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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`C.A. No. 19-2246-MN
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`FLATFROG LABORATORIES AB,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`PROMETHEAN LTD. AND
`PROMETHEAN INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`SCHEDULING ORDER
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`This (cid:20)(cid:24)(cid:87)(cid:75) day of (cid:39)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:85), 20(cid:21)(cid:19)(cid:15)(cid:3) the Court having conducted an initial Rule 16(b)
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`scheduling conference pursuant to Local Rule 16.1(b), and the parties having determined after
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`discussion that the matter cannot be resolved at this juncture by settlement, voluntary
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`mediation, or binding arbitration;
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`IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
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`1.
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`Rule 26(a)(1) Initial Disclosures and E-Discovery Default Standard. Unless
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`otherwise agreed to by the parties, the parties shall make their initial disclosures pursuant to
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`Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1) within thirty (30) days of the date the Court enters this
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`Order. If they have not already done so, the parties are to review the Court's Default Standard for
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`Discovery, Including Discovery of Electronically Stored Information ("ESI"), which is posted at
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`http://www.ded.uscourts.gov (see Other Resources, Default Standard for Discovery) and meet
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`and confer regarding an ESI order within (30) days of the date the Court enters this Order.
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`2.
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`Where page limits are specified by Order or Rule, the parties may alternatively use
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`a word count limit. The word count limit is 300 words per page and shall not exceed the total
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`word count for the page limit specified in the Order or Rule. For example, if the page limit
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`specified is 20 pages, the maximum number of words for the submission is 6,000 (20 x 300). To
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`the extent that a word count is used, a certification as to the total number of words must be
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`attached as part of the submission.
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`3.
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`Joinder of Other Parties and Amendment of Pleadings. All motions to join other
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`parties, and to amend or supplement the pleadings, shall be filed on or before March 8, 2021.
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`Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, any motion to join a party or motion to amend the
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`pleadings shall be made pursuant to the procedures set forth in Paragraphs 8(g) and 9.
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`4.
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`Application to Court for Protective Order. The Court has entered a Stipulated
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`Protective Order in this case (D.I. 47).
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`5.
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`Papers Filed Under Seal. In accordance with section G of the Revised
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`Administrative Procedures Governing Filing and Service by Electronic Means, a redacted version
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`of any sealed document shall be filed electronically within seven (7) days of the filing of the
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`sealed document.
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`6.
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`Courtesy Copies. The parties shall provide to the Court two (2) courtesy copies of
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`all briefs and any other document filed in support of any briefs (i.e., appendices, exhibits,
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`declarations, affidavits etc.). This provision also applies to papers filed under seal. All courtesy
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`copies shall be double-sided.
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`7.
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`ADR Process. This matter is referred to a magistrate judge to explore the
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`possibility of alternative dispute resolution.
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`8.
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`Disclosures. Absent agreement among the parties, and approval of the Court:
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`(a)
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`By January 8, 2021, Plaintiff shall identify the accused product(s),
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`including accused methods and systems, and its damages model, as well as the asserted patent(s)
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`that the accused product(s) allegedly infringe(s). Plaintiff shall also produce the file history for
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`each asserted patent.
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`(b)
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`By February 12, 2021, Defendants shall produce core technical documents
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`related to the accused product(s), sufficient to show how the accused product(s) work(s),
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`including but not limited to non-publicly available operation manuals, product literature,
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`schematics, and specifications. Defendants shall also produce sales figures for the accused
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`product(s).
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`(c)
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`By March 12, 2021, Plaintiff shall produce an initial claim chart relating
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`each known accused product to the asserted claims each such product allegedly infringes.
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`(d)
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`By April 23, 2021, Defendants shall produce their initial invalidity
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`contentions for each asserted claim, as well as the known related invalidating references.
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`(e)
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`(f)
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`contentions.
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`contentions.
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`By January 10, 2022, Plaintiff shall provide final
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`infringement
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`By January 31, 2022, Defendants shall provide final
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`invalidity
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`9.(cid:3)
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`Discovery. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or agreed to by parties, the(cid:3)
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`limitations on discovery set forth in the Federal Rules shall be strictly observed.
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`(a)(cid:3)
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`Discovery Cut Off. All fact discovery in this case shall be initiated so that(cid:3)
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`it will be completed on or before January 28, 2022.
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`(b)(cid:3)
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`Document Production. Document production shall be substantially(cid:3)
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`complete by August 6, 2021.
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`(c)
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`Interrogatories.
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`i.
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`A maximum of
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`twenty-five
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`(25)
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`interrogatories,
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`including
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`contention interrogatories, are permitted for each side.
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`ii.
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`The Court encourages the parties to serve and respond to contention
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`interrogatories early in the case. In the absence of agreement among the parties, contention
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`interrogatories, if filed, shall first be addressed by the party with the burden of proof. The adequacy
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`of all interrogatory answers shall be judged by the level of detail each party provides (i.e. , the more
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`detail a party provides, the more detail a party shall receive).
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`(d)
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`Depositions.
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`i.
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`Limitation on Hours for Deposition Discovery. Defendants are
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`collectively limited to a total of seventy (70) hours of testimony by deposition upon oral
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`examination of Plaintiff. Plaintiff is limited to a total of seventy (70) hours of testimony by
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`deposition upon oral examination of Defendants. These limitations shall not apply to expert
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`depositions. These limitations shall not apply to non-party depositions, which shall be governed
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`by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45.
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`ii.
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`Location of Depositions. Any party or representative (officer,
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`director, or managing agent) of a party filing a civil action in this district court must ordinarily be
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`required, upon request, to submit to a deposition at a place designated within this district.
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`Exceptions to this general rule may be made by order of the Court. A defendant who becomes a
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`counterclaimant, cross-claimant, or third-party plaintiff shall be considered as having filed an
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`action in this Court for the purpose of this provision.
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`(e)
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`Disclosure of Expert Testimony.
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`i.
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`Expert Reports. For the party who has the initial burden of proof on
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`the subject matter, the initial Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) disclosure of expert
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`testimony is due on or before February 28, 2022. The supplemental disclosure to contradict or
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`rebut evidence on the same matter identified by another party is due on or before March 28, 2022.
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`Reply expert reports from the party with the initial burden of proof are due on or before April 18,
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`2022. No other expert reports will be permitted without either the consent of all parties or leave of
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`the Court. Along with the submissions of the expert reports, the parties shall advise of the dates
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`and times of their experts' availability for deposition.
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`ii.
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`Expert Discovery. Expert discovery will be complete on or before
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`May 20, 2022.
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`iii.
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`Expert Report Supplementation. The parties agree they will permit
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`expert declarations to be filed in connection with motions briefing (including case-dispositive
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`motions) as long as all opinions contained in the declarations submitted in support of case
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`dispositive motions were previously disclosed by the experts pursuant to Federal Rule 26 and
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`paragraph 8(f)(i) above.
`iv.
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`Objections to Expert Testimony. To the extent any objection to
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`expert testimony is made pursuant to the principles announced in Daubert v. Merrell Dow
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`Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), as incorporated in Federal Rule of Evidence 702, it
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`shall be made by motion no later than the deadline for dispositive motions set forth herein, unless
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`otherwise ordered by the Court. Briefing on such motions is subject to the page limits set out in
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`connection with briefing of case dispositive motions.
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`(f)
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`Discovery Matters and Disputes Relating to Protective Orders.
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`i.
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`Any discovery motion filed without first complying with the
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`following procedures will be denied without prejudice to renew pursuant to these procedures.
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`ii.
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`Should counsel find, after a reasonable effort pursuant to Local
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`Rule 7.1.1 that they are unable to resolve a discovery matter or a dispute relating to a protective
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`order, the parties involved in the discovery matter or protective order dispute shall contact the
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`Court's Judicial Administrator to schedule an argument.
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`iii.
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`On a date to be set by separate order, generally not less than four (4)
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`days prior to the conference, the party seeking relief shall file with the Court a letter, not to exceed
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`three (3) pages, outlining the issues in dispute and its position on those issues. On a date to be set by
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`separate order, but generally not less than three (3) days prior to the conference, any party opposing
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`the application for relief may file a letter, not to exceed three (3) pages, outlining that party's
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`reasons for its opposition.
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`iv.
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`The parties shall provide to the Court two (2) courtesy copies of its
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`discovery letter and any other document filed in support of any letter (i.e., appendices, exhibits,
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`declarations, affidavits etc.). This provision also applies to papers filed under seal. All courtesy
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`copies shall be double-sided.
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`v.
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`Should the Court find further briefing necessary upon conclusion of
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`the conference, the Court will order it. Alternatively, the Court may choose to resolve the dispute
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`prior to the conference and will, in that event, cancel the conference.
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`10. Motions to Amend / Motions to Strike.
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`(a)
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`Any motion to amend (including a motion for leave to amend) a pleading
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`or any motion to strike any pleading or other document shall be made pursuant to the discovery
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`dispute procedure set forth in Paragraph 8(g) above.
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`(b)
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`Any such motion shall attach the proposed amended pleading as well as a
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`"redline" comparison to the prior pleading or attach the document to be stricken.
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`11.
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`Technology Tutorials. Although technology tutorials are not required by the Court,
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`they are appreciated and, if any party chooses to file such a tutorial, it shall be submitted on or
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`before the date that the Joint Claim Construction Brief is filed.
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`12.
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`Claim Construction Issue Identification. On May 24, 2021, the parties shall
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`exchange a list of those claim term(s)/phrase(s) that they believe need construction and their
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`proposed claim construction of those term(s)/phrase(s). This document will not be filed with the
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`Court. Subsequent to exchanging that list, the parties will meet and confer to prepare a Joint Claim
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`Construction Chart to be submitted on June 14, 2021. The parties’ Joint Claim Construction Chart
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`should identify for the Court the term(s)/phrase(s) of the claim(s) in issue, and should include
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`each party's proposed construction of the disputed claim language with citation(s) only to the
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`intrinsic evidence in support of their respective proposed constructions. A copy of the patent(s) in
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`issue as well as those portions of the intrinsic record relied upon shall be submitted with this Joint
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`Claim Construction Chart. In this joint submission, the parties shall not provide argument.
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`13.
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`Claim Construction Briefing. The Plaintiff shall serve, but not file, its opening
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`brief, not to exceed 20 pages, on July 14, 2021. The Defendants shall serve, but not file, their
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`answering brief, not to exceed 30 pages, on August 16, 2021. The Plaintiff shall serve, but not
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`file, its reply brief, not to exceed 20 pages, on August 30, 2021. The Defendants shall serve, but
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`not file, their sur-reply brief, not to exceed 10 pages, on September 13, 2021. No later than
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`September 20, 2021, the parties shall file a Joint Claim Construction Brief. The parties shall
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`copy and paste their unfiled briefs into one brief, with their positions on each claim term in
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`sequential order, in substantially the form below.
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION BRIEF
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`I.
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`Agreed-Upon Constructions
`Disputed Constructions
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`[TERM 1]
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`[TERM 2]
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`Plaintiff's Opening Position
`Defendants’ Answering Position
`Plaintiff's Reply Position
`Defendants’ Sur-Reply Position
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`Plaintiff's Opening Position
`Defendants’ Answering Position
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`7.
`8.
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`Plaintiff's Reply Position
`Defendants’ Sur-Reply Position
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`The parties need not include any general summaries of the law relating to claim construction. If
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`there are any materials that would be submitted in an index, the parties shall submit them in a
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`Joint Appendix.
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`14(cid:17)(cid:3)
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`Hearing on Claim Construction. Beginning at (cid:21):00 (cid:83).m. on October (cid:20)(cid:24), 2021,(cid:3)
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`the Court will hear argument on claim construction. The parties need not include any general
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`summaries of the law relating to claim construction in their presentations to the Court. The parties
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`shall notify the Court, by joint letter submission, no later than the date on which their joint claim
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`construction brief is filed: (i) whether they request leave to present testimony at the hearing; and
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`(ii)(cid:3)the amount of time they are requesting be allocated to them for the hearing.
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`Provided that the parties comply with all portions of this Scheduling Order, and any other
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`orders of the Court, the parties should anticipate that the Court will issue its claim construction
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`order within sixty (60) days of the conclusion of the claim construction hearing. If the Court is
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`unable to meet this goal, it will advise the parties no later than sixty (60) days after the conclusion
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`of the claim construction hearing.
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`15.(cid:3)
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`Supplementation. Absent agreement among the parties, and approval of the Court,(cid:3)
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`no later than January 10, 2022, Plaintiff must finally supplement, inter alia, the identification of
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`all infringement contentions and accused products and no later than January 31, 2022,
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`Defendants must finally supplement the identification of all invalidity references and invalidity
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`contentions.
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`16.
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`Case Dispositive Motions.
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`(a)
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`All case dispositive motions, an opening brief, and affidavits, if any, in
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`support of the motion shall be served and filed on or before June 20, 2022 [a date approximately
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`four months prior to the pretrial conference, the four months being calculated from the conclusion
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`of the briefing]. Oppositions to dispositive motions shall be served and filed on or before July 20,
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`2022. Replies in support of dispositive motions shall be served and filed on or before August 10,
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`2022. No case dispositive motion under Rule 56 may be filed more than ten (10) days before the
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`above date without leave of the Court.
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`(b)
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`Concise Statement of Facts Requirement. Any motion for summary
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`judgment shall be accompanied by a separate concise statement, not to exceed six (6) pages, which
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`details each material fact which the moving party contends is essential for the Court's resolution of
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`the summary judgment motion (not the entire case) and as to which the moving party contends there
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`is no genuine issue to be tried. Each fact shall be set forth in a separate numbered paragraph and
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`shall be supported by specific citation(s) to the record.
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`Any party opposing the motion shall include with its opposing papers a response to
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`the moving party's concise statement, not to exceed six (6) pages, which admits or disputes the
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`facts set forth in the moving party's concise statement on a paragraph-by-paragraph basis. To the
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`extent a fact is disputed, the basis of the dispute shall be supported by specific citation(s) to the
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`record. Failure to respond to a fact presented in the moving party's concise statement of facts shall
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`indicate that fact is not in dispute for purposes of summary judgment. The party opposing the
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`motion may also include with its opposing papers a separate concise statement, not to exceed four
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`(4) pages, which sets forth material facts as to which the opposing party contends there is a
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`genuine issue to be tried. Each fact asserted by the opposing party shall also be set forth in a
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`separate numbered paragraph and shall be supported by specific citation(s) to the record.
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`The moving party shall include with its reply papers a response to the opposing
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`party's concise statement of facts, not to exceed four (4) pages, on a paragraph-by-paragraph
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`basis. Failure to respond to a fact presented in the opposing party's concise statement of facts shall
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`indicate that fact remains in dispute for purposes of summary judgment.
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`(c)
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`Page limits combined with Daubert motion page limits. Each party is
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`permitted to file as many case dispositive motions as desired provided, however, that each SIDE
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`will be limited to a combined total of 40 pages for all opening briefs, a combined total of 40
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`pages for all answering briefs, and a combined total of 20 pages for all reply briefs regardless of
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`the number of case dispositive motions that are filed, plus any additional pages requested and
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`granted by the Court. In the event that a party files, in addition to a case dispositive motion, a
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`Daubert motion to exclude or preclude all or any portion of an expert's testimony, the total
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`amount of pages permitted for all case dispositive and Daubert motions shall be increased to 50
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`pages for all opening briefs, 50 pages for all answering briefs, and 25 pages for all reply briefs for
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`each SIDE, plus any additional pages requested and granted by the Court.
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`The parties must work together to ensure that the Court receives no more than a total of
`250 pages (i.e., 50 + 50 + 25 regarding one side's motions, and 50 + 50 + 25 regarding
`the other side's motions) of briefing on all case dispositive motions and Daubert motions
`that are covered by this scheduling order and any other scheduling order entered in any
`related case that is proceeding on a consolidated or coordinated pretrial schedule.
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`17.
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`Applications by Motion. Except as otherwise specified herein, any application to
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`the Court shall be by written motion. Any non-dispositive motion should contain the statement
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`required by Local Rule 7.1.1.
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`18.
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`Motions in Limine. Motions in limine shall not be separately filed. All in limine
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`requests and responses thereto shall be set forth in the proposed pretrial order. Each SIDE shall be
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`limited to three (3) in limine requests, unless otherwise permitted by the Court. The in limine
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`request and any response shall contain the authorities relied upon; each in limine request may be
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`supported by a maximum of three (3) pages of argument, may be opposed by a maximum of three
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`(3) pages of argument, and the side making the in limine request may add a maximum of one (1)
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`additional page in reply in support of its request. If more than one party is supporting or opposing
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`an in limine request, such support or opposition shall be combined in a single three (3) page
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`submission (and, if the moving party, a single one (1) page reply), unless otherwise ordered by
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`the Court. No separate briefing shall be submitted on in limine requests, unless otherwise
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`permitted by the Court.
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`19.(cid:3)
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`Pretrial Conference. On (cid:39)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3) (cid:24), 2022,
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`the Court will hold a pretrial(cid:3)
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`conference in Court with counsel beginning at (cid:20)(cid:21)(cid:29)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:17)(cid:80)(cid:17) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court,
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`the parties should assume that filing the pretrial order satisfies the pretrial disclosure requirement
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`of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3). The parties shall file with the Court the joint
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`proposed final pretrial order
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`in compliance with Local Rule 16.3(c) and
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`the Court's
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`Preferences and Procedures for Civil Cases not later than seven (7) days before the pretrial
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`conference. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court,
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`the parties shall comply with the
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`timeframes set forth in Local Rule 16.3(d)(1)-(3) for the preparation of the joint proposed final
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`pretrial order.
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`The parties shall provide the Court two (2) double-sided courtesy copies of the
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`joint proposed final pretrial order and all attachments. The proposed final pretrial order shall
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`contain a table of contents(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:83)(cid:75)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:75)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:80)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:71).
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`20.(cid:3)
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`Jury Instruction(cid:3)s,o V ir Dire, and Special Verdict Forms. Where a case is to be(cid:3)
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`tried to a jury, pursuant to Local Rules 47.1(a)(2) and 51.1 the parties should file (i) proposed
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`voir dire, (ii) preliminary jury instructions, (iii) final jury instructions, and (iv) special verdict
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`forms three (3) business days before the final pretrial conference. This submission shall be
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`accompanied by a courtesy copy containing electronic files of these documents, in Microsoft
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`Word format, which may be submitted by e-mail to mn_civil@ded.uscourts.gov.
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`21.(cid:3)
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`Trial. This matter is scheduled for a 7 to 10 day(cid:13)(cid:13) (cid:77)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3) trial beginning at 9:30(cid:3)
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`a.m. on(cid:3) (cid:39)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3) (cid:20)(cid:21), 2022, with the subsequent trial days beginning at 9:00 a.m. Until the(cid:3)
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`case is submitted to the(cid:3) jury for deliberations, the jury will be excused each day at 4:30 p.m.
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`The trial will be timed, as counsel will be allocated a total number of hours in which to
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`present their respective cases.
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`22.(cid:3)
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`Judgment on Verdict and Post-Trial Status Report. Within seven (7) days after a(cid:3)
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`jury returns a verdict in any portion of a jury trial, the parties shall jointly submit a form of order
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`to enter judgment on the verdict. At the same time, the parties shall submit a joint status report,
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`indicating among other things how the case should proceed and listing any post-trial motions each
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`party intends to file.
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`23.(cid:3)
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`Post-Trial Motions. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all SIDES are limited(cid:3)
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`to a maximum of 20 pages of opening briefs, 20 pages of answering briefs, and 10 pages of reply
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`briefs relating to any post-trial motions filed by that side, no matter how many such motions are
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`filed.
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`(cid:55)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:69)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:48)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:76)(cid:78)(cid:68)(cid:55)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:72) (cid:43)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:81) (cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:69)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:48)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:76)(cid:78)(cid:68)
`(cid:56)(cid:81)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:54)(cid:87)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:39)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:88)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:72)
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`(cid:13)(cid:13)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:75)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:38)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:76)(cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:26)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:68)(cid:92)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:77)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:80)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:85)
`(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:68)(cid:92)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:76)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:82)(cid:86)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:17)
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`EVENT
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`PROPOSED DEADLINE
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`Within thirty (30) days of the Scheduling Order
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`Exchange Rule 26(a)(1) Initial
`Disclosures
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`Plaintiff to Identify Accused
`Products and Asserted Patents
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`Defendants to Produce
`Technical Documents and
`Sales Figures
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`Plaintiff to Produce Initial
`Claim Chart
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`Defendants to Produce Initial
`Invalidity Contentions
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`Joinder and Amendment of
`Pleadings
`
`Exchange List of Claim
`Terms/Phrases/Constructions
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`Substantial Completion of
`Document Production
`
`Joint Claim Construction Chart
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`Plaintiff’s Opening Claim
`Construction Brief
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`Defendants’ Answering Claim
`Construction Briefs
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`Plaintiff’s Reply Claim
`Construction Brief
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`Defendants’ Sur-reply Claim
`Construction Brief
`
`Filing of Joint Claim
`Construction Brief
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`January 8, 2021
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`February 12, 2021
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`March 12, 2021
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`April 23, 2021
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`March 8, 2021
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`May 24, 2021
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`August 6, 2021
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`June 14, 2021
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`July 14, 2021
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`August 16, 2021
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`August 30, 2021
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`September 13, 2021
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`September 20, 2021
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`Claim Construction Hearing
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`October (cid:20)(cid:24), 2021 (cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:21)(cid:29)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:17)(cid:80)(cid:17)
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`EVENT
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`PROPOSED DEADLINE
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`Final Infringement Contentions
`/ Final Supplementation of
`Accused Products
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`Final Supplementation of
`Invalidity References/Final
`Invalidity Contentions
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`Fact Discovery Cutoff
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`Initial Expert Reports
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`Rebuttal Expert Reports
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`Reply Expert Reports
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`Expert Discovery Deadline
`
`Case Dispositive Motions
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`January 10, 2022 for both deadlines.
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`January 31, 2022 for both deadlines.
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`January 28, 2022
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`February 28, 2022
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`March 28, 2022
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`April 18, 2022
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`May 20, 2022
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`June 20, 2022
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`Pretrial Conference
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`(cid:39)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:24)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:21)(cid:19)(cid:21)(cid:21)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:21)(cid:29)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:17)(cid:80)(cid:17)
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`Trial (cid:3)(cid:11)(cid:26)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:68)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:77)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:12)(cid:13)(cid:13)
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`(cid:39)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:21)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:21)(cid:19)(cid:21)(cid:21)
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`(cid:13)(cid:13)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:75)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:38)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:76)(cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:26)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:68)(cid:92)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:77)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:80)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:85)
`(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:68)(cid:92)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:76)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:82)(cid:86)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:17)
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