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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

) IN RE: REMBRANDT TECHNOLOGIES, ) LP PATENT LITIGATION, ) ) ) ) ) MOTOROLA, INC., CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC., ARRIS ) GROUP, INC., THOMSON, INC., AMBIT ) MICROSYSTEMS, INC., and NETGEAR, ) ) INC., ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) REMBRANDT TECHNOLOGIES, LP, ) ) Defendant. ) ) REMBRANDT TECHNOLOGIES, LP, and ) REMBRANDT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC d/b/a ) ) REMSTREAM, ) Counter-Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) MOTOROLA, INC., CISCO SYSTEMS, ) INC., SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC., ARRIS ) GROUP, INC., THOMSON, INC., AMBIT ) MICROSYSTEMS, INC., NETGEAR, INC., ) TIME WARNER CABLE, INC., TIME ) WARNER CABLE, LLC, TIME WARNER ) NEW YORK CABLE, LLC, TIME WARNER ) ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, LP, ) COMCAST CORPORATION, COMCAST ) CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., ) CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC., ) CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS ) OPERATING, LLC, COXCOM, INC., COX ) COMMUNICATIONS, INC., COX ) ENTERPRISES, INC., CSC HOLDINGS,

MDL Docket No. 07-md-1848 (GMS)

C.A. No. 07-752 (GMS)

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INC., CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORPORATION, ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, CENTURY-TCI CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS, LP, CENTURY-TCI HOLDINGS, LLC, COMCAST OF FLORIDA/PENNSYLVANIA, LP (f/k/a PARNASSOS, LP), COMCAST OF PENNSYLVANIA II, LP (f/k/a CENTURYTCI CALIFORNIA, LP), PARNASSOS COMMUNICATIONS, LP, ADELPHIA CONSOLIDATION, LLC, PARNASSOS HOLDINGS, LLC, and WESTERN NY CABLEVISION, LP, Counter-Defendants.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER WHEREAS on January 16, 2008, Rembrandt Technologies, LP and Rembrandt Technologies, LLC d/b/a Remstream (collectively, "Rembrandt"), in its Answer to the Complaint in C.A. No. 07-752 (GMS), asserted counterclaims for patent infringement against certain Time-Warner, Comcast. Charter, Cox and Cablevision entities (collectively, "the MSOs") (D.I. 47); WHEREAS, on February 7 and 8, 2008, the MSOs responded to those counterclaims (D.I. 75-78 and 83); WHEREAS, on February 27, 2008, Rembrandt filed replies in C.A. No. 07-752 (GMS) (D.I. 95-98 and 100), which added patent infringement counterclaims against additional Time-Warner and Comcast entities (D.I. 97 and 100); WHEREAS, pursuant to a stipulation and order filed on April 11, 2008 (D.I. 144) and granted on April 18, 2008, Rembrandt filed amended replies including patent infringement counterclaims against the MSOs on May 5, 2008 (D.I. 188-192);

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WHEREAS, pursuant to a stipulation and order filed on April 11, 2008 (D.I. 146) and granted on April 18, 2008, the plaintiffs filed an Amended Complaint in C.A. No. 07-752 (GMS) on May 2, 2008 (D.I. 179); WHEREAS, on May 2, 2008, the MSOs filed replies to Rembrandt's counterclaims for patent infringement included in D.I. 144 and 188-92 (D.I. 183-187) which were then incorporated by reference on May 22, 2008 in D.I. 217-19 and 223-224; WHEREAS, on May 5, 2008, in its Answer to the Amended Complaint (D.I. 179), Rembrandt re-asserted counterclaims for patent infringement against the MSOs (D.I. 193); NOW, THEREFORE, in order to avoid further submission of duplicative pleadings regarding Rembrandt's counterclaims for patent infringement and unnecessary complexities in the state of those pleadings, it is hereby stipulated by the parties, subject to the approval of the Court, that the MSOs' May 2, 2008 amended responses to Rembrandt's counterclaims (D.I. 183-187) are incorporated by reference as responses to Rembrandt's counterclaims for patent infringement contained in D.I. 193 and that the MSOs are not required to file further responses to those counterclaims. CONNOLLY BOVE LODGE & HUTZ LLP MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP

/s/ Francis G. DiGiovanni
Collins J. Seitz, Jr. (#2237) Francis DiGiovanni (#3189) James D. Heisman (#2746) Kristen Healey Cramer (#4512) 1007 N. Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 (302) 658-9141 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Rembrandt Technologies, LP
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/s/ Jack B. Blumenfeld
Jack B. Blumenfeld (#1014) Karen Jacobs Louden (#2881) 1201 N. Market Street P.O. Box 1347 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 658-9200 [email protected] Co-Liaison Counsel for All Parties Other Than Rembrandt

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IT IS SO ORDERED, this ____ of

, 2008.

Chief Judge, United States District Court

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