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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`ESTECH SYSTEMS, INC.
`v.
`ENERGY TRANSFER LP
`ESTECH SYSTEMS, INC.
`v.
`GENSLER ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN &
`PLANNING, P.C., et al.
`ESTECH SYSTEMS, INC.
`v.
`HWC WIRE & CABLE COMPANY
`ESTECH SYSTEMS, INC.
`v.
`HOWARD MIDSTREAM ENERGY
`PARTNERS, LLC
`ESTECH SYSTEMS, INC.
`v.
`SWBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, et al.
`
`C.A. No. 6:20-cv-773-ADA
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`C.A. No. 6:20-cv-774-ADA
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`C.A. No. 6:20-cv-776-ADA
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`C.A. No. 6:20-cv-777-ADA
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`C.A. No. 6:20-cv-778-ADA
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`AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER
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`Pursuant to Rule 16, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court ORDERS that the
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`following schedule will govern deadlines up to and including the trial of the above-captioned
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`matters:
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`Current
`Date
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`April 13,
`2021
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`New Date
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`Event
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`April 14,
`2021
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`Plaintiff files Reply claim construction brief.
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`Ex. 2012
`RingCentral, Inc. v. Estech Systems, Inc.
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`April 26,
`2021
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`April 28,
`2021
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`April 27,
`2021
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`April 29,
`2021
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`May 7, 2021
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`May 14,
`2021
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`May 17,
`2021
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`June 25,
`2021
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`July 9, 2021
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`September 3,
`2021
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`October 11,
`2021
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`November
`12, 2021
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`Defendant files a Sur-Reply claim construction brief.
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`Parties submit Joint Claim Construction Statement.
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`See General Issues Note #8 regarding providing copies of the
`briefing to the Court and the technical adviser (if appointed).
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`Parties submit optional technical tutorials to the Court and
`technical adviser (if appointed).1
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`Markman Hearing at 9:00 a.m.
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`Fact Discovery opens; deadline to serve Initial Disclosures per
`Rule 26(a).
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`Deadline to add parties.
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`Deadline to serve Final Infringement and Invalidity Contentions.
`After this date, leave of Court is required for any amendment to
`Infringement or Invalidity contentions. This deadline does not
`relieve the Parties of their obligation to seasonably amend if new
`information is identified after initial contentions.
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`Deadline to amend pleadings. A motion is not required unless the
`amendment adds patents or patent claims. (Note: This includes
`amendments in response to a 12(c) motion.)
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`Deadline for the first of two meet and confers to discuss
`significantly narrowing the number of claims asserted and prior art
`references at issue. Unless the parties agree to the narrowing, they
`are ordered to contact the Court’s Law Clerk to arrange a
`teleconference with the Court to resolve the disputed issues.
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`Close of Fact Discovery.
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`1 The parties should contact the law clerk to request a Box link so that the party can directly upload the file to the
`Court’s Box account.
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`2
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`November
`19, 2021
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`December
`20, 2021
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`January 10,
`2022
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`January 14,
`2022
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`Opening Expert Reports.
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`Rebuttal Expert Reports.
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`Close of Expert Discovery.
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`Deadline for the second of two meet and confers to discuss
`narrowing the number of claims asserted and prior art references at
`issue to triable limits. To the extent it helps the parties determine
`these limits, the parties are encouraged to contact the Court’s Law
`Clerk for an estimate of the amount of trial time anticipated per
`side. The parties shall file a Joint Report within 5 business days
`regarding the results of the meet and confer.
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`Dispositive motion deadline and Daubert motion deadline.
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`January 31,
`2022
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`See General Issues Note #8 regarding providing copies of the
`briefing to the Court and the technical adviser (if appointed).
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`February 11,
`2022
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`February 25,
`2022
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`March 4,
`2022
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`March 11,
`2022
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`Serve Pretrial Disclosures (jury instructions, exhibits lists, witness
`lists, discovery and deposition designations).
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`Serve objections to pretrial disclosures/rebuttal disclosures.
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`Serve objections to rebuttal disclosures and File Motions in limine.
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`File Joint Pretrial Order and Pretrial Submissions (jury instructions,
`exhibits lists, witness lists, discovery and deposition designations);
`file oppositions to motions in limine.
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`File Notice of Request for Daily Transcript or Real Time
`Reporting. If a daily transcript or real time reporting of court
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`3
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`March 18,
`2022
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`March 25,
`2022
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`April 1, 2022
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`April 11,
`2022
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`proceedings is requested for trial, the party or parties making said
`request shall file a notice with the Court and e-mail the Court
`Reporter, Kristie Davis at kmdaviscsr@yahoo.com.
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` Deadline to meet and confer regarding remaining objections and
`disputes on motions in limine.
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`File joint notice identifying remaining objections to pretrial
`disclosures and disputes on motions in limine.
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`Final Pretrial Conference. The Court expects to set this date at the
`conclusion of the Markman Hearing
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`Jury Selection/Trial. The Court expects to set these dates at the
`conclusion of the Markman Hearing.
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`April 15, 2021
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`Dated:
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`ALAN D ALBRIGHT
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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