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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`C.A. No. 16-774 (RGA)
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`C.A. No. 16-775 (RGA)
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`C.A. No. 16-776 (RGA)
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`ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`ACCELERATION BAY LLC
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`Defendant.
`TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE,
`INC., ROCKSTAR GAMES, INC. and
`2K SPORTS, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`ACCELERATION BAY LLC,
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`Defendant.
`ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`ACCELERATION BAY LLC,
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`Defendants.
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`STIPULATION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
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`WHEREAS Activision Blizzard, Inc., Electronic Arts Inc., Take-Two Interactive
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`Software, Inc., Rockstar Games, Inc. and 2K Sports, Inc. (collectively, “Video Game
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`Companies”) filed the following actions in the Northern District of California on June 16, 2016
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`seeking declaratory judgment: Activision Blizzard Inc. v. Acceleration Bay LLC, C.A. No. 3:16-
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`3375 (N.D. Cal.), Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. et al. v. Acceleration Bay LLC, C.A. No.
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`Case 1:16-cv-00776-RGA Document 33 Filed 09/15/16 Page 2 of 3 PageID #: 1211
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`3:16-3377 (N.D. Cal.), and Electronic Arts Inc. v. Acceleration Bay LLC, C.A. No. 3:16-3378
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`(N.D. Cal.) (collectively, the “DJ Actions”);
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`WHEREAS Acceleration Bay LLC (“Acceleration Bay”) filed the following actions in
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`the District of Delaware on June 17, 2016: Acceleration Bay LLC v. Activision Blizzard Inc.,
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`C.A. No. 16-453-RGA (D. Del.), Acceleration Bay LLC v. Electronic Arts Inc., C.A. No. 16-454-
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`RGA (D. Del.), and Acceleration Bay LLC v. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. et al.,
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`C.A. No. 16-455-RGA (D. Del.) (collectively, the “New Delaware Actions”);
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`WHEREAS the Video Game Companies filed a Motion to Dismiss, Stay or Transfer the
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`New Delaware Actions on July 8, 2016 (e.g., C.A. No.16-453-RGA, D.I. 6) (“Motion to
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`Dismiss, Stay or Transfer”), and that motion is still pending;
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`WHEREAS on September 1, 2016, Judge Seeborg in the Northern District of California
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`granted Acceleration Bay’s motion to transfer the DJ Actions to the District of Delaware;
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`WHEREAS the DJ Actions were transferred to the District of Delaware and docketed as
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`Activision Blizzard Inc. v. Acceleration Bay LLC, C.A. No. 16-774-RGA (D. Del.), Take-Two
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`Interactive Software, Inc. et al. v. Acceleration Bay LLC, C.A. No. 16-775-RGA (D. Del.), and
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`Electronic Arts Inc. v. Acceleration Bay LLC, C.A. No. 16-776-RGA (D. Del.);
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`WHEREAS the parties have agreed that for the convenience of the parties and the Court
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`the Video Game Companies will (1) withdraw their Motion to Dismiss, Stay or Transfer and
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`(2) dismiss the DJ Actions without prejudice, with the Video Game Companies reserving all
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`rights, including to file the claims asserted in those actions as counterclaims in the 2016
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`Delaware Actions;
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`Case 1:16-cv-00776-RGA Document 33 Filed 09/15/16 Page 3 of 3 PageID #: 1212
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`IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, subject to the approval of the Court, that
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`the above-captioned DJ Actions are dismissed without prejudice. The parties shall each bear
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`their own costs and attorney fees with respect to the dismissed DJ Actions.
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`MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP
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`POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP
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`/s/ Jack B. Blumenfeld
`_____________________________________
`Jack B. Blumenfeld (#1014)
`Stephen J. Kraftschik (#5623)
`1201 North Market Street
`P.O. Box 1347
`Wilmington, DE 19899
`(302) 658-9200
`jblumenfeld@mnat.com
`skraftschik@mnat.com
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`/s/ Philip A. Rovner
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`Philip A. Rovner (#3215)
`Jonathan A. Choa (#5319)
`Hercules Plaza
`P.O. Box 951
`Wilmington, DE 19899
`(302) 984-6000
`provner@potteranderson.com
`jchoa@potteranderson.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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`September 15, 2016
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`Attorneys for Defendant
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`SO ORDERED this __________ day of September, 2016
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`United States District Judge
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