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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`Case No. 4:22-cv-03892-YGR
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`CASE MANAGEMENT AND
`PRETRIAL ORDER
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`GENTEX CORPORATION and INDIGO
`TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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`Plaintiffs,
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`THALES VISIONIX, INC.,
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` Involuntary Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`META PLATFORMS, INC. and META
`PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
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`Defendants.
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`TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:
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`The Court has reviewed the parties’ joint case management statement. The joint schedule
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`is generally acceptable. Accordingly, the Court hereby sets the following pretrial dates:
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`PRETRIAL SCHEDULE
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`PLAINTIFFS SERVE N.D. CAL. INFRINGEMENT
`CONTENTIONS:
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`Friday, 10/21/2022
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`REVISED JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
`STATEMENT:
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`Friday, 11/18/2022
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`DEFENDANTS SERVE N.D. CAL. INVALIDITY
`CONTENTIONS:
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`Monday, 12/5/2022
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`MARKMAN HEARING:
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`Tuesday, 12/13/2022, 9:00am1
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`DAMAGES CONTENTIONS:
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`Tuesday, 1/10/2023
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`RESPONSIVE DAMAGES CONTENTIONS:
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`Thursday, 2/9/2023
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`DEADLINE TO ADD PARTIES AND/OR AMEND
`PLEADINGS:
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`Thursday, 3/2/2023
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`1 In the event that Judge Gonzalez Rogers is in trial on Tuesday, 12/13/2022 specifically
`and December generally, in United States v. Garcia, 21-cr-0429-YGR, the Markman hearing will
`be reset to Friday, January 13, at 9:00am.
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`META 1031
`IPR2022-01304
`META V. THALES
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`Case 4:22-cv-03892-YGR Document 116 Filed 10/18/22 Page 2 of 2
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`DEADLINE TO MEET AND CONFER TO FURTHER
`NARROW NUMBER OF CLAIMS AND PRIOR ART:
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`Tuesday, 4/18/2023
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`CLOSE OF FACT DISCOVERY:
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`Tuesday, 5/16/2023
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`OPENING EXPERT REPORTS:
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`Tuesday, 6/27/2023
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`REBUTTAL EXPERT REPORTS:
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`CLOSE OF EXPERT DISCOVERY:
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`Tuesday, 8/8/2023
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`Tuesday, 9/12/2023
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`Modification to the timing or extent of parties’ discovery obligations under Fed. R. Civ. P.
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`26 and other applicable rules may be done pursuant to a separate Court Order. The parties are
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`directed to submit a JOINT proposed order to the Court within five (5) business days following
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`the date of this Order which sets forward the modifications.
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`The parties must comply with the Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases; Standing Order
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`for Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases; and Standing Order re Patent Cases for additional
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`deadlines and procedures. All Standing Orders are available on the Court’s website at
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`http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/ygrorders.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`Dated: 10/18/2022
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`______________________________________
`YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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