Free Stipulation - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:05-cv-00048-SLR

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Filed 07/18/2006

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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. ) ) ) ) ) C.A. No. 05-048-SLR ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

JOINT STIPULATION The parties, by and through their undersigned counsel, do hereby stipulate and agree for purposes of this litigation, as follows: 1. Hitachi does not currently know the details of how its solenoids and actuators

interact with the other components in the Honda automobiles, including the camshaft sensor, the crankshaft sensor, and the ECU. Therefore, as part of its noninfringement defense, Hitachi does not intend to rely on any differences in how Hitachi's VCT actuators and solenoids operate with the components of the Honda engine, as compared to the Nissan and Ford D30 engine. The interaction of the Nissan and Ford D30 solenoids and actuators with the other engine components are representative of the Honda solenoids and actuators.

Case 1:05-cv-00048-SLR

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As part of its noninfringement defense, Hitachi does not intend to rely on any

differences in how Hitachi's VCT actuators and solenoids operate with the components of the Ford D35 engine, as compared to the Nissan and Ford D30 engine.

ASHBY & GEDDES

MORRIS, JAMES, HITCHENS & WILLIAMS LLP

__/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]

____/s/ Mary B. Matterer___________________ Richard K. Herrmann (I.D. #405) Lewis H. Lazarus (I.D. #2374) Mary B. Matterer (I.D. #2696) 222 Delaware Avenue, 10th Floor Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 888-6800 [email protected]

Of Counsel: Of Counsel: Michael D. Kaminski Pavan K. Agarwal Liane M. Peterson 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. Hugh A. Abrams Thomas D. Rein Lisa A. Schneider Marc A. Cavan Lara V. Hirshfeld SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 1 South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60603 (312) 853-7000 Attorneys for BorgWarner Inc. and BorgWarner Morse TEC Inc.