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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
`WESTERN DIVISION
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`SAUDER MANUFACTURING CO.
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`CASE NO.: 3:14-cv-00962-JZ
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`Plaintiff,
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`JUDGE JACK ZOUHARY
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`v.
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`J SQUARED, INC. d/b/a
`UNIVERSITY LOFT COMPANY
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`Defendant.
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`MOTION TO STAY ACTION
`PENDING INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`Defendant/counterclaim-plaintiff
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`J Squared,
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`Inc. d/b/a University Loft Company
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`(“ULC”) respectfully moves the Court to stay this action pending completion of the inter partes
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`review (IPR) of one of the patents at issue in this suit, Patent No. 8,585,136 (the “’136 Patent”),
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`by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). For the reasons set forth in more
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`detail in the attached Memorandum in Support, ULC’s motion to stay should be granted.
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`In light of the March 19, 2015 mediation between the parties and with the Court’s
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`approval, ULC and Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant Sauder Manufacturing Co. (“Sauder”)
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`stipulate to Sauder’s responding to this motion under the time period described under Loc. R. 7.1
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`and Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(d), i.e. seventeen days, as calculated from the earlier of the termination of
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`the mediation or the March 27, 2015 status conference with the Court.
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`73192855.2
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`Sauder Manufacturing Co., Ex. 2003 p. 1
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`Case: 3:14-cv-00962-JZ Doc #: 42 Filed: 03/05/15 2 of 14. PageID #: 426
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`/s/: Julie A. Crocker
`Philip R. Bautista (0073272)
`pbautista@taftlaw.com
`Julie A. Crocker (0081231)
`jcrocker@taftlaw.com
`TAFT, STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
`200 Public Square, Suite 3500
`Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2302
`Tel: (216) 241-2838
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`Thomas R. DeVoe (16688-49)*
`tdevoe@taftlaw.com
`TAFT, STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
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`Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2023
`Tel: (317) 713-3500
`Fax: (317) 713-3699
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`*Admitted Pro Hac Vice
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`Attorneys for Defendant/Counterclaim-
`Plaintiff
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`73192855.2
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`Sauder Manufacturing Co., Ex. 2003 p. 2