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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
`ATLANTA DIVISION
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`IRONBURG INVENTIONS LTD. a
`United Kingdom Limited Company,
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`Plaintiff,
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`vs.
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`COLLECTIVE MINDS GAMING
`CO. LTD.,
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`Defendant.
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`Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-04110-TWT
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` SCHEDULING ORDER
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`Upon review of the information contained in the Joint Preliminary Report
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`and Discovery Plan form completed and filed by the parties, the Court orders that
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`the time limits for adding parties, amending the pleadings, filing motions,
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`completing discovery, and discussing settlement are as set out in the Federal
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`Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules of this Court, except as herein
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`modified: IT IS SO ORDERED, this 11th day of May, 2017.
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`/s/Thomas W. Thrash
`Thomas W. Thrash Jr.
`CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`Case 1:16-cv-04110-TWT Document 28 Filed 05/15/17 Page 2 of 4
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`EXHIBIT A
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`SCHEDULING ORDER
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`DEADLINE OR EVENT
`Rule 26(f) Conference (pursuant to
`LR 16.1)
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`Joint Preliminary Report and
`Discovery Plan (pursuant to LR 16.2)
`Meet and Confer re Protective
`Order (pursuant to LPR 2.2(a))
`Initial Disclosures (pursuant to Fed.
`R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)
`Opening of Fact Discovery (pursuant
`to LR 26.2(A))
`Disclosure of Asserted Claims and
`Preliminary Infringement
`Contentions (pursuant to LPR 4.4(a))
`Disclosure of Preliminary Non-
`Infringement and Invalidity
`Contentions (pursuant to LPR 4.4(b))
`Exchange of Proposed Terms and
`Claim Elements for Construction
`(pursuant to LPR 6.1)
`Exchange of Preliminary Claim
`Constructions and Extrinsic
`Evidence (pursuant to LPR 6.2)
`Joint Claim Construction Statement
`(pursuant to LPR 6.3)
`Claim Construction Discovery
`Concludes (pursuant to LPR 6.4)
`Opening Claim Construction Briefs
`(pursuant to LPR 6.5(a))
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` DATES
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`May 9, 2017
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`May 9, 2017
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`May 9, 2017
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`May 9, 2017
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`May 25, 2017
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`June 8, 2017
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`July 10, 2017
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`August 7, 2017
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`August 28, 2017
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`September 18, 2017
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`October 3, 2017
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`October 18, 2017
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`Case 1:16-cv-04110-TWT Document 28 Filed 05/15/17 Page 3 of 4
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`DEADLINE OR EVENT
`Response Claim Construction Briefs
`(pursuant to LPR 6.5(b))
`Claim Construction Hearing
`(pursuant to LPR 6.6)
`Claim Construction Order
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`Final Infringement Contentions
`(pursuant to LPR 4.5(c))
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`Final Invalidity Contentions
`(pursuant to LPR 4.5(c))
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`Final Non-Infringement Contentions
`(pursuant to LPR 4.5(c))
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`Fact Discovery Deadline (pursuant to
`LR Appendix F)
`Disclosure of Expert Reports on
`Issues Where the Party Bears the
`Burden of Proof (pursuant to LPR
`7.1(b))
`Disclosure of Expert Reports on
`Issues Where the Opposing Party
`Bears the Burden of Proof (pursuant
`to LPR 7.1(c))
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`Rebuttal expert witness disclosures
`(pursuant to LPR 7.1(d))
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`Open of Expert Discovery (pursuant
`to LPR 7.2)
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`DATES
`November 7, 2017
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`TBD at the Court’s Convenience
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`TBD
`30 days after Claim Construction
`Order
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`30 days after Claim Construction
`Order
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`30 days after service of Final
`Infringement Contentions
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`Later of May 25, 2018, or 45 days
`after Court’s Claim Construction
`Order
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`Later of June 25, 2018, or 30 days
`after the close of fact discovery
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`Later of August 24, 2018 or 30
`days after Disclosure of Expert
`Reports on Issues Where the Party
`Bears the Burden of Proof
`Later of September 4, 2018, or 10
`days after Disclosure of Expert
`Reports on Issues Where the
`Opposing Party Bears the Burden
`of Proof
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`Later of September 11, 2018, or 7
`days after rebuttal expert witness
`disclosures
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`Case 1:16-cv-04110-TWT Document 28 Filed 05/15/17 Page 4 of 4
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`DEADLINE OR EVENT
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`Close of Expert Discovery (pursuant
`to LPR 7.2)
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`Settlement Conference (pursuant to
`LR 16.3)
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`Dispositive Motions (pursuant to LR
`56.1(D))
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`Opposition to Dispositive Motions
`(pursuant to LR 7.1(B))
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`Reply Briefs to Dispositive Motions
`(pursuant to LR 7.1(C))
`Hearing on Dispositive Motions
`(pursuant to LR 7.1(E))
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`Pretrial Order (pursuant to LR
`16.4(A))
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`Daubert Motions (pursuant to LR
`26.2(C))
`Pretrial Conference (pursuant to LR
`16.4(A))
`Jury Trial (pursuant to LR 16.4(A))
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`DATES
`Later of October 11, 2018 or 30
`days after Open of Expert
`Discovery
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`Later of October 25, 2018 or
`Close of Expert Discovery
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`Later of November 12, 2018, or
`30 days after the Close of Expert
`Discovery
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`21 days after service of
`dispositive motions
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`14 days after service of
`oppositions
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`TBD, at the Court’s Convenience
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`Within 30 days after close of
`discovery or Court's ruling on
`summary judgment, whichever is
`later
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`Date Pretrial Order is submitted
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`TBD, at the Court's discretion
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`TBD
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