Free Judicial Referral for Purpose of Determining Relationship of Cases - District Court of California - California

Case 4:07-cv-06511-CW

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Filed 02/01/2008

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United States District Court

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For the Northern District of California

No. C 07-6511 PJH REFERRAL FOR PURPOSE OF DETERMINING RELATIONSHIP

v. 12 HITACHI, LTD., et al., 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: February 1, 2008 Defendants. _______________________________/

The above-entitled action alleges infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 4,939,641 ("the `641 patent"), 5,077,733 ("the `733 patent"), and 5,379,379 ("the `379 patent). These three patents are among a group of patents owned by LG Electronics, Inc. ("LGE"), which LGE has also asserted in several actions pending before the Honorable Claudia Wilken. These cases include LG Electronics, Inc. v. Asustek Computer, C-01-0326 CW; LG Electronics, Inc. v. Advance Creative, C-01-1070 CW; LG Electronics, Inc. v. Q-Lity Computer, Inc., C01-2187 CW; and LG Electronics, Inc. v. Bizcom Elec., Inc., C-01-1375 CW. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-12(c), the undersigned requests Judge Wilken to determine whether the above-entitled action should be related to the cases pending before her.

______________________________ PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON United States District Judge

Case 4:07-cv-06511-CW

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