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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`JOINT MOTION TO AMEND DOCKET CONTROL ORDER
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`Case Nos.
`2:19-cv-00161-JRG-RSP
`2:19-cv-00172-JRG-RSP
`2:19-cv-00200-JRG-RSP
`2:19-cv-00237-JRG-RSP
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Defendant.
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`GREE, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`SUPERCELL OY,
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`Plaintiff GREE, Inc. (“GREE”) and Defendant Supercell Oy (“Supercell”) (collectively,
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`the “Parties”) respectfully file this Joint Motion to Amend the Docket Control Order in these
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`proceedings. There is good cause to amend the Docket Control Order and extend the close of Fact
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`Discovery and Expert Report deadlines by approximately two weeks and the Dispositive Motions
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`and Motions to Strike Expert Testimony by less than one week.
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`Throughout these litigations and the related litigations the parties have utilized remote
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`procedures such as videoconference depositions to move the case forward during the COVID-19
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`crisis. The crisis, however, has introduced complications and the parties are working together to
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`find solutions to those complications. As discussed in prior briefing in this and the related
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`litigations, Supercell has noticed several depositions of GREE’s witnesses in Japan that remain
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`outstanding. See, e.g., GREE, Inc. v. Supercell Oy, No. 2:19-cv-00200-JRG-RSP, Dkts. 98, 102,
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`106, 107, 113. However, the Government of Japan has implemented a travel ban, banning the
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`entry of foreigners who have visited certain other countries, including the United States, during
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`the last 14 days prior to attempted entry unless there are “exceptional circumstances.”1 Further,
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`1 https://www.japan.travel/en/coronavirus/ (last accessed August 19, 2020).
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`under Japanese law, video depositions are not permitted, and all depositions must be held at one
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`of the U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate in Japan. At the present time, the U.S. Embassy and
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`Consulate in Japan is not available for depositions.2 Further, the Japan government has imposed
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`a 14-day quarantine requirement for Japanese nationals returning from international travel.
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`However, counsel for the parties understand that the Japanese government has begun certain
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`discussions to ease COVID-19 travel and quarantine restrictions for international business travel
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`to and from certain countries.3 Thus, the parties will continue to meet and confer to find solutions
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`for the outstanding depositions, particularly in light of new developments regarding COVID-19
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`related restrictions, and for good cause as shown respectfully request that the Court enter the
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`proposed amended docket control order attached hereto.
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`The proposed extensions do not require modifying the trial date of December 7, 2020 or
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`the pretrial date of November 12, 2020. Under the parties’ proposed amended schedule, the
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`minimum spacing between responses to dispositive motions and the pretrial conference set forth
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`in this Court’s earlier orders has been preserved. See Order Granting-in-Part Joint Motion to
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`Amend the Docket Control Order (Dkt. 120), Optis Wireless Tech., LLC v. Apple Inc., No. 2:19-
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`CV-00066-JRG (E.D. Tex. Mar. 20, 2020), at 2 (J. Gilstrap) (“There should be at least four weeks
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`between the response to dispositive motions deadline and the pre-trial conference”). While the
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`parties’ proposed schedule provides only ten days between opening dispositive motions and
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`responses to dispositive motions, the parties believe good cause for such spacing exists, to provide
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`additional time for fact and expert discovery.
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`2 https://jp.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/attorneys/depositions-in-japan/#ava (last accessed
`July 24, 2020).
`3 See https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/08/13/national/japan-singapore-covid-19-border-
`curbs/.
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`The deadlines that the parties propose changing are shown in the table below and in the
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`proposed amended docket control order attached hereto:
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`Initial Deadline
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`New Deadline
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`Event
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`October 12, 2020
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`October 15, 2020
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`October 15, 2020
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`September 28, 2020 October 5, 2020
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`*Response to Dispositive Motions (including
`Daubert Motions). Responses to dispositive
`motions that were filed prior to the dispositive
`motion deadline, including Daubert Motions,
`shall be due in accordance with Local Rule CV-
`7(e), not to exceed the deadline as set forth in
`this Docket Control Order. Motions for
`Summary Judgment shall comply with Local
`Rule CV-56.
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`to Strike Expert
`to Motion
`*Response
`Testimony (including Daubert Motions)
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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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`September 28, 2020
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`October 5, 2020
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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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`Deadline to Complete Expert Discovery.
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`September 25, 2020 October 2, 2020
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`September 11, 2020 September 23, 2020 Serve Disclosures
`Witnesses.
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`for Rebuttal Expert
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`August 21, 2020
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`September 4, 2020
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`August 20, 2020
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`September 3, 2020
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`Serve Disclosures for Expert Witnesses by the
`Party with the Burden of Proof.
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`Deadline to Complete Fact Discovery and File
`Motions to Compel Discovery.
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`Dated: August 20, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`FENWICK & WEST LLP
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`By: /s/ Jessica M. Kaempf
`Jeffrey A. Ware (Admitted E.D. Texas)
`Jessica M. Kaempf (Admitted E.D. Texas)
`Jonathan G. Tamimi (Admitted E.D. Texas)
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`1191 Second Avenue, 10th Floor
`Seattle, WA 98101
`Telephone: 206.389.4510
`Facsimile: 206.389.4511
`Email:
`jware@fenwick.com
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`jkaempf@fenwick.com
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`jtamimi@fenwick.com
`Michael J. Sacksteder (Admitted E.D. Texas)
`Bryan A. Kohm (Admitted E.D. Texas)
`Christopher L. Larson (Admitted E.D. Texas)
`Shannon E. Turner (Admitted E.D. Texas)
`Winnie Wong ( Admitted E.D. Texas)
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`555 California Street, 12th Floor
`San Francisco, California 94104
`Telephone: 415.875.2300
`Facsimile: 415.281.1350
`Email: msacksteder@fenwick.com
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`bkohm@fenwick.com
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`clarson@fenwick.com
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`sturner@fenwick.com
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`winnie.wong@fenwick.com
`Geoffrey R. Miller
`(Texas State Bar No. 24094847)
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`902 Broadway, Suite 14
`New York, NY 10010
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`Dated: August 20, 2020
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`Of Counsel:
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`Telephone: 212.430.2600
`Email:
`gmiller@fenwick.com
`Jennifer R. Bush (Admitted E.D. Texas)
`Fenwick & West LLP
`801 California Street
`Mountain View, CA 94041
`Telephone: 650.988.8500
`Facsimile: 650.938.5200
`Email: jbush@fenwick.com
`Deron R. Dacus
`State Bar No. 00790553
`THE DACUS FIRM, P.C.
`821 ESE Loop 323, Suite 430
`Tyler, TX 75701
`Telephone: 903. 705.1117
`Facsimile: 903.581.2543
`Email:
`ddacus@dacusfirm.com
`Attorneys for Defendant Supercell Oy
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`By: /s/ Michael T. Morlock
`Michael T. Morlock
`Melissa R. Smith
`(Texas State Bar No. 24001351)
`GILLAM & SMITH, LLP
`303 South Washington Avenue
`Marshall, Texas 75670
`Telephone: (903) 934-8450
`Facsimile: (903) 934-9257
`Email: melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
`KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP
`Steven D. Moore (CA Bar No. 290875)
`Taylor J. Pfingst (CA Bar No. 316516)
`Rishi Gupta (CA Bar No. 313079)
`Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1900
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Telephone: (415) 576-0200
`Facsimile: (415) 576-0300
`Email: smoore@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Email: tpfingst@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Email: rgupta@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Norris P. Boothe (State Bar No. 307702)
`1080 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Telephone: (650) 326-2400
`Facsimile: (650) 326-2422
`Email: nboothe@kilpatricktownsend.com
`John C. Alemanni (NC Bar No. 22977)
`Taylor Higgins Ludlam (NC Bar No. 42377)
`4208 Six Forks Road
`Raleigh, NC 27609
`Telephone: (919) 420-1700
`Facsimile: (919) 420-1800
`Email: jalemanni@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Email: tludlam@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Michael T. Morlock (GA Bar No. 647460)
`1100 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 2800
`Atlanta, GA 30309
`Telephone: (404) 815-6500
`Facsimile: (404) 815-6555
`Email: mmorlock@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Alton L. Asher III (NC Bar No. 36579)
`Andrew W. Rinehart (NC Bar No. 46356)
`1001 West Fourth Street
`Winston-Salem, NC 27101
`Telephone: (336) 607-7300
`Facsimile: (336) 607-7500
`Email: aabsher@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Email: arinehart@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Kasey E. Koballa (NC Bar No. 53766)
`607 14th Street, Suite 900
`Washington, DC 20005
`Telephone: (202) 508-5800
`Facsimile: (202) 508-5858
`Email: kkoballa@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Attorneys for Plaintiff GREE, Inc.
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`Patent Owner Gree, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was filed electronically in
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`compliance with Local Rule CV-5(a). All other counsel of record not deemed to have consented
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`to electronic service were served with a true and correct copy of the foregoing by first class mail.
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`/s/ Jessica M. Kaempf
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`Jessica M. Kaempf
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`Patent Owner Gree, Inc.
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`Case 2:19-cv-00200-JRG-RSP Document 125-1 Filed 08/20/20 Page 1 of 5 PageID #: 4193
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`GREE, INC.,
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`v.
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`SUPERCELL OY,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`Case Nos.
`2:19-cv-00161-JRG-RSP
`2:19-cv-00172-JRG-RSP
`2:19-cv-00200-JRG-RSP
`2:19-cv-00237-JRG-RSP
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`[PROPOSED] DOCKET CONTROL ORDER
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`It is hereby ORDERED that the following schedule of deadlines are in effect until
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`further order of this Court:
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`Initial Deadline
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`New Deadline
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`Event
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`December 7, 2020
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`November 9, 2020
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`November 12, 2020
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`November 5, 2020
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`*Jury Selection -9:00 a.m. in Marshall,
`Texas.
`*Notify Deputy Clerk in Charge regarding the
`date and time by which juror questionnaires
`shall be presented to accompany by jury
`summons if the Parties desire to avail
`themselves the benefit of using juror
`questionnaires.1
`*Pretrial Conference - 9:00 a.m. in
`Marshall, Texas before Judge Roy Payne.
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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
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`1 The Parties are referred to the Court's Standing Order Regard ing Use of Juror Questionnaires in Advance of
`Voir Dire.
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`Patent Owner Gree, Inc.
`Exhibit 2013 - Page 8 of 12
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`November 5, 2020
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`October 29, 2020
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`October 23, 2020
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`October 23, 2020
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`October 15, 2020
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`October 1, 2020
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`October 12, 2020
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`October 15, 2020
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`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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`Serve Pretrial Disclosures (Witness List,
`Deposition Designations, and Exhibit List) by
`the Party with the Burden of Proof.
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`*Response to Dispositive Motions (including
`Daubert Motions). Responses to dispositive
`motions that were filed prior to the
`dispositive motion deadline, including Daubert
`Motions, shall be due in accordance with
`Local Rule CV-7(e), not to exceed the
`deadline as set forth in this Docket Control
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`October 15, 2020
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`September 28, 2020 October 5, 2020
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`Order.2 Motions for Summary Judgment
`shall comply with Local Rule CV-56.
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`*Response to Motion to Strike Expert
`Testimony (including Daubert Motions)
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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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`September 28, 2020
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`October 5, 2020
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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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`Deadline to Complete Expert Discovery.
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`September 25, 2020 October 2, 2020
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`September 11,
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`2020
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`September 23, 2020 Serve Disclosures for Rebuttal Expert
`Witnesses.
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`August 21, 2020
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`September 4, 2020
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`August 20, 20203
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`September 3, 2020
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`Serve Disclosures for Expert Witnesses by the
`Party with the Burden of Proof.
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`Deadline to Complete Fact Discovery and
`File Motions to Compel Discovery.
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`2 The parties are directed to Local Rule CV-7(d), which provides in part that “[a] party's failure to oppose a motion
`in the manner prescribed herein creates a presumption that the party does not controvert the facts set out by movant
`and has no evidence to offer in opposition to the motion.” If the deadline under Local Rule CV 7(e) exceeds the
`deadline for Response to Dispositive Motions, the deadline for Response to Dispositive Motions controls.
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` The parties agree that, after July 30, 2020, neither party will serve new written discovery or deposition notices in
`the -161, -172, -200 or -237 proceedings to each other or to third parties, unless warranted based on information
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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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`Mediation: While certain cases may benefit from mediation, such may not be appropriate
`for every case. The Court finds that the Parties are best suited to evaluate whether mediation will
`benefit the case after the issuance of the Court's claim construction order. Accordingly, the Court
`ORDERS the Parties to file a Joint Notice indicating whether the case should be referred for
`mediation within fourteen days of the issuance of the Court's claim construction order. As a part
`of such Joint Notice, the Parties should indicate whether they have a mutually agreeable mediator
`for the Court to consider. If the Parties disagree about whether mediation is appropriate the Parties
`should set forth a brief statement of their competing positions in the Joint Notice.
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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) hard 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 must include the CM/ECF header. These copies shall be delivered to the
`Court within three (3) business days after briefing has completed. For expert-related motions,
`complete digital copies of the relevant expert report(s) and accompanying exhibits shall
`submitted on a single flash drive to the Court. Complete digital copies of the expert report(s)
`shall be delivered to the Court no later than the dispositive motion deadline.
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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) The fact that there are motions for summary judgment or motions to dismiss
`pending;
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`(b) 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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`learned after July 30, 2020, from written discovery or completing depositions that have already been served or
`noticed by one of the parties in those cases or good cause otherwise exists. The parties further agree that nothing
`herein precludes the parties from receiving responses to discovery that has already been served.
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`(c) 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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`Exhibit 2013 - Page 12 of 12
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