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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`TYLER DIVISION
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`CAUSE NO. 6:14-CV-678
`LEAD CASE
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`TRACBEAM, L.L.C.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`vs.
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`T-MOBILE US, INC. AND
`T-MOBILE USA, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`ORDER
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`Before the Court are various motions concerning the parties’ submission of a Docket
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`Control Order, Discovery Order, and Protective Order. Having considered the parties’ filings,
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`the Court rules as follows.
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`The parties’ Joint Motion to Resolve Disputes Concerning the Proposed Discovery Order
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`and to Enter Discovery Order (Docket No. 55) is GRANTED. Plaintiff may take up to 70 hours
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`of deposition testimony and up to 15 depositions from each of Apple, Inc. and the T-Mobile
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`entities (“Defendants”) (including 30(b)(6) depositions). Defendants may take up to 20 hours of
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`deposition testimony from TracBeam, L.L.C. (including 30(b)(6) depositions and the depositions
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`of Dennis Dupray). Defendants may collectively take a single deposition limited to seven hours
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`of Frederick Warren LeBlanc. Deposition time of Mr. LeBlanc shall not be counted towards the
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`limits for third party depositions. Finally, each side may take up to 10 third-party depositions, up
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`to a length of seven hours each. The parties are ORDERED to resubmit a proposed Discovery
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`Order incorporating these limits within two weeks of the date of this Order. As the litigation
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`progresses, the parties may meet and confer and file a motion to adjust these limits as necessary.
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`Exhibit 2001
`T-Mobile et al. v. TracBeam, LLC
`IPR2016-00728
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`Case 6:14-cv-00678-RWS Document 75 Filed 06/02/15 Page 2 of 2 PageID #: 1129
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`The parties’ Joint Motion to Resolve Disputes Concerning Proposed Docket Control
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`Order and to Enter a Docket Control Order (Docket No. 56) is DENIED. Rather than forcing
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`the parties to adopt an accelerated version of the Model Order Focusing Patent Claims and Prior
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`Art, the plaintiff is ORDERED to elect a reasonable number of asserted claims within three
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`weeks. Further, the parties are ORDERED to meet and confer within three weeks and submit a
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`proposed Docket Control Order. In that Docket Control Order, the parties are strongly
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`encouraged to implement a more traditional version of the Model Order. In applying the Model
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`Order, Defendants shall count each obviousness combination as a reference in at least the final
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`election of asserted art.
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`The parties’ Joint Motion to Resolve Disputes Concerning Proposed Protective Order and
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`Enter Protective Order (Docket No. 67) is DENIED. The parties’ disputes are not so extensive
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`that compromise is out of the question. Accordingly, the parties are ORDERED to meet and
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`confer within three weeks to resolve the outstanding disputes and resubmit a proposed
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`Protective Order.
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`In light of the foregoing rulings, the Court DENIES AS MOOT the parties’ Joint Motion
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`for an Extension of Time to File a Proposed Discovery Order and Docket Control Order (Docket
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`No. 53); the parties’ Joint Motion for an Extension of Time to File a Proposed Protective Order
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`(Docket No. 52); the parties’ Joint Motion to Extend Deadlines to File a Proposed Discovery
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`Order, Docket Control Order, and Protective Order (Docket No. 46); Plaintiff’s Unopposed
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`Motion for an Extension of Time to File a Proposed Discovery Order and Proposed Docket
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`Control Order (Docket No. 43).
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`SIGNED this 2nd day of June, 2015.
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`ROBERT W. SCHROEDER III
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE