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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`AMAZON DIGITAL SERVICES, INC.,
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`FACEBOOK, INC.
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`LINKEDIN CORP.,
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`GROUPON, INC.,
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02767-JPM-tmp
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02769-JPM-tmp
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02772-JPM-dkv
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02781-JPM-cgc
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`Case 2:12-cv-02769-JPM-tmp Document 56 Filed 06/21/13 Page 2 of 7 PageID 412
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`PANDORA MEDIA, INC.,
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`TWITTER, INC.,
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`BARNES & NOBLE, INC.,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02782-JPM-cgc
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02783-JPM-cgc
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02823-JPM-tmp
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02824-JPM-tmp
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`Case 2:12-cv-02769-JPM-tmp Document 56 Filed 06/21/13 Page 3 of 7 PageID 413
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02825-JPM-tmp
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02826-JPM-tmp
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02827-JPM-tmp
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
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`SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT )
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`SONY MOBILE
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`COMMUNICATIONS (USA) INC.,
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`Case 2:12-cv-02769-JPM-tmp Document 56 Filed 06/21/13 Page 4 of 7 PageID 414
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`SONY ELECTRONICS INC.,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`MICROSOFT CORP.,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`GOOGLE INC.,
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`APPLE INC.,
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02828-JPM-tmp
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02829-JPM-tmp
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02830-JPM-tmp
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02831-JPM-tmp
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`Case 2:12-cv-02769-JPM-tmp Document 56 Filed 06/21/13 Page 5 of 7 PageID 415
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02832-JPM-tmp
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02833-JPM-tmp
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02834-JPM-tmp
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` No.: 2:12-cv-02866-JPM-tmp
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`SPARK NETWORKS, INC.,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`PEOPLE MEDIA, INC.,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`MATCH.COM, LLC,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`MOTOROLA MOBILITY HOLDINGS,
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`Case 2:12-cv-02769-JPM-tmp Document 56 Filed 06/21/13 Page 6 of 7 PageID 416
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`ORDER FOR INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
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`Before the Court are sixteen pending motions to transfer venue in sixteen of the above-
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`captioned cases.1 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(a) and in the interest of judicial
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`economy, the Court hereby schedules an initial case management conference for all nineteen
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`above-captioned cases (the “B.E. cases”) for Friday, July 26, at 2:30 p.m. in Courtroom 1.
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`Attorneys for the parties in the B.E. cases not transferred by the date of the initial case
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`management conference shall appear.
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`Attorneys for the parties should confer and should be prepared to discuss the issues as
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`raised in their individual Patent Scheduling Conference Notices,2 including but not limited to:
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`the nature of the cases; the possibility of consolidation of the cases for claim construction and/or
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`trial; the timing of individual patent scheduling conferences; the level of coordination among
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`Defendants given the differences in the parties, the patents at issue, and the products and services
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`at issue; common discovery issues and the accompanying coordination of said discovery; and
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`any proposed modifications to the Local Patent Rules of this Court.
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`The parties should also be prepared to make a coordinated initial technology presentation,
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`not to exceed three (3) hours to be shared among the Plaintiff and Defendants, relating to the
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`patents-in-suit and the allegedly infringing products and services. The Court will record the
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`proceedings for its benefit. The recording may not be used by the parties for any purpose.
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`1 The remaining Defendants’ Motions to Transfer Venue are as follows: No. 12-cv-2767, ECF No. 43; No. 12-cv-
`2769, ECF No. 29; No. 12-cv-2772, ECF No. 21; No. 12-cv-2781, ECF No. 21; No. 12-cv-2782, ECF No.19; No.
`12-cv-2783, ECF No. 30; No. 12-cv-2823, ECF No. 28; No. 12-cv-2824, ECF No. 27; No. 12-cv-2825, ECF No. 31;
`No. 12-cv-2826, ECF No. 25; No. 12-cv-2827, ECF No. 29; No. 12-cv-2828, ECF No. 24; No. 12-cv-2829, ECF
`No. 30; No. 12-cv-2832, ECF No. 20; No. 12-cv-2833, ECF No. 35; No. 12-cv-2834, ECF No. 32.
`2 See Patent Scheduling Conference Notices: 12-cv-2767, ECF No. 39; 12-cv-2769, ECF No. 31; 12-cv-2772, ECF
`No. 28; 12-cv-2781, ECF No. 22; 12-cv-2782, ECF No. 24; 12-cv-2783, ECF No. 27; 12-cv-2823, ECF No. 29; 12-
`cv-2824, ECF No. 24; 12-cv-2825, ECF No. 28; 12-cv-2826, ECF No. 22; 12-cv-2827, ECF No. 26; 12-cv-2828,
`ECF No. 21; 12-cv-2829, ECF No. 29; 12-cv-2830, ECF No. 30; 12-cv-2831, ECF No. 31; 12-cv-2832, ECF No.
`27; 12-cv-2833, ECF No. 25; 12-cv-2834, ECF No. 22; 12-cv-2866, ECF No. 27.
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`The parties shall meet and confer in good faith prior to the initial case management
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`conference. The parties shall submit to the Court, seven (7) days in advance of the initial case
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`management conference, a joint schedule establishing the sequence of presentations for the
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`initial case management conference, the subjects to be discussed, the technology to be presented,
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`the presenters for said technology, and proposed schedules in their respective cases.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED this 21st day of June, 2013.
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`/s/ Jon P. McCalla_______
`CHIEF U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
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