Mieke K. Malmberg
`(SBN 209992)
`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
`800 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1450
`Los Angeles, CA 90017
`Phone: (213) 788-4500
`Fax: (213)788-4545
`mmalmberg@skiermontderby.com
`Paul J. Skiermont
`(TX Bar No. 24033073)
`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
`1601 Elm St., Ste. 4400
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Phone: (214) 978-6600
`Fax: (214) 978-6601
`pskiermont@skiermontderby.com
`(Additional counsel identified on
`signature page)
`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH,
`LLC
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`Joanna M. Fuller (SBN 266406)
`jfuller@fr.com
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`12390 El Camino Real
`San Diego, CA 92130
`Phone: (858) 678-5070
`Fax: (858) 678-5099
`Michael McKeon (DC Bar 459780)*
`mckeon@fr.com
`Christian Chu (SBN 218336)
`chu@fr.com
`Stephen A. Marshall (DC Bar 1012870)*
`smarshall@fr.com
`R. Andrew Schwentker (DC Bar 991792)*
`schwentker@fr.com
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`1000 Maine Avenue SW
`Washington, D.C. 20024
`Phone: (202) 783-5070
`Fax: (202) 783-2331
`*(pro hac vice granted)
`Attorneys for Defendants
`LG ELECS. INC., LG ELECS. U.S.A., INC.,
`and LG ELECS. MOBILE RES. U.S.A., LLC
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH,
`LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
`LG ELECTRONICS INC., LG
`ELECTRONICS U.S.A., INC., and
`LG ELECTRONICS MOBILE
`RESEARCH U.S.A., LLC,
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`Defendants.
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`Case No. 3:18-CV-2864-CAB-BLM
`JOINT NOTICE OF PROPOSED
`SCHEDULING ORDER AND NOTICE
`REGARDING INTER PARTES
`REVIEWS
`Judge: Hon. Cathy Bencivengo
`Magistrate Judge: Hon. Barbara Lynn Major
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`LG 1033
`LG v BNR
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`On January 16, 2020, the Court held a claim construction hearing in the
`above-captioned matter. At the end of that hearing, the Court instructed the parties
`to submit, within two weeks (i.e., by January 30, 2020), a joint proposed schedule
`for the remainder of the case until trial, with an expected trial date in either
`November or December 2020.1 The Court further asked that the parties include a
`discussion of the status of any inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings involving
`the patents asserted in this matter. Pursuant to the Court’s instructions, Plaintiff
`Bell Northern Research, LLC (“BNR”) and Defendants LG Electronics Inc., LG
`Electronics U.S.A., Inc., and LG Electronics Mobile Research U.S.A., LLC
`(collectively, “LG”) jointly submit the following proposed schedule and notice
`regarding IPRs.
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`Proposed Schedule
`As the Court instructed, the parties have agreed upon a proposed schedule
`for the remainder of the case up until trial. Attached as Exhibit A is a Proposed
`Scheduling Order Regulating Discovery and Other Pretrial Proceedings, which
`implements the parties’ agreed-upon schedule. The proposed order in Exhibit A is
`based on a similar order entered by the Court as Docket Entry No. 87 in Bell
`Northern Research, LLC v. Coolpad Technologies, Inc., Case No. 18-cv-1783-
`CAB-BLM (S.D. Cal.). The proposed order includes the deadlines listed in the
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`1 According to the Case Management Order, the parties were required to “contact the
`chambers of Judge Major within seven days of Judge Bencivengo’s ruling on the
`Claim Construction to set the remaining dates.” [Dkt. No. 38 at 4.] Judge
`Bencivengo issued a ruling on claim construction on January 21, 2020, [Dkt. No. 99],
`thus requiring the parties to contact Judge Major’s chambers by January 28, 2020.
`Pursuant to this requirement, counsel for BNR and LG jointly called Judge Major’s
`chambers on January 28, 2020, to indicate that the parties would be submitting a
`proposed schedule by January 30, 2020, as requested by Judge Bencivengo at the
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`table below. While the parties have respectfully suggested deadlines, the parties
`will abide by whatever deadlines the Court may wish to set.
`Event
`Date
`Completion of fact discovery
`Designation of experts
`Confidential settlement statements
`due
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`September 25, 2020
`To be determined at the Court’s
`convenience and discretion
`November 2, 2020
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`November 9, 2020
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`November 16, 2020
`November 16, 2020
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`November 23, 2020
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`April 17, 2020
`April 17, 2020
`Seven (7) calendar days before the
`mandatory settlement conference or a
`date of the Court’s convenience
`At a date and time of the Court’s
`Mandatory settlement conference
`convenience
`Supplemental designation of experts May 8, 2020
`Opening expert reports
`May 22, 2020
`Rebuttal expert reports
`July 2, 2020
`Completion of expert discovery
`July 31, 2020
`Dispositive and Daubert motions
`August 28, 2020
`Oppositions to dispositive and
`September 17, 2020
`Daubert motions
`Replies in support of dispositive and
`Daubert motions
`Hearing on dispositive and Daubert
`motions
`Pretrial disclosures required by Fed.
`R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3)
`Meet and confer pursuant to Local
`Civil Rule 16.1(f)(4) regarding the
`pretrial order
`Plaintiff provides defendant with
`proposed pretrial order
`Motions in limine
`Proposed final pretrial conference
`order lodged with Judge
`Bencivengo’s chambers
`Oppositions to motions in limine
`Final pretrial conference
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`November 23, 2020
`November 30, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., or at a
`date and time of the Court’s convenience
`At a date and time of the Court’s
`convenience
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`Regarding a trial date, the parties respectfully submit that the above
`proposed schedule prepares the case for trial by December 2020, consistent with
`the Court’s request during the claim construction hearing. BNR respectfully
`requests that the trial date be set for a time other than the week of November 30
`and December 7 due to another trial at which BNR’s damages expert is expected to
`testify.
`II.
`Notice Regarding Inter Partes Reviews
`As the Court requested, the parties respectfully apprise the Court of the
`status of any pending IPRs regarding the patents-in-suit.
`BNR is currently asserting six patents in this matter: U.S. Patent Nos.
`8,416,862 (“the ’862 patent”); 7,957,450 (“the ’450 patent”); 8,792,432 (“the ’432
`patent”); 7,039,435 (“the ’435 patent”); and 6,549,792 (“the ’792 patent”). BNR
`had also asserted 7,945,285 (“the ’285 patent”), but in view of the Court’s
`Markman rulings with regard to that patent, BNR will likely not substantively
`pursue its claims of infringement of the ’285 patent in this case.
`In November and December 2019, LG filed petitions with the U.S. Patent
`and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) seeking the
`institution of IPR on five of the six patents—the ’862, ’450, ’435, ’792, and ’285
`patents—as set forth in more detail below. The ’435 patent is also the subject of
`an IPR petition filed by ZTE (USA) Inc., as set forth in more detail below.
`The ’862 Patent
`LG filed a petition for IPR of the ’862 patent on November 12, 2019,
`challenging all claims asserted in this matter. See LG Electronics Inc. v. Bell
`Northern Research, LLC, Case No. IPR2020-00108, Paper No. 2 (PTAB). On
`November 21, 2019, the PTAB issued a notice of filing date of November 12,
`2019, and gave BNR three months (until February 21, 2020) to file a preliminary
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`response to the petition. Id., Paper No. 4. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(b), the
`PTAB must issue a decision on institution of the IPR no later than May 21, 2020.
`The ’450 Patent
`LG filed a petition for IPR of the ’450 patent on December 19, 2019,
`challenging all claims asserted in this matter. See LG Electronics Inc. v. Bell
`Northern Research, LLC, Case No. IPR2020-00318, Paper No. 2 (PTAB). On
`December 23, 2019, the PTAB issued a notice of filing date of December 19,
`2019, and gave BNR three months (until March 23, 2020) to file a preliminary
`response to the petition. Id., Paper No. 3. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(b), the
`PTAB must issue a decision on institution of the IPR no later than June 23, 2020.
`The ’435 Patent
`LG filed a petition for IPR of the ’435 patent on December 19, 2019,
`challenging all claims asserted in this matter. See LG Electronics Inc. v. Bell
`Northern Research, LLC, Case No. IPR2020-00319, Paper No. 2 (PTAB). On
`December 23, 2019, the PTAB issued a notice of filing date of December 19,
`2019, and gave BNR three months (until March 23, 2020) to file a preliminary
`response to the petition. Id., Paper No. 3. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(b), the
`PTAB must issue a decision on institution of the IPR no later than June 23, 2020.
`The ’435 patent is also the subject of a petition for IPR filed by ZTE (USA)
`Inc. on July 24, 2019. See ZTE (USA) Inc. v. Bell Northern Research, Case No.
`IPR2019-01365, Paper No. 1 (PTAB). BNR filed a preliminary response to ZTE’s
`petition on November 12, 2019. Id., Paper No. 8. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(b),
`the PTAB must issue a decision on institution of the IPR no later than February 12,
`2020.
`The ’792 Patent
`LG filed a petition for IPR of the ’792 patent on December 20, 2019,
`challenging all claims asserted in this matter. See LG Electronics Inc. v. Bell
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`Northern Research, LLC, Case No. IPR2020-00330, Paper No. 2 (PTAB). On
`December 23, 2019, the PTAB issued a notice of filing date of December 20,
`2019, and gave BNR three months (until March 23, 2020) to file a preliminary
`response to the petition. Id., Paper No. 3. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(b), the
`PTAB must issue a decision on institution of the IPR no later than June 23, 2020.
`The ’285 Patent
`LG filed a petition for IPR of the ’285 patent on December 20, 2019,
`challenging all claims asserted in this matter. See LG Electronics Inc. v. Bell
`Northern Research, LLC, Case No. IPR2020-00332, Paper No. 2 (PTAB). On
`December 23, 2019, the PTAB issued a notice of filing date of December 20,
`2019, and gave BNR three months (until March 23, 2020) to file a preliminary
`response to the petition. Id., Paper No. 3. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(b), the
`PTAB must issue a decision on institution of the IPR no later than June 23, 2020.
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`Dated: January 30, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Steven J. Udick
`Mieke K. Malmberg
`(SBN 209992)
`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
`800 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1450
`Los Angeles, CA 90017
`Phone: (213) 788-4500
`Fax: (213) 788-4545
`mmalmberg@skiermontderby.com
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`Paul J. Skiermont (pro hac vice)
`Sadaf R. Abdullah (pro hac vice)
`Steven W. Hartsell (pro hac vice)
`Alexander E. Gasser (pro hac vice)
`Jaime K. Olin
`(SBN 243139)
`Steven J. Udick (pro hac vice)
`Joseph M Ramirez (pro hac vice)
`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
`1601 Elm St., Ste. 4400
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Phone: (214) 978-6600
`Fax: (214) 978-6601
`pskiermont@skiermontderby.com
`sabdullah@skiermontderby.com
`shartsell@skiermontderby.com
`agasser@skiermontderby.com
`jolin@skiermontderby.com
`sudick@skiermontderby.com
`jramirez@skiermontderby.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`Bell Northern Research, LLC
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`/s/ Andy Schwentker (with permission)
`Joanna M. Fuller (SBN 266406)
`jfuller@fr.com
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`12390 El Camino Real
`San Diego, CA 92130
`Phone: (858) 678-5070
`Fax: (858) 678-5099
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`Michael McKeon (DC Bar No. 459780;
`admitted pro hac vice)
`mckeon@fr.com
`Christian Chu (SBN 218336)
`chu@fr.com
`Stephen A. Marshall (DC Bar No.
`1012870; admitted pro hac vice)
`smarshall@fr.com
`R. Andrew Schwentker (DC Bar No.
`991792; admitted pro hac vice)
`schwentker@fr.com
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`1000 Maine Avenue SW
`Washington, D.C. 20024
`Phone: (202) 783-5070
`Fax: (202) 783-2331
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`Attorneys for Defendants
`LG Electronics Inc., LG Electronics
`U.S.A., Inc., and LG Electronics Mobile
`Research U.S.A., LLC
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`SIGNATURE CERTIFICATION
`Pursuant to Section 2(f)(4) of the Electronic Case Filing Administrative Policies
`and Procedures Manual, I hereby certify that the content of this document is
`acceptable to Andy Schwentker, counsel for the LG Defendants, and that I have
`obtained his/her authorization to affix his/her electronic signature to this document.
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`/s/ Steven J. Udick
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing
`document has been served on January 30, 2020 to all counsel of record who are
`deemed to have consented to electronic service via the Court’s CM/ECF System.
`Pursuant to Local Rule 5.4(c), any other counsel of record will be served by electronic
`mail, facsimile or overnight delivery.
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`/s/ Steven J. Udick
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