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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`AMAZON DIGITAL SERVICES, INC.,
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`FACEBOOK, INC.
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`LINKEDIN CORP.,
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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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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`AMAZON DIGITAL SERVICES, INC.,
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`FACEBOOK, INC.
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`LINKEDIN CORP.,
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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-02831-JPM-tmp Document 57 Filed 07/30/13 Page 2 of 9 PageID 833
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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-02831-JPM-tmp Document 57 Filed 07/30/13 Page 3 of 9 PageID 834
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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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`SONY MOBILE
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`COMMUNICATIONS (USA) INC.,
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`Case 2:12-cv-02831-JPM-tmp Document 57 Filed 07/30/13 Page 4 of 9 PageID 835
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`SONY ELECTRONICS INC.,
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`MICROSOFT CORP.,
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`GOOGLE INC.,
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`APPLE INC.,
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`Case 2:12-cv-02831-JPM-tmp Document 57 Filed 07/30/13 Page 5 of 9 PageID 836
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`PEOPLE MEDIA, INC.,
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`MATCH.COM, LLC,
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`MOTOROLA MOBILITY HOLDINGS,
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`Case 2:12-cv-02831-JPM-tmp Document 57 Filed 07/30/13 Page 6 of 9 PageID 837
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`ORDER ADOPTING JOINT PROPOSED SCHEDULE
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`On July 26, 2013, the Court held an Initial Case Management Conference in the above-
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`captioned cases. Present for Plaintiff B.E. Technology, LLC was Craig R. Kaufman, Daniel J.
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`Weinberg, Richard M. Carter, and Adam Simpson. Present for Defendant Facebook, Inc., was
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`Orion Armon, Heather Hubbard, and Heidi Keefe. Present for Defendant Pandora Media, Inc.,
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`was Matthew Becker, Glen Reid, Jr., and Mark Vorder-Bruegge, Jr. Present for Barnes & Noble,
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`Inc., was James Blackburn, Glen Reid, Jr., and Mark Vorder-Bruegge, Jr. Present for Defendant
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`Groupon, Inc., was Annie T. Christoff, Jeanne M. Gills, John S. Golwen, and Aaron J. Weinzierl.
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`Present for Defendant Microsoft Corporation was Ruffin Cordell, Leeron Kalay, and Brad
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`Trammell. Present for Defendant Apple, Inc., was Celine J. Crowson, Clayton James, Glen
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`Reid, Jr., and Mark Vorder-Bruegge, Jr. Present for Defendants Google, Inc.; and Motorola
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`Mobility Holdings, Inc., was Ann Marie Duffy, Brian A. Rosenthal, Glen Reid, Jr., and Mark
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`Vorder-Bruegge, Jr. Present for Defendants Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLC; Sony
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`Mobile Communications (USA), Inc.; and Sony Electronics, Inc., was John Flock, Glen Reid, Jr.,
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`Michael Sander, and Mark Vorder-Bruegge, Jr. Present for Defendant People Media, Inc., and
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`Match.com, LLC, was Sanjay K. Murthy and Jon Rose. Present for Amazon Digital Systems,
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`Inc., LinkedIn Corporation, and Twitter, Inc., was David Hadden, Glen Reid, Jr., and Mark
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`Vorder-Bruegge, Jr. Present for Defendants Samsung Telecommunications America, Inc., and
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`Samsung Electronics America, Inc., was Jonathan E. Nelson, Richard C. Pettus, Shepherd D.
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`Case 2:12-cv-02831-JPM-tmp Document 57 Filed 07/30/13 Page 7 of 9 PageID 838
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Order setting the Initial Case Management Conference (see, e.g.,
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`B.E. Technology, LLC v. Amazon Digital Servs., Inc., 2:12-cv-2767-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 54), the
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`parties jointly submitted a proposed schedule amending the Local Patent Rules and setting
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`uniform deadlines in each of the cases. The Court hereby ADOPTS the Joint Proposed Schedule
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`Initial Rule 26 Disclosures Not Pre-Empted
`by LPR’s
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`Patent Scheduling Conference Notices
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`Initial Infringement Contentions &
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`Initial Non-Infringement Contentions &
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`Initial Invalidity and Unenforceability
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`Deadline to Amend Pleadings Without a
`Showing of Good Cause (Fed. R. Civ. P. 15)
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`Prelim. ID of terms for construction
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`Validity and Enforceability Contentions
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`Final ID of terms for construction
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`Exchange of Prelim. Constructions and
`Supporting material
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`Initial Expert Reports re Claim
`Construction (if any)
`Rebuttal Expert Reports re Claim
`Construction (if any)
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`Completion of Claim Construction
`Discovery
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`Joint Proposed Schedule
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`Already filed
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`Already served
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`August 19, 2013
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`September 17, 2013
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`September 23, 2013
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`September 23, 2013
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`October 29, 2013
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`November 5, 2013
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`November 26, 2013
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`Event
`Exchange of Final Claim Constructions
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`Opening Claim Construction Briefs
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`Responsive Claim Construction Briefs
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`Joint Claim Construction & Prehearing
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`Claim Construction Hearing
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`Production of Written Advice of Counsel (if
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`Final Infringement Contentions
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`Final non-infringement contentions,
`Invalidity Contentions, unenforceability
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`Final Validity and Enforceability
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`Close of Fact Discovery
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`Status Conference
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`Initial Expert Witness Disclosures
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`Rebuttal Expert Witness Disclosures
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`Completion of Depositions of Experts (Close
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`Joint Proposed Schedule
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`February 18, 2014
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`March 27, 2014
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`April 3, 2014
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`April 28, 2014
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`14 Days after the filing of the Court’s
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`35 days after filing of the CCCR
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`70 days after filing of the CCCR
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`95 days after the filing of the CCCR
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`120 Days after the filing of the CCCR
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`120 Days after the filing of the CCCR
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`150 Days after the filing of the CCCR
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`30 Days after Initial Expert Witness
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`60 days after rebuttal expert witness
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`Absent a showing of good cause, the aforementioned dates will not be modified or
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`Having adopted the parties’ Joint Proposed Schedule, the Court finds as MOOT the
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`following pending Motions:
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`B.E. Technology, LLC v. Facebook, Inc., 12-cv-2769-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 59;
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`B.E. Technology, LLC v. Groupon, Inc., 12-cv-2781-JPM-cgc, ECF No. 41;
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`B.E. Technology, LLC v. Pandora Media, Inc., 12-cv-2782-JPM-cgc, ECF No. 40
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`B.E. Technology, LLC v. Barnes & Noble, Inc., 12-cv-2823-JPM-tmp, ECF No.49
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`B.E. Technology, LLC v. Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLC, 12-cv-2826-
`JPM-tmp, ECF No. 41;
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`B.E. Technology, LLC v. Sony Mobile Communications (USA), Inc., 12-cv-2827-JPM-
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`B.E. Technology, LLC v. Sony Electronics, Inc., 12-cv-2828-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 40;
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`B.E. Technology, LLC v. Microsoft Corporation, 12-cv-2829-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 54;
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`B.E. Technology, LLC v. Google Inc., 12-cv-2830-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 47;
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`B.E. Technology, LLC v. Apple Inc., 12-cv-2831-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 46;
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`B.E. Technology, LLC v. People Media, Inc., 12-cv-2833-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 49;
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`B.E. Technology, LLC v. Match.com, LLC, 12-cv-2834-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 46; and
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`B.E. Technology, LLC v. Motorola Mobility Holdings, LLC, 12-cv-2866, ECF No. 47.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED, this 30th day of July, 2013.
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`/s/ Jon P. McCalla
`CHIEF JUDGE, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
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