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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`SOUND VIEW INNOVATIONS LLC
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`Plaintiff,
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`Civil Action No. 16-116-RGA
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`F ACEBOOK, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`The Markman hearing on Sound View's patents, scheduled for March 29, 2017, f ust be
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`ORDER
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`narrowed. The parties should submit a joint letter to the Court no later than March 20, io 17,
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`identifying the asserted claims in each patent, explaining the importance of construction 1of the
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`approximately 54 to 56 disputed 1 terms to other issues in the case (i.e., if a term is constfed as
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`Defendant asks, the Defendant's product does not infringe because .... ; or is invalid becahse ... ;
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`or, if construed as Plaintiff asks, the Defendant's product infringes because .... ; ) . Each Jarty
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`should also identify, in order of priority, the terms that are most important to the party tol have
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`argued at the hearing. The Court anticipates that no more than ten terms will be heard at the
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`hearing. Depending upon what is in the submission, the Court may select the terms to b¢ heard,
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`may possibly narrow the claims at issue, or both, and/or may postpone the hearing until the
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`parties further narrow the claims and terms.
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`1 The Court notes that the parties have six agreed-upon constructions. The ratio of
`agreed-upon to disputed terms is considerably outside the norm.
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