`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`EVS CODEC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
`SAINT LAWRENCE COMMUNICATIONS
`LLC,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`ONEPLUS TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN)
`CO., LTD.,
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`Defendant.
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:19-CV-00057-JRG
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`ORDER
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`Before the Court is Plaintiffs EVS Codec Technologies LLC and Saint Lawrence
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`Communications, LLC (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and Defendant OnePlus Technology (Shenzen)
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`Co., Ltd.’s (“OnePlus”) (together with Plaintiffs, the “Parties”) Joint Motion for 45-Day
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`Continuance in View of Governmental/Public Health Restrictions in Response to Covid-19 Virus
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`Impact (the “Motion”). (Dkt. No. 62.) In the same, the Parties request a 45-day continuance of the
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`current deadlines in the above-captioned case to allow them to complete their noticed Rule 30(b)(6)
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`corporate depositions, and to allow their experts to review the Qualcomm source code. The Parties
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`represent that they need this continuance due to complications in completing the discovery due to
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`COVID-19. Having considered the Motion, the reasoning therein, and the Court’s schedule, the
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`Court is of the opinion that the Motion should be and hereby is GRANTED-AS-MODIFIED.
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`Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the following schedule of deadlines is in effect until
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`further order of this Court:
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`1
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`APPLE 1041
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`Current Date1
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`New Date
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`Event Description
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`September 14, 2020 October 5, 2020
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`*Jury Selection – 9:00 a.m. in Marshall, Texas
`before Judge Rodney Gilstrap
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`N/A
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`August 31, 2020
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`August 10, 2020
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`August 31, 2020
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`August 3, 2020
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`August 24, 2020
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`August 3, 2020
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`August 21, 2020
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`July 27, 2020
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`August 17, 2020
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`If a juror questionnaire is to be used, an editable
`(in Microsoft Word format) questionnaire shall
`be jointly submitted to the Deputy Clerk in
`Charge by this date. 2
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`*Pretrial Conference – 9:00 a.m. in Marshall,
`Texas before Judge Rodney Gilstrap
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`*Notify Court of Agreements Reached During
`Meet and Confer
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`The parties are ordered to meet and confer on
`any outstanding objections or motions in limine.
`The parties shall advise the Court of any
`agreements reached no later than 1:00 p.m. three
`(3) business days before the pretrial conference.
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`*File Joint Pretrial Order, Joint Proposed Jury
`Instructions, Joint Proposed Verdict Form,
`Responses to Motions in Limine, Updated
`Exhibit Lists, Updated Witness Lists, and
`Updated Deposition Designations
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`*File Notice of Request for Daily Transcript or
`Real Time Reporting.
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`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,
`Shelly
`Holmes,
`at
`shelly_holmes@txed.uscourts.gov.
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`1 Current Date reflects dates in the current Docket Control Order. (Dkt. No. 39.)
`2 The Parties are referred to the Court’s Standing Order Regarding Use of Juror Questionnaires in Advance of Voir
`Dire.
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`2
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`July 16, 2020
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`August 12, 2020
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`File Motions in Limine
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`The parties shall limit their motions in limine to
`issues that if improperly introduced at trial
`would be so prejudicial that the Court could not
`alleviate the prejudice by giving appropriate
`instructions to the jury.
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`July 16, 2020
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`August 12, 2020
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`Serve Objections
`Disclosures
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`to Rebuttal Pretrial
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`July 9, 2020
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`August 5, 2020
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`June 25, 2020
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`July 26, 2020
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`June 22, 2020
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`July 23, 2020
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`June 8, 2020
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`July 9, 2020
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`Serve Objections to Pretrial Disclosures; and
`Serve Rebuttal Pretrial Disclosures
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`(Witness List,
`Serve Pretrial Disclosures
`Deposition Designations, and Exhibit List) by
`the Party with the Burden of Proof
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`*Response to Dispositive Motions (including
`Daubert Motions). Responses to dispositive
`motions that were filed prior to the dispositive
`motion deadline, including Daubert Motions,
`shall be due in accordance with Local Rule CV-
`7(e), not to exceed the deadline as set forth in
`this Docket Control Order.3 Motions for
`Summary Judgment shall comply with Local
`Rule CV-56.
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`*File Motions to Strike Expert Testimony
`(including Daubert Motions)
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`No motion to strike expert testimony (including
`a Daubert motion) may be filed after this date
`without leave of the Court.
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`3 The parties are directed to Local Rule CV-7(d), which provides in part that “[a] party’s failure to oppose a motion
`in the manner prescribed herein creates a presumption that the party does not controvert the facts set out by movant
`and has no evidence to offer in opposition to the motion.” If the deadline under Local Rule CV 7(e) exceeds the
`deadline for Response to Dispositive Motions, the deadline for Response to Dispositive Motions controls.
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`3
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`June 8, 2020
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`July 9, 2020
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`*File Dispositive Motions
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`No dispositive motion may be filed after this
`date without leave of the Court.
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`Motions shall comply with Local Rule CV-56
`and Local Rule CV-7. Motions to extend page
`limits will only be granted in exceptional
`circumstances. Exceptional
`circumstances
`require more than agreement among the parties.
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`May 28, 2020
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`June 30, 2020
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`Deadline to Complete Expert Discovery
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`May 14, 2020
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`June 16, 2020
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`Serve Disclosures for Rebuttal Expert Witnesses
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`April 23, 2020
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`June 1, 2020
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`April 23, 2020
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`June 1, 2020
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`Deadline to Complete Fact Discovery and File
`Motions to Compel Discovery
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`Serve Disclosures for Expert Witnesses by the
`Party with the Burden of Proof
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`4
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`____________________________________
`RODNEY GILSTRAP
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`So ORDERED and SIGNED this 13th day of April, 2020.
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