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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`ZENTIAN LTD.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC and
`AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`C.A. No. 6:22-cv-00123-ADA
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`ORDER MODIFYING THE SCHEDULING ORDERS
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`Before the Court is Plaintiff Zentian Ltd.’s and Defendants Amazon.com Services LLC’s
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`and Amazon Web Services, Inc.’s Joint Motion to Modify the Scheduling Orders. The Court,
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`having considered the motion, ORDERS that certain deadlines are modified as noted below.
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`Current
`Deadline
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`N/A
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`10/12/2023
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`N/A
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`10/12/2023
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`11/9/2023
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`2/22/2024
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`New
`Event
`Deadline
`1/11/2024 Deadline for the parties to substantially complete document
`production.
`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.
`2/29/2024 Deadline for the parties to serve privilege logs.
`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 clerks
`(txwdml_lawclerks_wa_judgealbright@ txwd.uscourts.gov) to
`arrange a teleconference with the Court to resolve the disputed
`issues.
`Close of Fact Discovery.
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`3/14/2024
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`4/4/2024
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`Case 6:22-cv-00123-ADA Document 76 Filed 10/05/23 Page 2 of 3
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`Current
`Deadline
`11/16/2023
`12/21/2023
`1/12/2024
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`1/19/2024
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`1/26/2024
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`2/9/2024
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`2/16/2024
`2/23/2024
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`2/23/2024
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`3/1/2024
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`3/1/2024
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`3/8/2024
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`3/15/2024
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`[1 week
`after
`replies
`filed]
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`Event
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`6/27/2024
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`7/25/2024
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`New
`Deadline
`5/2/2024 Opening Expert Reports.
`5/30/2024 Rebuttal Expert Reports.
`6/20/2024 Close of Expert Discovery.
`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. If it helps the parties determine these
`limits, the parties are encouraged to contact the Court’s law clerks
`(txwdml_lawclerks_wa_judgealbright@txwd.uscourts.gov) 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.
`6/27/2024 Dispositive motion deadline and Daubert motion deadline.
`7/11/2024 Serve Pretrial Disclosures (jury instructions, exhibits lists, witness
`lists, discovery and deposition designations).
`7/18/2024 Deadline to respond to dispositive motions and Daubert motions.
`7/25/2024 Serve objections to pretrial disclosures/rebuttal disclosures.
`Parties to jointly email the Court’s law clerks
`(txwdml_lawclerks_wa_judgealbright@ txwd.uscourts.gov) to
`confirm their pretrial conference and trial dates.
`8/1/2024 Deadline to file reply briefs in support of dispositive motions and
`Daubert motions.
`8/8/2024
`Serve objections to rebuttal disclosures; file Motions in limine.
`File Joint Pretrial Order and Pretrial Submissions (jury
`instructions, exhibits lists, witness lists, discovery and deposition
`designations); file oppositions to Motions in limine.
`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.
`Deadline to file replies to Motions in limine.
`Deadline to meet and confer regarding remaining objections and
`disputes on Motions in limine.
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`8/15/2024
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`8/22/2024
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`8/29/2024
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`3/27/2024
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`9/4/2024
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`File joint notice identifying remaining objections to pretrial
`disclosures and disputes on Motions in limine.
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`Case 6:22-cv-00123-ADA Document 76 Filed 10/05/23 Page 3 of 3
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`Current
`Deadline
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`New
`Deadline
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`4/1/2024
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`9/9/2024
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`4/22/2024
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`9/23/2024
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`Event
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`Final Pretrial Conference. Held in person unless otherwise
`requested. The Court expects to set this date at the conclusion of
`the Markman Hearing.
`Jury Selection/Trial. The Court expects to set this date at the
`conclusion of the Markman Hearing.
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`Signed this 5th day of October, 2023.
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`____________________________________
`THE HONORABLE ALAN D ALBRIGHT
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