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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`TYLER DIVISION
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`Plaintiff,
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`Case No. 6:12-cv-00799-LED
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`INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC.,
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`EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. and
`MICRO MOTION INC., USA,
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`Defendants,
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`MICRO MOTION INC., USA,
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`Counterclaim-Plaintiff,
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`INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC.,
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`Counterclaim-Defendant.
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`JOINT MOTION FOR INTERIM
`RELIEF OF EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINES
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`Before the Court is Plaintiff Invensys Systems, Inc.’s Opposed Motion to Amend
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`the Docket Control Order, which seeks, among other things, an 8-week extension to the expert
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`report deadlines. (See Dkt. Nos. 182, 194.) Emerson Electric Co. and Micro Motion, Inc. have
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`agreed to a five-week extension of the deadlines, but oppose the specific schedule proposed by
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`Plaintiff. (See Dkt. Nos. 188, 198.) Under the operative Docket Control Order, opening expert
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`reports are due on August 8, 2014, responsive expert reports are due September 19, 2014, and
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`expert discovery closes on October 17, 2014. (Dkt. No. 103.)
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`Case 6:12-cv-00799-JRG Document 199 Filed 07/31/14 Page 2 of 5 PageID #: 5853
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`To allow the Court ample time to consider Invensys’s motion for extension, the
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`parties have met and conferred and agree and stipulate, subject to the Court’s approval, to the
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`following interim measure regarding expert discovery deadlines:
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`Original
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`10/17/14
`09/19/14
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`Parties’ Agreed
`Interim Measure
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`11/21/14
`10/17/14
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`08/08/14
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`09/12/14
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`Event
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`Expert Discovery Deadline.
`Parties designate rebuttal expert witnesses (nonconstruction
`issues), Rebuttal expert witness reports due. Refer to Local
`Rules for required information.
`Parties with burden of proof designate expert witnesses (non-
`construction issues). Expert witness reports due. Refer to
`Local Rules for required information.
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`The parties agree that the interim measure does not moot the relief sought by
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`each. The interim measure does not impact any court filing deadline and is not offered for the
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`purpose of delay.
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`Dated: July 31, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Todd S. Patterson
`Claudia Wilson Frost
`State Bar No. 21671300
`Jeffrey L. Johnson
`State Bar No. 24029638
`Dawn M. Jenkins
`State Bar No. 24074484
`DLA PIPER LLP
`1000 Louisiana, Suite 2800
`Houston, TX 77002
`Telephone: 713.425.8400
`Facsimile: 713.425.8401
`Email: Claudia.Frost@dlapiper.com
` Jeffrey.Johnson@dlapiper.com
` Dawn.Jenkins@dlapiper.com
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`Case 6:12-cv-00799-JRG Document 199 Filed 07/31/14 Page 3 of 5 PageID #: 5854
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`Nicholas G. Papastavros
`Daniel Rosenfeld
`DLA PIPER LLP
`33 Arch Street, 26th Floor
`Boston, MA 02110
`Telephone: 617.406.6000
`Facsimile: 617.406.6100
`Email: Nick.Papastavros@dlapiper.com
` Daniel.Rosenfeld@dlapiper.com
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`Todd S. Patterson
`DLA PIPER LLP
`401 Congress Ave., Suite 2500
`Austin, TX 78701-3799
`Telephone: 512.457.7017
`Facsimile: 512.721.2217
`Email: todd.patterson@dlapiper.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR INVENSYS SYSTEMS,
`INC.
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`Case 6:12-cv-00799-JRG Document 199 Filed 07/31/14 Page 4 of 5 PageID #: 5855
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`/s/ Kadie M. Jelenchick
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`Linda E.B. Hansen, WI Bar No. 1000660
`Richard S. Florsheim, WI Bar No. 1015905
`Jeffrey N. Costakos, WI Bar No. 1008225
`Kadie M. Jelenchick, WI Bar No. 1056506
`Matthew J. Shin, WI Bar No. 1090096
`Foley & Lardner LLP
`777 East Wisconsin Avenue
`Milwaukee, WI 53202
`Telephone: 414.271.2400
`Facsimile: 414.297.4900
`Email: lhansen@foley.com
` rflorsheim@foley.com
` jcostakos@foley.com
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`mshin@foley.com
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`Jason A. Berta, IL Bar No. 6295888
`Foley & Lardner LLP
`321 North Clark Street, Suite 2800
`Chicago, IL 60654
`Telephone: (312) 832-4500
`Facsimile: (312) 832-4700
`Email: jberta@foley.com
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`Guy N. Harrison, State Bar No. 00000077
`Guy Harrison Law Offices
`217 N. Center Street
`Longview, TX 75601
`Telephone: 903.758.7361
`Facsimile: 903.753.9557
`Email: guy@gnhlaw.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR EMERSON ELECTRIC
`CO. and MICRO MOTION, INC.
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`Case 6:12-cv-00799-JRG Document 199 Filed 07/31/14 Page 5 of 5 PageID #: 5856
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that on July 31, 2014, all counsel of record who are deemed to
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`have consented to electronic service are being served with a copy of this document via the
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`Court’s CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3).
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`/s/ Todd S. Patterson
`Todd S. Patterson
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