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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`MemoryWeb, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`Defendant,
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`Apple Inc.,
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`MemoryWeb, LLC,
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`Plaintiff
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`v.
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`Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (a Korean
`Company) and Samsung Electronics America,
`Inc.,
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`Defendants
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`Case No. 6:21-cv-00531-ADA
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Case No. 21-cv-411-ADA
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`AGREED SCHEDULING ORDER
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`Having considered the parties Joint Motion to Modify the Agreed Schedule, the Court
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`ORDERS that the following schedule will govern deadlines up to and including trial in the above-
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`captioned cases. For post-Markman dates, the parties will file an amended proposed scheduling
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`order once the Court sets a Markman hearing date.
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`Deadline
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`Completed
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`Item
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`Plaintiff to identify claims asserted.
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`Completed as to patents asserted
`in original Complaints
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`Subject to the Court’s granting of
`Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion for
`Leave to File Amended
`Complaint, Plaintiff will file the
`Amended Complaint within one
`day of any such order granting
`leave, and serve its supplemental
`infringement contentions as to
`U.S. Patent No. 11,163,823 on
`Samsung within one day of filing
`the Amended Complaint, where
`the supplemental infringement
`contentions Plaintiff serves will
`be identical to those sent to
`Samsung on 11/10/2021, as
`agreed to by the Parties.
`Completed
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`January 31, 2022
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`Plaintiff serves preliminary infringement contentions in
`the form of a chart setting forth where in the accused
`product(s) each element of the asserted claim(s) are found.
`Plaintiff shall also identify the earliest priority date (i.e.
`the earliest date of invention) for each asserted claim and
`produce: (1) all documents evidencing conception and
`reduction to practice for each claimed invention, and (2) a
`copy of the file history for each patent in suit.
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`The Parties shall submit an agreed Scheduling Order. If
`the parties cannot agree, the parties shall submit a separate
`Joint Motion for entry of each Order briefly setting forth
`their respective positions on items where they cannot
`agree. Absent agreement of the parties, the Plaintiff shall
`be responsible for the timely submission of this and other
`Joint filings.
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`Defendant serves preliminary invalidity contentions in the
`form of (1) a chart setting forth where in the prior art
`references each element of the asserted claim(s) are found,
`(2) an identification of any limitations the Defendant
`contends are indefinite or lack written description under
`section 112, and (3) an identification of any claims the
`Defendant contends are directed to ineligible subject
`matter under section 101. Defendant shall also produce (1)
`all prior art referenced in the invalidity contentions, and
`(2) technical documents, including software where
`applicable, sufficient to show the operation of the accused
`product(s).
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`February 15, 2022
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`Parties exchange claim terms for construction.
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`March 8, 2022
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`March 15, 2022
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`Parties exchange proposed claim constructions.
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`Parties disclose extrinsic evidence. The parties shall
`disclose any extrinsic evidence, including the identity of
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`March 21, 2022
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`March 28, 2022
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`April 18, 2022
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`May 2, 2022
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`May 16, 2022
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`May 20, 2022
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`May 24, 2022
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`June 3, 2022 or as soon thereafter
`as practical
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`June 6, 2022 (or 1 business day
`after Markman hearing,
`whichever is later)
`July 11, 2022
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`July 26, 2022
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`any expert witness they may rely upon with respect to
`claim construction or indefiniteness. With respect to any
`expert identified, the parties shall identify the scope of the
`topics for the witness’s expected testimony. With respect
`to items of extrinsic evidence, the parties shall identify
`each such item by production number or produce a copy of
`any such item if not previously produced.
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`Deadline to meet and confer to narrow terms in dispute
`and exchange revised list of terms/constructions.
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`Defendant files Opening claim construction brief,
`including any arguments that any claim terms are
`indefinite.
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`Plaintiff files Responsive claim construction brief.
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`Defendant files Reply claim construction brief.
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`Plaintiff 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 #9 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).
`Markman Hearing at 9:00 a.m. This date is a placeholder
`and the Court may adjust this date as the Markman hearing
`approaches
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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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`September 19, 2022
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`November 29, 2022
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`December 16, 2022
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`January 9, 2023
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`February 13, 2023
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`March 20, 2023
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`March 22, 2023
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`April 5, 2023
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`April 19, 2023
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`May 3, 2023
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`May 10, 2023
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`May 17, 2023
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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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`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.
`See General Issues Note #8 regarding providing copies of
`the briefing to the Court and the technical adviser (if
`appointed).
`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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`May 24, 2023
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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 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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`3 business days before Final
`Pretrial Conference.
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`File joint notice identifying remaining objections to
`pretrial disclosures and disputes on motions in limine.
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`May 31, 2023 (or as soon as
`practicable thereafter)
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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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`June 30, 2023 (or as soon as
`practicable thereafter)
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`Samsung Jury Selection/Trial. The Court expects to set
`these dates at the conclusion of the Markman Hearing.
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`August 7, 2023
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`Apple Jury Selection/Trial. The Court expects to set these
`dates at the conclusion of the Markman Hearing.
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`SIGNED this 23rd day of November, 2021.
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