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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
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`OANDACorporation,
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`Plaintiff,
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`V.
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`Civil Action No. 20-05784-BRM-DEA
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`GAIN Capital Holdings Inc.,
`GAIN Capital Group,LLC,
`Defendants,
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`SCHEDULING ORDER
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`Document Filed Electronically
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`THIS MATTER having come before the Court for an Initial Conference
`pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 on June 15, 2021; andthe parties having submitted a
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`proposed joint discovery plan in advance of the conference; and the Court having
`reviewed the parties’ proposed schedule and having found that the below schedule
`is appropriate; and for good cause shown,
`IT IS onthis Ley of(hous
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`ORDEREDthat the following schedule shall apply to this matter:
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` June 16, 2021
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`Initial Disclosures
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`14 days after 26(f) conference
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`Submit Stipulated Discovery Confidentiality Order (L.
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`Pat. R. 3.24
`June 29, 2021
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`14 daysafterinitial scheduling conference
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`Plaintiff serves disclosure ofasserted,claims and
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` July 20, 2021
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`infringement contentions (L. Pat. R.
`3.1-3.2)
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`14 daysafter initial scheduling conference
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`Defendants serve non-infringement/invalidity
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`September 3, 2021
`contentions (L. Pat. R. 3.2A, 3.3)
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`Aveer 26; 262.|
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`Dates
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`e 45 days afterdisclosure ofasserted Claims
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`Plaintiff serves responses to invalidity contentions (L.
`September 17, 2021
`Pat. R. 3.4A)
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`14 daysafter service of invalidity contentions
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`rye ofproposed terms for construction (L. Pat. R.
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`14 days after responses to invalidity contentions
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`Exchange ofpreliminary claimconstructions and
`su pone intrinsic and extrinsic evidence(L.Pat. R.
`a) and
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`21 days after exchange of proposed terms for
`construction
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`October [, 2021
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`October 22, 2021
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`November j, 2021 at
`Telephone Status Conference with Judge Arpert 10°30ary
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`(Plaintiff to initiate)
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`Exchangeofidentification ofall intrinsic and extrinsic
`November5, 2021
`evidence that cach party intends to rely upon to oppose
`any other party's proposed construction, including
`without limitation, the evidence referenced in L,
`Pat. R.
`4,2(b). (L, Pat. R. 4.2(c))
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`14 days after exchange ofpreliminary claim
`constructions
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`Filing ofjoint claim construction and prehearing
`statement(L. Pat. R. 4,3)
`° 30 days after exchange of preliminary claim
`constructions
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`ayes of claim construction discovery (L. Pat. R.
`¢ 30 days after service andfiling ofjoint claim
`construction and prehearing statement
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`Penye claim construction submission (L.Pat. R.
`e 45 daysafter servingand filing joint claim
`construction and prehearing statement
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`Completion of expert discovery related to opening claim
`February 28, 2022
`construction submission (L, Pat. R. 4.5(b))
`e 30 days afterfiling the opening claim construction
`submission
`aeponsive claim construction submission (L. Pat. R.
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`60 daysafter filing the opening claim construction
`submission
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`November22, 2021
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`January 12, 2022
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`January 27, 2022
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`March 28, 2022
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`Dates
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`Confer and propose a schedule for claim construction
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`April 11, 2022
`hearing (L.
`Pat. R. 4.6)
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`¢ Two weeks followingsubmission ofresponsive
`claim construction submission
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`Claim construction hearing (L. Pat. R. 4.6)
`[TBD]
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`April 25, 2022
`Deadline to file motions to amendorto addparties
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`[TBD]
`Disclosure of advice of counsel (L. Pat. R. 3.8)
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`30 days after entry of court’s claim construction
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`order
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`Substantial completion of document production and
`so ofsubstantial completion (L. Pat. R.
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`Close of fact discovery
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`Opening expert reports on issues on which a party bears
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`the burden of proof
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`Responsive expert reports, including Plaintiff's opening
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`positions on secondary considerations
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`Reply expert reports, including Defendants’ responsive
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`positions on secondary considerations
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`considerations
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`Deadlineto file dispositive motions
`Interim status/settlement conference (with clients in
`attendance)
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`[TBD]
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`It is further ORDEREDthatthe parties shall meet and confer within seven days of
`the entry of the Court’s claim construction Orderin an effort to reach a consensus
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`for the submission of a proposed supplemental Scheduling Order regardingall
`remaining pretrial matters, The parties shall submit the proposed supplemental
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`Scheduling Order and any statementsof position in the event the parties cannot
`agree on any scheduling or other issues within seven business days after meeting
`and conferring as aforesaid.
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