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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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`HTC CORPORATION,
`LG ELECTRONICS, 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-514-JRG
`(Lead Case)
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`MEMBER CASES
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`JOINT MOTION FOR ENTRY OF DOCKET CONTROL ORDER
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`Plaintiff AGIS Software Development LLC, and Defendants LG Electronics, Inc.,
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`Defendant HTC Corporation, Defendants ZTE (USA), Inc. and ZTE (TX), Inc. (collectively
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`“ZTE”) (“Parties”), hereby submit this Joint Motion For Entry of a Docket Control Order and
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`show the Court as follows:
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`Original Date
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`Event
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`April 1, 2019
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`*Trial – 9 a.m. in Marshall, Texas before Judge Rodney Gilstrap
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`April 1, 2019
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`*Jury Selection – 9:00 a.m. in Marshall, Texas
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`February 1, 2018
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`*Pretrial Conference – 9:00 a.m. in Marshall, Texas before Judge
`Rodney Gilstrap
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`January 31, 2019
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`January 28, 2019
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`January 28, 2019
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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 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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`January 28, 2019
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`Serve Objections to Rebuttal Pretrial Disclosures
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`January 23, 2019
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`Serve Objections to Pretrial Disclosures; and Serve Rebuttal Pretrial
`Disclosures
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`January 18, 2019
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`Serve Pretrial Disclosures (Witness List, Deposition Designations,
`and Exhibit List) by the Party with the Burden of Proof
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`January 18, 2019
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`January 14, 2019
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`January 11, 2019
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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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`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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`*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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`January 11, 2019
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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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`January 7, 2019
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`Comply with P.R. 3-7 (Opinion of Counsel Defenses)
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`January 7, 2019
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`Deadline to Complete Expert Discovery
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`December 21, 2018
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`Serve Disclosures for Rebuttal Expert Witnesses
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`December 17, 2018
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`*Claim Construction Hearing – 1:30 p.m. in Marshall, Texas
`before Judge Rodney Gilstrap
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`December 7, 2018
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`Serve Disclosures for Expert Witnesses by the Party with the
`Burden of Proof
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`December 7, 2018
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`Deadline to Complete Fact Discovery and File Motions to Compel
`Discovery
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`December 3, 2019
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`*Comply with P.R. 4-5(d) (Joint Claim Construction Chart)
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`August 29, 2018
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`Defendants 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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`(*) 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, sur-reply), excluding
`exhibits, in D-three-ring binders, appropriately tabbed. All documents shall be single-sided and
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`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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`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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`The Parties have conferred and agreed upon all provisions of the Joint Docket Control
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`Order and hereby jointly move that the Court approve and enter same, a copy of which is attached
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`hereto for the Court’s entry.
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`Dated: August 29, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`BROWN RUDNICK LLP
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` /s/ Alessandra C. Messing
`Alfred R. Fabricant
`NY Bar No. 2219392
`Email: afabricant@brownrudnick.com
`Peter Lambrianakos
`NY Bar No. 2894392
`Email: plambrianakos@brownrudnick.com
`Vincent J. Rubino, III
`NY Bar No. 4557435
`Email: vrubino@brownrudnick.com
`Joseph Mercadante
`NY Bar No. 4784930
`Email: jmercadante@brownrudnick.com
`Alessandra C. Messing
`NY Bar No. 5040019
`Email: amessing@brownrudnick.com
`John A. Rubino
`NY Bar No. 5020797
`Email: jrubino@brownrudnick.com
`Enrique W. Iturralde
`NY Bar No. 5526280
`Email: eiturralde@brownrudnick.com
`Daniel J. Shea Jr.
`NY Bar No. 5430558
`dshea@brownrudnick.com
`BROWN RUDNICK LLP
`7 Times Square
`New York, NY 10036
`Telephone: 212-209-4800
`Facsimile: 212-209-4801
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`Samuel F. Baxter
`Texas State Bar No. 01938000
`sbaxter@mckoolsmith.com
`Jennifer L. Truelove
`Texas State Bar No. 24012906
`jtruelove@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`104 E. Houston Street, Suite 300
`Marshall, Texas 75670
`Telephone: (903) 923-9000
`Facsimile: (903) 923-9099
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF, AGIS
`SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC
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`/s/ Miguel J. Bombach
`Matthew C. Bernstein, (Lead Attorney)
`CA State Bar No. 199240
`mbernstein@perkinscoie.com
`Miguel J. Bombach
`CA State Bar No. 274287
`mbombach@perkinscoie.com
`James Young Hurt (Pro Hac Vice)
`CA State Bar No. 312390
`jhurt@perkinscoie.com
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`11988 El Camino Real, Suite 350
`San Diego, CA 92130-2594
`Tel: (858) 720-5700
`Fax: (858) 720-5799
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`Eric Findlay
`State Bar No. 00789886
`efindlay@findlaycraft.com
`FINDLAY CRAFT, P.C.
`102 N. College Ave., Suite 900
`Tyler, TX 75702
`Tel: (903) 534-1100
`Fax: (903) 534-1137
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT HTC
`CORPORATION
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`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON,
`FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER,
`LLP
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`/s/ Lionel M. Lavenue
`Lionel M. Lavenue (Lead Attorney)
`Virginia Bar No. 49,005
`lionel.lavenue@finnegan.com
`Bradford C. Schulz
`Virginia Bar No. 91,057
`bradford.schulz@finnegan.com
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`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`Two Freedom Square
`11955 Freedom Drive
`Reston, VA 20190
`Phone: (571) 203-2700
`Fax: (202) 408-4400
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
`ZTE (TX) INC. AND ZTE (USA) INC.
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`ARNOLD & PORTER
`KAYE SCHOLER LLP
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` /s/ James S. Blackburn
`James S. Blackburn
`James.blackburn@arnoldporter.com
`Nicholas Lee
`California SBN: 259588
`Nicholas.Lee@arnoldporter.com
`ARNOLD & PORTER
`KAYE SCHOLER LLP
`777 South Figueroa Street
`44th Floor
`Los Angeles, California 90017-5844
`Tel: 213-243-4000
`Fax: 213-243-4199
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`Michael A. Berta
`Michael.Berta@arnoldporter.com
`Marisa Armanino Williams
`Marisa.armanino@arnoldporter.com
`ARNOLD & PORTER
`KAYE SCHOLER LLP
`Three Embarcadero Center
`10th Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111-4024
`Tel: 415-471-3277
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`J. Mark Mann
`SBN: 12926150
`mark@themannfirm.com
`G. Blake Thompson
`SBN: 24042033
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`blake@themannfirm.com
`MANN TINDEL THOMPSON
`300 West Main Street
`Henderson, Texas 75652
`Tel: 903-657-8540
`Fax: 903-657-6003
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT
`LG ELECTRONICS, INC.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that, on August 29, 2018, all counsel of record who are
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`deemed to have consented to electronic service are being served with a copy of this document via
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`the Court’s CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3).
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`/s/ Alessandra C. Messing
` Alessandra C. Messing
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