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J. MICHAEL KALER, SBN 158296 9930 Mesa Rim Road, Suite 200 San Diego, California 92121 Telephone (858) 362-3151 E-mail: [email protected] MELODY A. KRAMER, SBN 169984 9930 Mesa Rim Road, Suite 1600 San Diego, California 92121 Telephone (858) 362-3150 E-mail: [email protected] PATRICIA SHACKELFORD, SBN 218647 9930 Mesa Rim Road, Suite 450 San Diego, California 92121 Telephone (858) 362-3152 Attorneys for Plaintiff JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST, Plaintiff v. ) ) ) ) ) ) THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION; ) BLACK & DECKER, INC.; BLACK & ) DECKER (US), INC.; PORTER-CABLE ) CORPORATION; VECTOR PRODUCTS, ) INC.; PHILLIPS PLASTICS CORPORATION; ) HI-TECH PLASTICS INC.; B&D HOLDINGS, ) LLC; AND DOES 1 THROUGH 1000, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of ) SORENSEN RESEARCH AND ) DEVELOPMENT TRUST, ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) Case No. 06-cv-1572 BTM (CAB)

NOTICE OF MOTION AND PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE CASES

Date: May 30, 2008 Time: 11:00 a.m. Courtroom: 15, Fifth Floor Hon. Barry Ted Moskowitz NO ORAL ARGUMENTS UNLESS REQUESTED BY COURT

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GIANT INTERNATIONAL (USA) LTD., a Delaware corporation, and DOES 1-10, Defendants.

) ) ) ) and related counterclaims. ) ______________________________________ ) JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of ) SORENSEN RESEARCH AND ) DEVELOPMENT TRUST, ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) ESSEPLAST (USA) NC, INC., a Delaware ) corporation, and DOES 1-100, ) ) Defendants. ) and related counterclaims ) ) JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of ) SORENSEN RESEARCH AND ) DEVELOPMENT TRUST, ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) HELEN OF TROY TEXAS CORPORATION; ) ) OXO INTERNATIONAL LTD.; ) and DOES 1 ­ 100, ) ) Defendants. ) JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of ) SORENSEN RESEARCH AND ) DEVELOPMENT TRUST, ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) ENERGIZER HOLDINGS INC, a Missouri ) corporation; EVEREADY BATTERY ) COMPANY, INC.; and DOES 1 ­ 100, ) ) Defendants. ) ) and related counterclaims. ) JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of ) SORENSEN RESEARCH AND ) DEVELOPMENT TRUST, )

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Case No. 07cv2278

Case No. 07cv2321

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) Plaintiff ) v. ) ) EMERSON ELECTRIC CO., a Missouri ) corporation; ONE WORLD TECHNOLOGIES, ) INC., a Delaware corporation; RIDGE TOOL ) COMPANY, an Ohio corporation; RIDGID, ) INC., a Delaware corporation; and ) DOES 1 ­ 100 ) Defendants. ) ) and related counterclaims ) ) JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of ) Case No. 08cv0060 SORENSEN RESEARCH AND ) DEVELOPMENT TRUST, ) ) Plaintiff ) v. ) ) RYOBI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware ) corporation; TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES ) NORTH AMERICA, INC., a Delaware ) corporation; and DOES 1 ­ 100, ) ) Defendants. ) JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of ) Case No. 08cv0070 SORENSEN RESEARCH AND ) DEVELOPMENT TRUST, ) ) Plaintiff ) v. ) ) SENCO PRODUCTS, INC., an Ohio ) corporation; and DOES 1 ­ 100, ) ) Defendants. ) ) JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of ) SORENSEN RESEARCH AND ) Case No. 08cv0134 DEVELOPMENT TRUST, ) ) Plaintiff ) v. ) ) INFORMATICS, INC., a Texas Corporation; ) INFORMATICS HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware ) Corporation; DATALOGIC SCANNING, INC.,

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Corporation; DATALOGIC SCANNING, INC., a Delaware Corporation; DATALOGIC SCANNING HOLDINGS, INC., a New York Corporation.

) ) ) ) ) Defendants. ) ) JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of ) SORENSEN RESEARCH AND ) DEVELOPMENT TRUST, ) ) Plaintiff ) v. ) SANYO NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION, ) ) a Delaware Corporation; and DOES 1 ­ 100, ) ) Defendants. ) JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of ) SORENSEN RESEARCH AND ) DEVELOPMENT TRUST, ) ) Plaintiff ) v. ) ) MOTOROLA, INC., a Delaware Corporation; ) and DOES 1 ­ 100, ) ) Defendants. ) JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of ) SORENSEN RESEARCH AND ) DEVELOPMENT TRUST, ) ) Plaintiff ) v. ) ) CTT TOOLS, INC., a California Corporation; ) and DOES 1 ­ 100, ) ) Defendants. ) JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of ) SORENSEN RESEARCH AND ) DEVELOPMENT TRUST, ) ) Plaintiff ) v. ) ) ALLTRADE TOOLS, LLC., a California ) Corporation; and DOES 1 ­ 100,

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Corporation; and DOES 1 ­ 100, Defendants. JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST, Plaintiff v. GLOBAL MACHINERY COMPANY, an Australian company; GMCA PTY. LTD., an Australian company; TRAPONE CORPORATION PTY. LTD., an Australian company; and DOES 1 ­ 100, JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST, Plaintiff v. EMISSIVE ENERGY CORP., a Delaware Corporation; and DOES 1 ­ 100, Defendants. JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST, Plaintiff v. METABO CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation; METABOWERKE GMBH, a German Corporation; and DOES 1 ­ 100, Defendants. JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST, Plaintiff v. RALLY MANUFACTURING, INC., a Florida Corporation; and DOES 1 ­ 100,

) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

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Corporation; and DOES 1 ­ 100, Defendants. JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST, Plaintiff v. SUNBEAM PRODUCTS, INC., a Delaware Corporation; and DOES 1 ­ 100, Defendants. JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST, Plaintiff v. STAR ASIA, U.S.A., LLC, a Washington Corporation; and DOES 1 ­ 100, Defendants. JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST, Plaintiff v. LOGITECH INC., a California Corporation; and DOES 1 ­ 100, Defendants. JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST, Plaintiff v. CENTRAL PURCHASING, LLC, a California Corporation; and DOES 1 ­ 100,

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Case No. 08cv0307

Case No. 08cv0308

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Defendants. JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST, Plaintiff v. KYOCERA INTERNATIONAL, INC., a California Corporation; KYOCERA WIRELESS CORP., a California Corporation; and DOES 1 ­ 100, Defendants. JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST, Plaintiff v. DMS HOLDINGS, INC. d.b.a. MABIS HEALTHCARE and DURO-MED INDUSTRIES, a a Delaware Corporation; and DOES 1 ­ 100, Defendants.

) ) ) ) Case No. 08cv0411 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 08cv0559 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on May 30, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard before the Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz, Plaintiff Jens Erik Sorensen, as trustee of Sorensen Research & Development Trust, will and do, moves this Court for an order consolidating the above-captioned cases for all purposes pursuant to Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This motion is made on the grounds that these actions involve overlapping
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issues of law and fact and consolidation of these cases will promote efficiency. A list of all named defendants in each case1, including identification of those who have appeared, and the names of their respective attorneys of record, are as follows:

Defendants Appeared? Attorney(s) of Record The Black & Decker Yes Raymond P. Niro, Jr. Corporation Dina Hayes Black & Decker Inc. Gregory P. Casimer Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc. Robert A. Conley Porter-Cable Corporation Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro Vector Products, Inc. 181 W. Madison St., Ste. 4600 B&D Holdings LLC Chicago, IL 60602 Allison Goddard J. Christopher Jaczko Jaczko Goddard LLP 4401 Eastgate Mall San Diego, CA 92121 Phillips Plastics Corporation Hi-Tech Plastics Inc. Yes Kenneth S. Klein Foley & Lardner LLP 402 W. Broadway, Suite 2100 San Diego, CA 92101-3542 Robert L. Binder Foley & Lardner LLP 777 East Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53202 Richard L. Schwaab Pavan K. Agarwal C. Edward Polk, Jr. Foley & Lardner LLP

Plaintiff Jens Erik Sorensen as Trustee of Sorensen Research and Development Trust is represented by attorneys J. Michael Kaler and Melody A. Kramer in every case, and also by Patricia A. Shackelford in the Black & Decker case. 8.
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3000 K Street, N.W. Suite 500 Washington, DC 20007 Giant International (USA) Ltd. Yes Allison Goddard J. Christopher Jaczko Jaczko Goddard LLP 4401 Eastgate Mall San Diego, CA 92121 Dale Lischer Elizabeth G. Borland Kerri A. Hochgesang Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP Promenade II, Suite 3100 1230 Peachtree St., N.E. Atlanta, GA 30309 Esseplast USA (NC) Inc. Yes Alan A. Limbach Gregory J. Lundell Elizabeth Day Vincent S Lam Erik R. Fuehrer DLA Piper USA LLC 2000 University Avenue East Palo Alto, CA 94303 Erik B. Von Ziepel Seyfarth Shaw LLP 2029 Century Park East, Suite 3300 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Jill Zimmerman Anthony I. Fenwick David Lisson Veronica C. Abreu Davis Polk & Wardwell 1600 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025 Roger G. Perkins, Esq Angela Kim, Esq. MORRIS POLICH & PURDY LLP
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Helen of Corporation

Troy

Texas Yes

OXO International LTD Energizer Holdings Inc. Eveready Battery Company, Inc. Yes

Emerson Electric Co. Ridge Tool Company

Yes

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Ridgid, Inc.

501 West Broadway, Suite 500 San Diego, California 92101 Orlando F. Cabanday HENNELLY & GROSSFELD LLP 4640 Admiralty Way, Suite 850 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 Robert S. Mallin Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione NBC Tower 455 N City Front Plaza Drive Suite 3600 Chicago, IL 60611

One World Technologies, Inc.

Yes

Roger G. Perkins, Esq Angela Kim, Esq. MORRIS POLICH & PURDY LLP 501 West Broadway, Suite 500 San Diego, California 92101 Robert S. Mallin Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione NBC Tower 455 N City Front Plaza Drive Suite 3600 Chicago, IL 60611

Ryobi Technologies, Inc. Techtronic Industries North America, Inc.

Yes

Roger G. Perkins, Esq MORRIS POLICH & PURDY LLP 501 West Broadway, Suite 500 San Diego, California 92101 Robert S. Mallin Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione NBC Tower 455 N City Front Plaza Drive Suite 3600 Chicago, IL 60611

Senco Products, Inc.

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MORRIS POLICH & PURDY LLP 501 West Broadway, Suite 500 San Diego, California 92101 Angela Kim MORRIS POLICH & PURDY LLP 501 West Broadway, Suite 500 San Diego, California 92101 Robert S. Mallin Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione NBC Tower 455 N City Front Plaza Drive Suite 3600 Chicago, IL 60611 James H. Shalek Proskauer Rose LLP 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 Jonathan E. Rich Proskauer Rose LLP 2049 Century Park East, 32nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067 Douglas Carsten Debra D. Nye Foley & Lardner LLP 11250 El Camino Real, Suit 200 San Diego, California 92130 Telephone: (858) 847-6700 Rachel M. Capoccia Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1400 Los Angeles, California 90067 Erik J. Lobenfeld Hogan & Hartson LLP 875 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Eliot Teitelbaum
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Informatics, Inc. Informatics Holdings, Inc. Datalogic Scanning, Inc. Datalogic Scanning Holdings, Inc. Sanyo North Corporation

Yes

America Yes

Motorola, Inc.

Yes

CTT Tools, Inc.

Yes

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Koorenny & Teitelbaum, LLP 11911 San Vicente Blvd. Suite 265 Los Angeles, CA 90049 Alltrade Tools, LLC. Global Machinery Company GMCA Pty. Trapone Corporation Pty. Ltd. Mark G. Kachigian Cassandra L. Wilkinson HEAD, JOHNSON & KACHIGIAN, P.C. 228 West 17th Place Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119 Jeff E. Scott GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 2450 Colorado Avenue, Suite 400E Santa Monica, California 90404 Jeffrey D. Lewin Sullivan, Hill, Lewin, Rez & Engel 550 West "C" Street, Suite 1500 San Diego, CA 92101 Daniel J. Bourque Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys 835 Hanover Street Suite 301 Manchester, NH 03104 Arnold Rosenblatt Cook Little Rosenblatt & Manson PLLC 650 Elm Street Manchester, NH 03101 Gary M. Anderson FULWIDER PATTON LLP Howard Hughes Center 6060 Center Drive, Tenth Floor
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No Yes

Thomas W. Ferrel HIGGS, FLETCHER & MACK LLP 401 West "A" Street, Suite 2600 San Diego, CA 92101-7913

Emissive Energy Corp.

Yes

Metabo Corporation Metabowerke GMBH

Yes

Rally Manufacturing, Inc.

Yes

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Sunbeam Products, Inc.

Yes

Los Angeles, CA 90045 Sang N. Dang ORION LAW GROUP 3 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 850 Santa Ana, CA 92707 George L. Fountain ORION LAW GROUP 3 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 850 Santa Ana, CA 92707 Kening Li, PH.D. PINSENT MASONS C/o BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL AND BERKOWITZ 555 11th St., NW, Washington, DC 20004 Vy H. Vu ORION LAW GROUP 3 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 850 Santa Ana, CA 92707 Richard A. Clegg Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek 750 B St., Suite 2100 San Diego, CA 92101 Richard S. Swope ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 1000 Marsh Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Mark J. Rosenberg Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. One Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10020 Susan E. Basinger Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP 401West "A" Street, Suite 2600
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Star Asia, U.S.A., LLC.

Yes

Logitech, Inc.

Yes

Central Purchasing, LLC

Yes

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Kyocera International, Inc. Kyocera Wireless Corp.

Yes

San Diego, California 92101 Anthony J. Dain Victor M. Felix PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP 530 B Street, Suite 2100 San Diego, California 92101

DMS Holdings, Inc. dba Mabis No Healthcare and Duro-Med Industries

Dated this Wednesday, April 09, 2008. Respectfully submitted, JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST, Plaintiff /s/ Melody A. Kramer J. Michael Kaler Melody A. Kramer Patricia A. Shackelford Attorneys for Plaintiff

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PROOF OF SERVICE I, Melody A. Kramer declare: I am and was at the time of this service working within in the County of San Diego, California. I am over the age of 18 year and not a party to the within action. My business address is the Kramer Law Office, Inc., 9930 Mesa Rim Road, Suite 1600, San Diego, California, 92121. I am a member of the State Bar of California and the Bar of this Court. On April 9, 2008, I served on the parties to this action the following documents:

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Robert L. Binder Foley & Lardner LLP Defendants Hi-Tech & Phillips Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court Kenneth S. Klein Foley & Lardner LLP 402 W. Broadway, Suite 2100 San Diego, CA 92101-3542 619/234-3510 FAX [email protected] Defendants Hi-Tech & Phillips Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court PERSON(S) SERVED PARTY(IES) SERVED METHOD OF SERVICE Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court NOTICE OF MOTION AND PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE CASES

Raymond P. Niro, Jr. Dina Hayes Gregory P. Casimer Robert A. Conley Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro 181 W. Madison St., Ste. 4600 Chicago, IL 60602 312/236-3137 FAX [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Allison Goddard J. Christopher Jaczko Jaczko Goddard LLP 4401 Eastgate Mall San Diego, CA 92121 [email protected] [email protected]

Defendants Black & Decker Corp.; Black & Decker, Inc.; Black & Decker (U.S.), Inc.; Vector Products, Inc.; and B&D Holdings, LLC ("B&D Defendants")

Defendant Hi-Tech Plastics, Inc. and Phillips Plastics

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court

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777 East Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53202 414/297-4900 FAX [email protected] Richard L. Schwaab Pavan K. Agarwal C. Edward Polk, Jr. Foley & Lardner LLP 3000 K Street, N.W. Suite 500 Washington, DC 20007 202/672-5399 FAX [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Defendants Hi-Tech & Phillips Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court

Allison Goddard J. Christopher Jaczko Jaczko Goddard LLP 4401 Eastgate Mall San Diego, CA 92121 [email protected] [email protected] 858-225-3500 FAX Dale Lischer [email protected] Elizabeth G. Borland [email protected] Kerri A. Hochgesang [email protected] Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP Promenade II, Suite 3100 1230 Peachtree St., N.E. Atlanta, GA 30309 404-685-6945 FAX

Defendant Giant International (USA) Ltd.

Email ­ Pleadings Filed with the Court

Defendant Giant International (USA) Ltd.

Email ­ Pleadings Filed with the Court

Alan A. Limbach DLA Piper USA LLC 2000 University Avenue East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2214 [email protected] Gregory J. Lundell DLA Piper USA LLC

Esseplast (USA) NC, Inc.

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court via CM/ECF

Esseplast (USA) NC, Inc

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court via CM/ECF

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2000 University Avenue East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2214 [email protected] Esseplast (USA) NC, Inc Elizabeth Day DLA Piper USA LLC 2000 University Avenue East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2214 [email protected] Vincent S Lam DLA Piper USA LLC 2000 University Avenue East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2214 [email protected] Erik R. Fuehrer DLA Piper USA LLC 2000 University Avenue East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2214 [email protected] Erik B. Von Ziepel Seyfarth Shaw LLP 2029 Century Park East, Suite 3300 Los Angeles, CA 90067 [email protected] Jill Zimmerman Davis Polk & Wardwell 1600 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025 [email protected] Anthony I. Fenwick Davis Polk & Wardwell 1600 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025 [email protected] David Lisson Davis Polk & Wardwell 1600 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025 [email protected] Veronica C. Abreu Davis Polk & Wardwell 1600 El Camino Real Esseplast (USA) NC, Inc

CM/ECF

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court via CM/ECF

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court via CM/ECF

Esseplast (USA) NC, Inc

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court via CM/ECF

Helen of Troy Texas Corporation; Oxo International Ltd.

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court via CM/ECF

Energizer Holdings Inc. Eveready Battery Company, Inc.

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court via CM/ECF

Energizer Holdings Inc. Eveready Battery Company, Inc.

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court via CM/ECF

Energizer Holdings Inc. Eveready Battery Company, Inc.

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court via CM/ECF

Energizer Holdings Inc. Eveready Battery Company, Inc.

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Menlo Park, CA 94025 [email protected] Roger G. Perkins, Esq Angela Kim, Esq. MORRIS POLICH & PURDY LLP 501 West Broadway, Suite 500 San Diego, California 92101 [email protected] [email protected] Emerson Electric Co., Ridge Tool Co., and Ridgid, Inc., One World Technologies, Inc. Email - Pleadings Filed with the Court via ECF

Orlando F. Cabanday HENNELLY & GROSSFELD LLP 4640 Admiralty Way, Suite 850 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 Telephone: (310) 305-2100 Facsimile: (310) 305-2116 [email protected] Robert S. Mallin Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione NBC Tower 455 N City Front Plaza Drive Suite 3600 Chicago, IL 60611 [email protected] Roger G. Perkins, Esq [email protected] MORRIS POLICH & PURDY LLP 501 West Broadway, Suite 500 San Diego, California 92101 Robert S. Mallin Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione NBC Tower 455 N City Front Plaza Drive Suite 3600 Chicago, IL 60611 [email protected] Roger G. Perkins, Esq [email protected] MORRIS POLICH & PURDY LLP 501 West Broadway, Suite 500 San Diego, California 92101

Emerson Electric Co., Ridge Tool Co., and Ridgid, Inc.

Email - Pleadings Filed with the Court via ECF

Emerson Electric Co., Ridge Tool Co., and Ridgid, Inc., One World Technologies, Inc.

Email - Pleadings Filed with the Court via ECF

Ryobi Technologies, Inc. Techtronic Industries North America, Inc.

Email - Pleadings Filed with the Court via ECF

Ryobi Technologies, Inc. Techtronic Industries North America, Inc.

Email - Pleadings Filed with the Court via ECF

Senco Products, Inc.

Email - Pleadings Filed with the Court via ECF

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Angela Kim [email protected] MORRIS POLICH & PURDY LLP 501 West Broadway, Suite 500 San Diego, California 92101 Robert S. Mallin Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione NBC Tower 455 N City Front Plaza Drive Suite 3600 Chicago, IL 60611 [email protected] James H. Shalek Proskauer Rose LLP 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 [email protected] Jonathan E. Rich Proskauer Rose LLP 2049 Century Park East, 32nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067 [email protected] DOUGLAS CARSTEN [email protected] DEBRA D. NYE [email protected] Foley & Lardner LLP 11250 El Camino Real, Suit 200 San Diego, California 92130 Telephone: (858) 847-6700

Senco Products, Inc.

Email - Pleadings Filed with the Court via ECF

Senco Products, Inc.

Email - Pleadings Filed with the Court via ECF

Informatics Holdings, Inc. Datalogic Scanning, Inc. Datalogic Scanning Holdings, Inc.

Federal Express

Sanyo North America Corporation

Email - Pleadings Filed with the Court via ECF

RACHEL M. CAPOCCIA Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1400 Los Angeles, California 90067 [email protected] Erik J. Lobenfeld Hogan & Hartson LLP 875 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 [email protected] Eliot Teitelbaum Koorenny & Teitelbaum, LLP

Motorola, Inc.

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court via CM/ECF

Motorola, Inc.

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court via CM/ECF

CTT Tools, Inc.

Federal Express

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11911 San Vicente Blvd. Suite 265 Los Angeles, CA 90049 310-440-5276 Phone 310-440-5277 Fax [email protected] John V. Hanley Steptoe & Johnson LLP 2121 Avenue of the Stars Suite 2800 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Thomas W. Ferrell [email protected] HIGGS, FLETCHER & MACK LLP 401 West "A" Street, Suite 2600 San Diego, CA 92101-7913 Mark G. Kachigian [email protected] Cassandra L. Wilkinson [email protected] HEAD, JOHNSON & KACHIGIAN, P.C. 228 West 17th Place Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119 Jeff E. Scott GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 2450 Colorado Avenue, Suite 400E Santa Monica, California 90404 Email: [email protected] Jeffrey D. Lewin Sullivan, Hill, Lewin, Rez & Engel 550 West "C" Street, Suite 1500 San Diego, CA 92101 [email protected] Gary M. Anderson FULWIDER PATTON LLP Howard Hughes Center 6060 Center Drive, Tenth Floor Los Angeles, CA 90045 [email protected] [email protected] Sang N. Dang

Alltrade Tools, LLC.

Federal Express

Global Machinery Company; GMCA Pty. Ltd; Trapone Corporation Pty Ltd.

Email - Pleadings Filed with the Court via ECF

Global Machinery Company; GMCA Pty. Ltd; Trapone Corporation Pty Ltd.

Email - Pleadings Filed with the Court via ECF

Emissive Energy Corporation

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court

Metabo Corporation

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court via CM/ECF

Rally Manufacturing, Inc.

Email - Pleadings Filed with the Court via ECF

Sunbeam Products, Inc.

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court via

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ORION LAW GROUP 3 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 850 Santa Ana, CA 92707 [email protected] George L. Fountain ORION LAW GROUP 3 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 850 Santa Ana, CA 92707 [email protected] Kening Li, PH.D. PINSENT MASONS C/o BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL AND BERKOWITZ 555 11th St., NW, Washington, DC 20004 [email protected] Vy H. Vu ORION LAW GROUP 3 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 850 Santa Ana, CA 92707 [email protected] Richard A. Clegg Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek 750 B St., Suite 2100 San Diego, CA 92101 [email protected] I. Neel Chatterjee [email protected] Richard S. Swope [email protected] ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 1000 Marsh Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Mark J. Rosenberg Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. One Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10020 Susan E. Basinger Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP 401West "A" Street, Suite 2600 Sunbeam Products, Inc.

with the Court via CM/ECF

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court via CM/ECF

Sunbeam Products, Inc.

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court via CM/ECF

Sunbeam Products, Inc.

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court via CM/ECF

Star Asia USA, LLC.

Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court

Logitech, Inc.

Email - Pleadings Filed with the Court via ECF

Central Purchasing, LLC

Email - Pleadings Filed with the Court via ECF

Central Purchasing, LLC

Email - Pleadings Filed with the Court via ECF

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San Diego, California 92101 [email protected] Anthony J. Dain Victor M. Felix PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP

Kyocera International, Inc. Kyocera Wireless Corp.

Email - Pleadings Filed with the Court via ECF

530 B Street, Suite 2100 San Diego, California 92101
[email protected] [email protected] C/o Agent for Process of Service DMS Holdings, Inc. The Corporation Trust Company Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 DMS Holdings Federal Express

(Personal Service) I caused to be personally served in a sealed envelope hand-delivered to the office of counsel during regular business hours. X (Federal Express) I deposited or caused to be deposited today with Federal Express in a sealed envelope containing a true copy of the foregoing documents with fees fully prepaid addressed to the above noted addressee for overnight delivery. (Facsimile) I caused a true copy of the foregoing documents to be transmitted by facsimile machine to the above noted addressees. The facsimile transmissions were reported as complete and without error. (Email) I emailed a true copy of the foregoing documents to an email address represented to be the correct email address for the above noted addressee. (Email--Pleadings Filed with the Court) Pursuant to Local Rules, I electronically filed this document via the CM/ECF system for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

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I declare that the foregoing is true and correct, and that this declaration was executed on Wednesday, April 09, 2008, in San Diego, California. /s/ Melody A. Kramer __________________________ Melody A. Kramer

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