JOINT STIPULATION TO STAY DEADLINES IN SCHEDULING ORDERS WHILE PARTIES MEMORIALIZE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT; ORDER

MAXINE M. CHESNEY, District Judge.

Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12, Plaintiff Pragmatus Telecom, LLC ("Pragmatus") and Defendant Build.com ("Build"), hereby stipulate through their respective counsel of record as follows:

WHEREAS on March 29, 2013, the parties submitted a Joint Case Management Statement (Dkt. No. 32);

WHEREAS, on April 8, 2013 and April 9, 2013, the Court issued an Amended Civil Minutes (Dkt. No. 35) and a Pretrial Preparation Order (Dkt. No. 36), respectively, setting forth the schedule for this case;

WHEREAS, on May 17, 2013 the Court granted the parties' prior joint stipulation to modify deadlines while the parties negotiated settlement;

WHEREAS, on May 30, 2013, the Court granted the parties' prior joint stipulation to modify deadlines while the parties continued to negotiate settlement;

WHEREAS, the parties are currently memorializing a settlement agreement and believe a stay of deadlines in this case will facilitate the settlement and aid the parties in their efforts to resolve this litigation;

WHEREAS, the next deadlines in this case are Exchange of Preliminary Proposed Terms for Claim Construction due August 5, 2013; Joint Claim Construction Prehearing Statement; Plaintiff's opening claim construction brief due on October 14, 2013; Defendants' responsive claim construction brief due on October 28, 2013, the Tutorial and the Claim Construction Hearing set for November 18, 2013 (Dkt. No. 36);

WHEREAS, the parties are also considering a stipulation to transfer this case to the District of Delaware, where other related cases involving the Patents-In-Suit are pending, should the parties not reach resolution of this lawsuit;

WHEREAS, if the settlement agreement is not memorialized in the month of August 2013, the parties will submit a proposed schedule to the Court no later than August 31, 2013 to address any deadlines affected by this stay;

NOW THEREFORE the parties through their undersigned counsel hereby stipulate to, and respectfully request the Court to order, that deadlines, set forth in the parties Joint Case Management Statement (Dkt. No. 32) and the Court's Pretrial Preparation Order (Dkt. No. 36) be stayed until the parties memorialize their settlement agreement

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, it is hereby ORDERED that deadlines, set forth in the parties Joint Case Management Statement (Dkt. No. 32) and the Court's Pretrial Preparation Order (Dkt. No. 36) be stayed until the parties memorialize their settlement agreement. If the parties do not memorialize their settlement agreement by August 31, 2013, the parties shall jointly submit a proposed schedule to the Court to address any deadlines affected by this stay.

IT IS SO ORDERED.