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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
`LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`HUAWEI DEVICE USA INC., HUAWEI
`DEVICE CO., LTD. AND HUAWEI
`DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD.,
`HTC CORPORATION,
`LG ELECTRONICS, INC.,
`APPLE INC.,
`ZTE CORPORATION, ZTE (USA),
`INC., AND ZTE (TX), INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`Civil Action No. 2:17-CV-513-JRG
`(Lead Case)
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`Civil Action No. 2:17-CV-514-JRG
`Civil Action No. 2:17-CV-515-JRG
`Civil Action No. 2:17-CV-516-JRG
`Civil Action No. 2:17-CV-517-JRG
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`FOURTH AMENDED DOCKET CONTROL ORDER
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`In accordance with the scheduling conference held in this case, it is hereby ORDERED
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`that the following schedule of deadlines is in effect until further order of this Court:
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`Current Deadline
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`Proposed
`Deadline
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`Event
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`March 4, 2019
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`Same
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`February 4, 2019
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`Same
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`*Jury Selection - 9:00 a.m. in Marshall, Texas
`before Judge Rodney Gilstrap
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`*Pretrial Conference – 9:00 a.m. in Marshall,
`Texas before Judge Rodney Gilstrap
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`Case 2:17-cv-00513-JRG Document 157 Filed 07/19/18 Page 2 of 6 PageID #: 5628
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`Current Deadline
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`Proposed
`Deadline
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`Event
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`January 30, 2019
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`Same
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`January 28, 2019
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`Same
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`January 21, 2019
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`Same
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`January 14, 2019
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`Same
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`January 14, 2019
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`Same
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`January 7, 2019
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`Same
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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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`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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`Serve Objections to Rebuttal Pretrial Disclosures
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`Serve Objections to Pretrial Disclosures; and
`Serve Rebuttal Pretrial Disclosures
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`December 21, 2018 Same
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`Serve Pretrial Disclosures (Witness List,
`Deposition Designations, and Exhibit List) by
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`Current Deadline
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`Proposed
`Deadline
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`Event
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`December 7, 2018
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`Same
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`December 7, 2018
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`Same
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`December 3, 2018
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`Same
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`November 5, 2018
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`Same
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`October 15, 2018
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`Same
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`October 15, 2018
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`Same
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`September 28, 2018 Same
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`the Party with the Burden of Proof
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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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`*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 onlv be granted in exceptional
`circumstances. Exceptional circumstances
`require more than agreement among the parties.
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`Deadline to Complete Expert Discovery
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`Serve Disclosures for Rebuttal Expert Witnesses
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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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`Deadline to Complete Mediation
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`The parties are responsible for ensuring that a
`mediation report is filed no later than 5 days after
`the conclusion of mediation.
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`Comply with P.R. 3-7 (Opinion of Counsel
`Defenses)
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`Current Deadline
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`Proposed
`Deadline
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`September 21, 2018 Same
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`Event
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`September 6, 2018
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`Same
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`August 15, 2018
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`Same
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`August 17, 2018
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`August 27, 2018
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`August 10, 2018
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`August 3, 2018
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`July 20, 2018
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`August 20, 2018
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`August 13, 2018
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`July 25, 2018
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`July 20, 2018
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`Same
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`*Claim Construction Hearing – 1:30 p.m. in
`Marshall, Texas before Judge Rodney Gilstrap
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`Plaintiff shall serve a Final Election of Asserted
`Claims, which shall identify no more than 15
`claims per asserted patent and no more than 38
`claims in total.
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`Not later than 14 days after Plaintiff’s election
`each Defendant to elect no more than 15 prior art
`references against each patent and no more than
`a total of 40 references.
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`*Comply with P.R. 4-5(d) (Joint Claim
`Construction Chart)
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`*Comply with P.R. 4-5(c) (Reply Claim
`Construction Brief)
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`Comply with P.R. 4-5(b) (Responsive Claim
`Construction Brief)
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`Comply with P.R. 4-5(a) (Opening Claim
`Construction Brief) and Submit Technical
`Tutorials (if any)
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`Good cause must be shown to submit technical
`tutorials after the deadline to comply with P.R.
`4-5(a).
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`Deadline to Substantially Complete Document
`Production and Exchange Privilege Logs
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`Counsel are expected to make good faith efforts
`to produce all required documents as soon as
`they are available and not wait until the
`substantial completion deadline.
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`(*) indicates a deadline that cannot be changed without showing good cause. Good cause is not
`shown merely by indicating that the parties agree that the deadline should be changed.
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`ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
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`Notice of Mediator: The parties are to jointly file a notice that identifies the agreed upon
`mediator or indicates that no agreement was reached. If the parties do not reach an agreement,
`the Court will appoint a mediator. The parties should not file a list of mediators to be considered
`by the Court.
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`Summary Judgment Motions, Motions to Strike Expert Testimony, and Daubert
`Motions: For each motion, the moving party shall provide the Court with two (2) copies of the
`completed briefing (opening motion, response, reply, and if applicable, surreply), excluding
`exhibits, in D-three-ring binders, appropriately tabbed. All documents shall be single-sided and
`must include the CM/ECF header. For expert-related motions, complete digital copies of the
`relevant expert report(s) and accompanying exhibits shall submitted on a single flash drive.
`These copies shall be delivered as soon as briefing has completed.
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`Indefiniteness: In lieu of early motions for summary judgment, the parties are directed
`to include any arguments related to the issue of indefiniteness in their Markman briefing, subject
`to the local rules’ normal page limits.
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`Motions for Continuance: The following excuses will not warrant a continuance nor
`justify a failure to comply with the discovery deadline:
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`(a)
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`(b)
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`(c)
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`The fact that there are motions for summary judgment or motions to dismiss pending;
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`The fact that one or more of the attorneys is set for trial in another court on the same day,
`unless the other setting was made prior to the date of this order or was made as a special
`provision for the parties in the other case;
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`The failure to complete discovery prior to trial, unless the parties can demonstrate that it
`was impossible to complete discovery despite their good faith effort to do so.
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`Amendments to the Docket Control Order (“DCO”): Any motion to alter any date on
`the DCO shall take the form of a motion to amend the DCO. The motion to amend the DCO
`shall include a proposed order that lists all of the remaining dates in one column (as above) and
`the proposed changes to each date in an additional adjacent column (if there is no change for a
`date the proposed date column should remain blank or indicate that it is unchanged). In other
`words, the DCO in the proposed order should be complete such that one can clearly see all the
`remaining deadlines and the changes, if any, to those deadlines, rather than needing to also refer
`to an earlier version of the DCO.
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`Proposed DCO: The Parties’ Proposed DCO should also follow the format described
`above under “Amendments to the Docket Control Order (‘DCO’).”
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