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`Colibri Heart Valve LLC, Exhibit 2006, Page 1 of 3
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`Case 8:20-cv-00847-DOC-JDE Document 75 Filed 11/24/20 Page 2 of 3 Page ID #:836
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`The Technical Special Master will be compensated at a rate of $461
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`per hour. The Technical Special Master will apportion fees and expenses incurred
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`for his work on these matters equally between Plaintiff (one half) and Defendants
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`(one half, collectively, to be equally apportioned among the Defendants if there are
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`multiple Defendants). Payment will be due within 30 days of the Parties receiving
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`an invoice from the Technical Special Master.
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`3.
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`The Parties understand that the Technical Special Master may provide
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`written work product to the Court confidentially and may meet with the Court in
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`person or by telephone confidentially.
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`The Parties are instructed to promptly provide to the Technical
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`Special Master, by e-mail at david@keyzerlaw.com or by electronic media,
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`courtesy copies of the following claim construction documents after they are filed
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`or served on the other side: (1) any joint claim construction chart or claim
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`construction prehearing statement; (2) any expert reports or declarations relating
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`to claim construction; and (3) claim construction briefing. The Parties shall also
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`promptly provide to the Technical Special Master courtesy copies of any summary
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`judgment briefing that relates to infringement, invalidity, any other matter affected
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`by claim construction, or any other matter related to technical issues in the above-
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`captioned cases. The Parties shall not provide paper copies to the Technical
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`Special Master unless directed to do so by the Technical Special Master.
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` ORDER APPOINTING TECHNICAL SPECIAL MASTER - 2
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`Colibri Heart Valve LLC, Exhibit 2006, Page 2 of 3
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`Case 8:20-cv-00847-DOC-JDE Document 75 Filed 11/24/20 Page 3 of 3 Page ID #:837
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`5.
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`The Technical Special Master will have authority to conduct a
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`Markman claim construction hearing, to set the date, time, location, and manner of
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`claim construction hearings, to conduct any status conferences that may be
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`appropriate to facilitate claim construction proceedings (either in person or by
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`telephone), to determine the manner of claim construction briefing (for example,
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`simultaneous briefing or sequential briefing), to set and to modify claim
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`construction briefing deadlines and other deadlines relating to claim construction
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`proceedings, to set and to modify page limits for claim construction briefing, to
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`enter orders resolving claim construction disputes, to issue a Report and
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`Recommendation as to claim construction, and to enter any other orders necessary
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`for the prompt and efficient conduct of claim construction proceedings.
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`6.
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`The Technical Special Master may communicate with counsel in
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`person, by telephone, and/or by e-mail to direct actions by the Parties pursuant to
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`the authority set forth above and/or to obtain information relevant thereto. No
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`party shall communicate with the Technical Special Master ex parte without the
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`express consent or involvement of at least one counsel of record for each of the
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`other Parties.
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`November 24, 2020
`DATED: _____________________
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`____________________________
`Honorable David O. Carter
`United States District Court
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`Colibri Heart Valve LLC, Exhibit 2006, Page 3 of 3
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