Opinion
Case No. 5:08-cv-00877 PSG Case No. 5:08-cv-00882 PSG
03-27-2013
ACER, INC., ACER AMERICA CORPORATION and GATEWAY, INC., Plaintiffs, v. TECHNOLOGY PROPERTIES LTD., PATRIOT SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, ALLIACENSE LTD., Defendants. HTC CORPORATION, HTC AMERICA, INC., Plaintiffs, v. TECHNOLOGY PROPERTIES LTD., PATRIOT SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, ALLIACENSE LTD., Defendants.
ORDER INVITING BRIEFING RE: EFFECT OF AUTOMATIC STAY
(Re: Docket No. 425, 427, 428)
On March 21, 2013, Technology Properties Ltd., ("TPL") notified Acer, Inc., et al ("Acer"), HTC Corp., et al ("HTC") and the court that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The court issued an order staying the case pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362 and requiring the parties to submit status updates every 90 days. TPL submitted two more notices in which it suggested that its counterclaims could continue against Acer and HTC and that the cases against Patriot Scientific Corp. and Alliacense Ltd. may proceed if they can be separated from the TPL case.
See Docket No. 425.
See Docket No. 426.
See Docket Nos. 427, 428.
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The court now invites briefing from the parties on this issue. No later than Friday, April 5, 2013, the parties each shall submit letter briefs no longer than five pages explaining how this case should proceed in light of TPL's bankruptcy filing.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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PAUL S. GREWAL
United States Magistrate Judge