JOINT STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME TO FILE MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF'S INEQUITABLE CONDUCT DEFENSE AND AMEND ANSWER PURSUANT TO CIV. L.R. 6-1(B); ORDER

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR., District Judge.

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-1(b), Defendant Nisene Technology Group, Inc. ("Nisene") and Plaintiff RKD Engineering Corporation, Inc. ("RKD Engineering"), by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS, RKD Engineering included an affirmative defense of inequitable conduct in its Answer to Nisene's counterclaims;

WHEREAS, Nisene currently has until November 2, 2018, to file a motion to strike RKD Engineering's inequitable conduct defense, and RKD Engineering has until November 2, 2018 to amend its answer as a matter of course pursuant to Rule 15(1)(A) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure;

WHEREAS, the parties are discussing in good faith whether RKD Engineering will amend its Answer, eliminating the need to file a motion to strike RKD Engineering's inequitable conduct defense;

WHEREAS, Nisene has requested, and RKD Engineering has agreed to allow Nisene, an extension of time until December 1, 2018, to file a motion to strike RKD Engineering's inequitable conduct defense;

WHEREAS, RKD Engineering has requested, and Nisene has agreed to allow RKD Engineering, an extension of time until December 1, 2018, to amend RKD Engineering's Answer for the purpose of removing the inequitable conduct defense;

WHEREAS, said additional time for the Parties to resolve this issue will not alter the date of any other event or deadline already fixed by Court order; and

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties, through their respective counsel, that Nisene will have until December 1, 2018, to file a motion to strike RKD Engineering's inequitable conduct defense, and RKD Engineering will have until December 1, 2018, to amend the Answer to remove the inequitable conduct defense.

Attestation Regarding Signatures

I, Alper T. Ertas, attest that all signatories listed, and on whose behalf the filing is submitted, concur in the filing's content and have authorized the filing.

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation and for good cause showing, the Court orders that the deadlines for Nisene to file a motion to strike RKD Engineering's inequitable conduct defense and for RKD Engineering to amend the Answer to remove the inequitable conduct defense are extended to December 1, 2018.

IT IS SO ORDERED.