Free Response to Motion - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Civil Action No. 04-cv-617-LTB-BNB POLYROCK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, Plaintiff, v. GENERAL STEEL DOMESTIC SALES, LLC, et al., Defendants.

P A N IFSRESPONSE TO L I TF ' D F N A T ' O N UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO E E D N SJ IT P O U ED F N A T ' IC O U ESA DT R S O DT P A N IFS R D C E E D N SDS L S R N O E P N O L I TF ' FIRST COMBINED DISCOVERY REQUESTS

Plaintiff PolyRock Technologies responds as follows to df dn 'motion for an e nat e s extension of time to produce Rule 26 disclosures and respond to P l oksfs cm i d o R c' it o b e y r n d cvr r us ( t n) i oe e et " i " s y q s Mo o . 1. Although it does not oppose the relief requested, PolyRock disagrees with certain s t etidf dn ' te n n e nat Motion and therefore files this brief response. am s e s 2. Defendants to date have not served any discovery requests. When the parties

conferred cne i df dn 'eusfrdioai om t n n ad i at e which ocr n e nat r eto ad i ln r ao ad dio li in ng e s q tn f i tn m to respond t P l oksd cvr, PolyRock advised defendants that its trade secrets have o o R c' i oe y s y be aeutyi n f d fr upsso df dn ' epnet t sb c d cvr,n en dqa l d ti ,o proe f e nat r os o h uj t i oe i e e ie e s s e e s y P l oks l d g.PolyRock indicated that it is not willing to further delay discovery by o R c' p ai s y e n

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undertaking an obligation, outside of the discovery rules, to provide a further written description of its trade secrets before defendants provide their disclosures and discovery responses. 3. In cusl d cs o cne i t scope of P l oks one s i us n ocr n h ' s i ng e o R c'trade secrets, PolyRock' y s counsel pointed out (by way of example) that the trade secrets claimed include the combination of steps constituting P l oks o R c' manufacturing process as well as certain steps in that process, y such as P l oks o R c' method of coloring its products. As defendants acknowledge, counsel also y i n f dP l okst d sc t a i u a i l i por t ybs es eoo i ad d ti o R c' r e er s ts e s n u n rpia ui s cnm c n e ie y a e s cd g er n , financial information. PolyRock did not (and need not) take a factual position concerning the extent to which its trade secrets may be embodied in its issued patent (U.S. Patent No. 6,607,683) in order for defendants to provide discovery responses. The parties discussed that P l oksc i s against defendants include the recognized (though disputed between the o R c' lm y a parties) legal positio t th pre' ot c adt cni n ac cm t cs ne w i n h t a i cn at n h of etli u s ne udr h h a e ts r s e d i r a c defendants obtained the trade secrets at issue prohibit defendants' nu oi duewhether or uat r e s, h z not the subject trade secrets were subsequently disclosed in a patent application. 4. With these clarifications, PolyRock does not oppose the brief extension that defendants seek in their Motion.

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DATED: September 16, 2005

Respectfully submitted

s/ John A. DeSisto John A. DeSisto W. Curtis Graves FEATHERSTONE DESISTO LLP 600 17th Street, Suite 2400 Denver, Colorado 80202 Telephone: (303) 626-7100 Facsimile: (303) 626-7101 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiff PolyRock Technologies, LLC

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on September 16, 2005, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to the following e-mail addresses: Susan M. Hargleroad Pendleton, Friedberg, Wilson & Hennessey, P.C. [email protected] Kurt S. Lewis Lewis Scheid LLC [email protected]

s/ John A. DeSisto

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