC
Civil Action No. 05-255-GMS
Dear Judge Sleet:
This action involves a request by plaintiffs for a declaratory judgment that they do
not infringe two patents owned by my client, Orion IP, LLC ("Orion"). Process was served on
May 6, 2005 and I contacted plaintiffs’ counsel, Ms. Ingersoll, on Friday, May 13, 2005 to
request an extension of time to respond to the complaint. At my request, Ms. Ingersoll agreed to
an extension until June 27, 2005 and a stipulation to that effect was filed yesterday.
I understand that Your I~Icnor’s case manager contacted Ms. Ingersoli’s office and
requested that the parties advise Your Honor ofthe basis for the extension. As noted above, the
extension was granted at my request and it was based on a number of factors including the
following. First, I have just recently been retained to represent Orion, which is based in
California, and I need time to learn something about the patents and the technology involved in
this action. Second, in addition to my commitments to other clients, and this Court, in other
matters, I am a member of the Ecard of Bar Examiners and the Essay Drafting Committee for the
Board. We are currently working on the preparation of the essay questions for this yer’s Bar
Examination which is quite time consuming. As a courtesy, therefore, Ms. Ingersoll agreed to
my request for an extension and I would respectfully request that Your Honor approve the
stipulation.
Respectfully yours,
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Donald E. Reid
DER/arnr
cc: Dr. Peter T. Dalleo, Clerk; (By E—Filing)
Josy W. Ingersoll, Esquire (By E—Filing)