Free Motion to Stay - District Court of California - California

Case 3:08-cv-00060-BTM-CAB

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Filed 03/24/2008

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1 Orlando Cabanday, (SBN 168131)

ocabanday~hg1a.com
2 Hennelly & Grossfeld LLP

4640 Admiralty Way
3 Suite 850

Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
4 Telephone: (310)305-2100
Fax: (310)305-2116

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Roger G. Perkins, Esq., CSB #86617 6 Rperkins~mpplaw.com

Angela Kim, Esq., CSB #216374 7 Akim~mpplaw.com MORRS POLICH & PURDY LLP
8 501 West Broadway, Suite 500

San Diego, California 92101
9 Telephone: (619) 557-0404
Facsimile: (619) 557-0460

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Robert S. Mallin, Ilinois Bar No. 6205051
11 Rmallin~brinshofer.com
Brins Hofer Gilson & Lione

12 NBC Tower, Suite 3600
455 North Cityfont Plaza Drive

13 Chicago, IL 60611-5599
Telephone: (312) 321-4221

14 Facsimile: (312) 321-4299
15 Attorneys for Defendants Emerson Electric Co., Ridge Tool Company, and Ridgid Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CASE NO. 3:08-cv-00060-BTM-CAB

19 lENS ERIK SORENSEN, As Trustee of
20 DEVELOPMENT TRUST,
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SORENSEN RESEARCH AND
Plaintiff,
v.

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DECLARA TION OF ROBERT S. MALLIN IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO STAY PENDING OUTCOME OF REEXAMINATION PROCEEDINGS

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EMERSON ELECTRIC CO., a Missouri Corporation; ONE WORLD TECHNOLOGIES, Date: May 16, 2008 INC., a Delaware corporation; RIDGE TOOL Time: 11 :00 a.il COMP ANY, an Ohio Corporation; RIDGID, INC., a Delaware corporation; and DOES 1-100 Courtroom: 15
Hon. Bar Ted Moskowitz

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Defendants.

NO ORAL ARGUMENT UNLESS REQUESTED BY THE COURT

DECLARTION OF ROBERT S. MALLIN IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO STAY PENDING OUTCOME OF REEXAINATION PROCEEDINGS
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1 I, Robert S. Mallin, declare:

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I am a member of

the bar of

the State of

Ilinois, and I am a parner at the law fi of

3 Brins Hofer Gilson & Lione, which represents Defendants EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. ("EEC"),
4 RIDGE TOOL COMPANY ("RTC"), AND RIDGID INC. ("RI") (collectively "EMERSON") in this
5 action. I filed a pro hac vice application for this case. I make this declaration pursuant to CivLR
6 7. 1 (f)(2)(a) in support of the EMERSON'S Motion to Stay Pending Outcome of

Reexamination

7 Proceedings. Unless otherwise noted, the statements made herein are of

my own fist-hand knowledge,

8 and if called upon to testifY thereof! could and would do so competently.
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Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of

the PTO-stamped transmittal

10 for the Request for Reexamiation, dated July 30,2007.
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Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of

the Order Granting Ex Pare

12 Reexamination, mailed October 11, 2007.

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Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of

the Order Granting Ex Pare

14 Reexamination, mailed February 21,2008.

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Attached hereto as Exhibit 4 is a true and correct copy of

the Order Granting in Par and

16 Denying in Par Defendants' Motion to Stay, dated September 10, 2007 in the case of Sorensen v. Black
17 & Decker Corp., et aI., U. S. District Court, Southern District of

California, Case No. 06cv1572 BTM

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Attached hereto as Exhibit 5 is a true and correct copy of a Letter from Robert S. Mallin

20 to Melody A. Kramer, dated March 12, 2008.

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Attached hereto as Exhibit 6 is a true and correct copy of a Letter from Melody A.

22 Kramer to Robert S. Mallin, dated March 12, 2008.
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Attached hereto as Exhibit 7 is a true and correct copy of

the Ex Pare Reexamination

24 Filing Data - June 30, 2006, of

the U. S. Patent and Trademark Offce.

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Attached hereto as Exhibit 8 is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from the Manual of

26 Patent Examiing Procedure, § 2250(III), page 2200-74 dated August 2006, available at
2 7 http://ww.uspto.gov/web/offces/pac/mpep/documentsI2200_2250.htm#sect225 O.

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1 I declare under penalty ofperjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 24th day
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March, 2008 in Chicago, Ilinois.

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BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE
By: /s/ Robert S. Mallin Ro bert S. Mallin

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Attorney for Defendants Email: rsm~usebrins.com
455 N. Cityfront Plaza Suite 3600 Chicago, IL 60611 Telephone: (312) 321-4221 Facsimile: (312) 321-4299

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