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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`AMAZON DIGITAL SERVICES, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`FACEBOOK, INC.,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`LINKEDIN CORP.,
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`Defendant.
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`Case 2:12-cv-02834-JPM-tmp Document 60 Filed 11/27/13 Page 2 of 9 PageID 537
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`GROUPON, INC.,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`PANDORA MEDIA, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`TWITTER, INC.,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`BARNES & NOBLE, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`Case 2:12-cv-02834-JPM-tmp Document 60 Filed 11/27/13 Page 3 of 9 PageID 538
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS
`AMERICA, LLC,
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`Defendant.
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT
`AMERICA LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`Case 2:12-cv-02834-JPM-tmp Document 60 Filed 11/27/13 Page 4 of 9 PageID 539
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
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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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`Plaintiff,
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`MICROSOFT CORP.,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`GOOGLE INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Case 2:12-cv-02834-JPM-tmp Document 60 Filed 11/27/13 Page 5 of 9 PageID 540
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`APPLE INC.,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`PEOPLE MEDIA, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`MATCH.COM, LLC,
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`Defendant.
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
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`MOTOROLA MOBILITY HOLDINGS,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`Case 2:12-cv-02834-JPM-tmp Document 60 Filed 11/27/13 Page 6 of 9 PageID 541
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`JOINT MOTION (INCLUDING MEMORANDUM)
`FOR PARTIAL AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULING ORDER
`(WITH CERTIFICATE OF CONSULTATION)
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`Through undersigned authorized counsel, plaintiff B.E. Technology L.L.C. (“Plaintiff”)
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`and each of defendants Amazon Digital Services, Inc., Facebook, Inc., Linkedin Corp, Groupon,
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`Inc., Pandora Media, Inc., Twitter, Inc., Barnes & Noble, Inc., Samsung Telecommunications
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`America, LLC, Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment America
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`LLC, Sony Mobile Communications (USA) Inc., Sony Electronics Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google
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`Inc., Apple Inc., People Media, Inc., Match.com, LLC, and Motorola Mobility Holdings, LLC
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`(“Defendant” or "Defendants"), jointly move the Court to enter the accompanying proposed
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`Order in each of the above-captioned related actions, amending the uniform Scheduling Order
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`entered in such actions on or about July 30, 2013 (e.g., ECF No. 63 in Case No. 2:12-cv-2767)
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`with respect to the deadlines for the events set forth in the table below and in the proposed Order.
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`Authority for such amendment is conferred expressly by Fed.R.Civ.P. 16(b)(4), upon a
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`showing of good cause; by Local Patent Rule 1.5, based on the complexity and other
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`circumstances of the cases; and by the Court’s inherent power to manage its dockets in the
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`interest of efficient justice. The parties respectfully submit that sufficient cause for the requested
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`amendments is shown by the circumstances summarized briefly herein.
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`The deadlines proposed to be amended apply solely to intermediate events in the claim
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`construction process governed by Chapter IV of the Local Patent Rules, specifically LPR 4.1 –
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`4.6, prior to the LPR 4.5 Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement due on April 3,
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`2014, and the LPR 4.6 Claim Construction Hearing scheduled for April 28, 2014. As evident
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`from the table of proposed dates below, five of the nine events addressed are solely exchanges or
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`service of information and potential depositions by the parties, and do not involve filing of
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`documents with or action by the Court at all; and the remaining four requested date changes are
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`respectfully believed to entail minimal if any impact on the Court.
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`The parties have been working diligently on the LPR-required processes. The parties
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`have completed all the consultations and other steps required by LPR 4.1, through and including
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`the final identification of what claim terms need to be construed (LPR 4.1(c)). However, the
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`parties need additional time to complete the remaining steps, beginning with the exchange of
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`actual constructions of the identified claim terms (preliminary and, subsequently, final). The
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`effect of the proposed deadline changes on matters presented to the Court would be an extension
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`of ten days for Opening Claim Construction Briefs (LPR 4.4(a)), and an extension of only one
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`day for Responsive Claim Construction Briefs (LPR 4.4(b)). Thus, the date when the briefing
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`would be “at issue” for review by the Court would be extended only one day, from March 27 to
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`March 28, 2014. The existing deadline for the Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing
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`Statement (LPR 4.5) would not change, nor would the hearing date itself.
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`Based on the circumstances summarized above, the proposed Order amending the
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`schedule provides the following deadlines for remaining claim construction events:
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`Exchange of Prelim. Constructions and Supporting Material
`Initial Expert Reports re Claim Construction
`Rebuttal Expert Reports re Claim Construction
`Completion of Claim Construction Discovery
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`Exchange of Final Claim Constructions
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`Opening Claim Construction Briefs
`Responsive Claim Construction Briefs
`Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement
`Claim Construction Hearing
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`Current Date Proposed Date
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`11/26/2013
`1/13/2014
`12/10/2013
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`WHEREFORE, the parties respectfully submit that sufficient cause exists for the
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`foregoing amendments to the present joint schedule, and request the Court to so Order.
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`CERTIFICATE OF CONSULTATION
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`Consultation compliant with the Court’s Local Rule 7 was conducted and resulted in all
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`parties’ agreement to file this motion jointly.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`s/ Richard M. Carter
`Richard M. Carter, Esq.
`Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston, P.C.
`6410 Poplar Ave., Suite 1000
`Memphis, TN 38119
`901-522-9000
`Attorney for Plaintiff
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`/s/ Jennifer Klein Ayers
`Steven G. Schortgen, pro hac vice
` Texas State Bar No. 00794603
` steve.schortgen@klgates.com
`Jennifer Klein Ayers, pro hac vice
` Texas State Bar No. 24069322
` jennifer.ayers@klgates.com
`K&L Gates LLP
`1717 Main Street, # 2800
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`(214) 939.5500
`(214) 939.5849 Facsimile
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`Sanjay K. Murthy, pro hac vice
` Illinois Bar No. 6279314
` sanjay.murthy@klgates.com
`Christopher E. Hanba, pro hac vice
` Illinois Bar No. 6298424
` christopher.hanba@klgates.com
`K&L Gates LLP
`70 W. Madison Street, #3100
`Chicago, Illinois 60602
`312.372.1121
`312.827.8000 Facsimile
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`Case 2:12-cv-02834-JPM-tmp Document 60 Filed 11/27/13 Page 9 of 9 PageID 544
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`H. Frederick Humbracht, Jr.
`Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
`1600 Division Street, Suite 700
`Nashville, TN 37203
`615-252-2371
`615-252-6371 (fax)
`rhumbracht@babc.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Match.com, LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The foregoing motion having been filed via the Court’s CM/ECF system, a copy is being
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`automatically served upon all counsel of record for both parties in each of the above-captioned
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