Compaq Computer Corp Sample Clauses

Compaq Computer Corp. (DE 1:00- cv-00967 filed 11/16/2000). Patent infringement action concerning MPEG-2 video compression. During a teleconference the parties informed the court that they reached a settlement in principle but wanted to stay the case instead of entering a stipulated dismissal. The court stayed the case, sealed the transcript of the teleconference, and ordered the parties to submit biweekly status reports of their settlement nego- tiations. These status reports on settlement nego- tiations were placed under seal when received by the court. Eight months later the court entered the parties’ stipulation of dismissal with prejudice and ordered the case closed. Xxxxxx Pharmaceuticals Inc. x. Xxxxxxxxxx-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. (DE 1:00-cv-01002 filed 11/30/2000). Patent infringement action concerning cell-based technology. The court granted the parties’ stipu- lation of dismissal with prejudice and placed it under seal. Jupiter Media Metrix Inc. v. NetRatings Inc. (DE 1:01-cv-00193 filed 03/27/2001). Patent infringement action concerning a method for logging and reporting on-line activity of com- puter users in the United States. Five months after two of the defendants were dismissed without prejudice pursuant to a joint stipulation, the re- maining parties settled and agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice. The parties filed a copy of the settlement agreement under seal and consented to allow the court to reserve jurisdiction over the case in order to enforce the terms of the settlement agreement. The case was closed. Oratec Interventions Inc. v. Radionics Inc. (DE 1:01- cv-00558 filed 08/15/2001). Patent infringement action concerning an appa- ratus for treating annular fissures of intervertebral disks. Seven months after one of the two defen- dants was voluntarily dismissed, the plaintiff in- formed the court that an oral settlement agree- ment had been reached with the remaining de- fendant. Pursuant to an order marked “confiden- tial filed under seal,” the court agreed to stay the case for sixty days to permit the parties to finalize negotiations. One month later the plaintiff filed a motion under seal to enforce the settlement agreement. Before the motion was decided, the court granted the parties’ stipulation and dis- missal with prejudice, and closed the case. District of the District of Columbia “Absent statutory authority, no cases or docu- ments may be sealed without an order from the Court.” D.D.C. L. Civ. R. 5.1(j)(1). Statistics: 5,368 cases in...

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