Free Stipulation to EXTEND Time - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:08-cv-00234-GMS

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

LG ELECTRONICS U.S.A., INC. and LG ELECTRONICS, INC., Plaintiffs, v. WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Defendant. ____________________________________ WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, WHIRLPOOL PATENTS COMPANY, WHIRLPOOL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, and MAYTAG CORPORATION, Counterclaim Plaintiffs, v. LG ELECTRONICS U.S.A., INC., LG ELECTRONICS, INC., and LG ELECTRONICS MONTERREY MEXICO, S.A., DE, CV, Counterclaim Defendants. C. A. No. 08-234 (GMS) Jury Trial Demanded

STIPULATION AND ORDER IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between counsel for Whirlpool Corporation, Whirlpool Patents Company, Whirlpool Manufacturing Corporation, and Maytag Corporation (collectively, "Counterclaim Plaintiffs") and LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., LG Electronics, Inc. and LG Electronics Monterrey Mexico, S.A., DE, CV (collectively, "Counterclaim Defendants"), through their respective counsel of record, and subject to the approval of the Court, that Counterclaim Defendants shall have an extension of time to and

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including June 18, 2008, to answer or otherwise plead in response to the Counterclaims. Said extension is necessary for counsel to review the patents and claims asserted by Counterclaim Plaintiffs. IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between counsel that: On behalf of Counterclaim Defendant, LG Electronics Monterrey Mexico, S.A., DE, CV, ("LG Mexico"), the undersigned counsel accepts service of the Answer and Counterclaims on LG Mexico and waives formal service of the Answer and Counterclaims in this action on LG Mexico. LG Mexico consents to personal jurisdiction of this Court with respect to the

Counterclaims for purposes of this action and stipulates that it will not be asserting in this action any defense of insufficiency of process, insufficiency of service of process, or lack of personal jurisdiction and will not file a motion on these grounds in lieu of answering the Counterclaims.

/s/ Tiffany Geyer Lydon___________________ Steven J. Balick (#2114) John G. Day (#2403) Tiffany Geyer Lydon (#3950) ASHBY & GEDDES 500 Delaware Avenue, 8th Floor P. O. Box 1150 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 654-1888 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

/s/ Anne Shea Gaza_____________________ Frederick L. Cottrell, III (#2555) Anne Shea Gaza (#4093) RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A. 920 North King Street One Rodney Square Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 651-7700 [email protected] [email protected]

Attorneys For Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff Whirlpool Corporation and Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Counterclaim Plaintiffs Whirlpool Patents Defendants LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. and LG Company, Whirlpool Manufacturing Electronics, Inc. and Counterclaim Defendant Corporation and Maytag Corporation LG Electronics Monterrey Mexico, S.A., DE, CV SO ORDERED this ______ day of May, 2008. ________________________________________ Chief Judge

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