Sorrell Holdings LLC v. Infinity Headwear & Apparel, LLC

Filing 81

ORDER granting in part 78 Motion to Lift Stay and for Entry of Proposed Scheduling Order. The stay of this case is lifted. The Court will separately issue a new Final Scheduling Order, setting a new trial date and new pretrial deadlines. Signed by Honorable Barry A. Bryant on January 7, 2020. (mll)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
TEXARKANA DIVISION
SORRELL HOLDINGS, LLC
vs.

PLAINTIFF
Case No. 4:16-cv-04019

INFINITY HEADWEAR &APPAREL, LLC

DEFENDANT

ORDER
Plaintiff Sorrell Holdings, LLC ("Sorrell") has filed a Motion to Lift Stay and For Entry of
Proposed Scheduling Order. ECF No. 78. Defendant, Infinity Headwear & Apparel, LLC
("Infinity"), has responded. ECF No. 80. The parties have consented to the jurisdiction of a United
States Magistrate Judge to conduct any and all proceedings in this case, including conducting the
trial, ordering the entry of a final judgment, and conducting all post-judgment proceedings. ECF No.
33. After considering this Motion, the Court finds it should be GRANTED IN PART.
On January 3, 2019, the Court issued a stay of this case pending the ex parte reexamination
of U.S. Patent No. 6,887,007 (the “patent-in-suit”) by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
until further order of the Court. ECF No. 68. On or about April 22, 2019, the United States Patent
and Trademark Office issued a Notice of Intent to Issue Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate. ECF
No. 69. In light of this, the stay of this case should and hereby is LIFTED.
The Court will separately issue a new Final Scheduling Order, setting a new trial date and
new pretrial deadlines.
DATED this 7th day of January 2020.

Barry A. Bryant

/s/
HON. BARRY A. BRYANT
U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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