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MELODY A. KRAMER, SBN 169984 9930 Mesa Rim Road, Suite 1600 San Diego, California 92121 Telephone (858) 362-3150 email: [email protected] J. MICHAEL KALER, SBN 158296 9930 Mesa Rim Road, Suite 200 San Diego, California 92121 Telephone (858) 362-3151 email: [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiff JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ) Case No. 08cv00060 BTM CAB ) ) ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF'S ) MOTION FOR EXCEPTION TO STAY ) 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 SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST,
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Plaintiff JENS ERIK SORENSEN, as Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST ("Plaintiff") has moved this Court at Docket # 39 for an exception to the stay of proceedings in this case for the purposes of limited discovery. The Court, having considered briefing by the parties and oral arguments on August 20, 2008, grants in part and denies in part Plaintiff's motion for exception to the stay as set forth below. 1. All prototype and production molds used in the production of the
accused products within the custody and control of the Defendant(s) are to be preserved. 2. All design and technical documents for the accused product within the
control and custody of the Defendant(s) are to be preserved. 3. Plaintiff is granted leave to propound one (1) interrogatory on the
Defendant(s) that asks for the identification of the company names and addresses of nonparty manufacturers, suppliers, and importers who have prototype, production, design, technical documents or evidence regarding the accused products. 4. Plaintiff is granted leave to file an Amended Complaint adding accused
products within 30 days of this Order. Defendant must respond to said the Amended Complaint within 45 days after the stay is lifted.
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The Court denies without prejudice Plaintiff's request for leave of court to use appropriate procedural discovery steps to acquire prototype, production, design, technical documents or evidence regarding the accused products from nonparties at this time; any subsequent requests will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED this 2nd day of September, 2008.
Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz United State District Judge
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