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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
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`WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION,
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`APPLE INC.,
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`The court held a brief joint telephonic status conference in case nos. 14-cv-62
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`ORDER
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`14-cv-62-wmc
`15-cv-621-wmc
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`(“WARF I”) and 15-cv-621 (“WARF II”). The following briefing schedule was established
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`with respect to claim and issue preclusion issues arising out of the decision of the United
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`States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation v.
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`Apple Inc, 905 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2018):
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`(1) plaintiff WARF may have until February 15, 2019, to file its opening brief in
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`support of its assertion that WARF I should be reopened for trial on its doctrine of
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`equivalence claims;
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`(2) defendant Apple may have until March 8, 2019, to file its response and opening
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`brief in support of its assertion that WARF I precludes assertion of the doctrine of
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`equivalence claims in WARF II;
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`(3) plaintiff WARF may have until March 22, 2019, to file its reply as to WARF I and
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`respond as to WARF II; and
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`(4) defendant Apple may have until March 29, 2019, to file its reply as to WARF II.
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`Case: 3:15-cv-00621-wmc Document #: 62 Filed: 01/25/19 Page 2 of 2
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`WARF II is referred to Magistrate Judge Crocker for a conference and the issuance
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`of an amended scheduling order. Finally, the second amended final judgment in WARF I,
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`dated July 27, 2017 (dkt. #778) is VACATED. Defendant Apple may, if it wishes, submit
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`a bill of costs in WARF I in anticipation of entry of a new final judgment consistent with
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`the Federal Circuit’s opinion.
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`Entered this 25th day of January, 2019.
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`BY THE COURT:
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`WILLIAM M. CONLEY
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