Free Motion to Stay - District Court of California - California

Case 3:08-cv-00070-BTM-CAB

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1 Roger G. Perkins, Esq., CSB #86617

Rperkins(qmpplaw.com
2 Angela Kim, Esq., CSB #216374

Akim(qmpplaw.com 3 MORRS POLICH & PURDY LLP
501 West Broadway, Suite 500
4 San Diego, California 92101

Telephone: (619) 557-0404
5 Facsimile: (619) 557-0460
6 Robert S. Mallin, Ilinois Bar No. 6205051
Rmallin(qbrinsho fer.

com

7 Brins Hofer Gilson & Lione

NBC Tower, Suite 3600
8 455 North Cityfront Plaza Drive

Chicago, IL 60611-5599
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Facsimile: (312) 321-4299

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Attorneys for Defendants Ryobi Technologies, Inc. and Techtronic Industries North America, Inc.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
lENS ERIK SORENSEN, As Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST,
Plaintiff,
v.

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CASE NO. 3:08-cv-00070-BTM-CAB

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

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RYOBI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation; TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES NORTH AMRICA, INC., a Delaware corporation; and DOES 1-100
Defendants.

Time: 11:00 a.m.
Courtroom: 15

Date: May 16, 2008
Hon. Bar Ted Moskowitz

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NO ORAL ARGUMENT UNLESS REQUESTED BY THE COURT

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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 firm of

3 Brins Hofer Gilson & Lione, which represents Defendants RYOBI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ("RTI")

4 AND TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES NORTH AMERICA, INC. ("TTINA") in this action. I filed a pro
5 hac vice application for this case. I make this declaration pursuant to CivLR 7. 1

(f)(2)(a) in support of

6 the RTI's and TTINA's Motion to Stay Pending Outcome of

Reexamiation Proceedings. Unless
my own fist-hand knowledge, and if

7 otherwise noted, the statements made herein are of

called upon to

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

California, Case No. 06cvl572 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, ofthe 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(111), page 2200-74 dated August 2006, available at
2 7 http://www.uspto.gov/web/offces/pac/mpep/documents/2200_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

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By: /s/ Robert S. Mallin Robert S. Mallin Attorney for Defendants Email: rsm(qusebrins.com
455 N. Cityfont Plaza

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Suite 3600 Chicago, IL 60611 Telephone: (312) 321-4221 Facsimile: (312) 321-4299

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