Network Appliance Inc. v. Sun Microsystems Inc

Filing 432

STIPULATION AND ORDER MODIFYING Briefing Schedule for Summary Judgment Motion Re U.S. Patent No. 5,459,857 re 415 . Signed by Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte on 7/31/09. (lmh, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/31/2009)

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MATTHEW D. POWERS (Bar No. 104795) [e-mail] EDWARD R. REINES (Bar No. 135960) [e-mail] JEFFREY G. HOMRIG (Bar No. 215890) [e-mail] JILL J. HO (Bar No. 236349) [e-mail] WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 201 Redwood Shores Parkway Redwood Shores, CA 94065 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] PATRICIA YOUNG (admitted pro hac vice) [e-mail] WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 767 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10153 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiff-Counterclaim Defendant NETAPP, INC. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION RE U.S. PATENT NO. 5,459,857

NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. Plaintiff-Counterclaim Defendant, v. SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.

Case No. 3:07-CV-06053-EDL STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION RE U.S. PATENT NO. 5,459,857

WHEREAS, opening summary judgment briefs shall be filed on August 3, 2009; WHEREAS, Network Appliance, Inc. ("NetApp") intends to file a motion for summary judgment with respect to Sun's United States Patent No. 5,459,857 ("the '857 patent"); WHEREAS, due to schedules and conflicts, Dr. Scott Brandt ­ Sun's expert on the '857 patent ­ will not be deposed until August 4, 2009;

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THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BETWEEN THE PARTIES THAT: the deadline for filing the opening summary judgment motion on the '857 patent shall be extended from August 3, 2009 to August 10, 2009. The deadline for filing the responsive summary judgment motion on the '857 patent shall be extended from August 17, 2009 to August 24, 2009. The deadline for filing the reply brief for the summary judgment motion on the '857 patent shall be extended from August 31, 2009 to September 8, 2009 and request that the Court enter an order to that effect. The filing deadlines for the parties' other motions for summary judgment would remain unchanged. By extending the deadlines for this motion by one week, the parties do not wish to disturb the hearing schedule for the summary judgment motions, such that the hearing for the summary judgment motion on the '857 patent would remain on September 30, 2009. Dated: July 30, 2009 DLA PIPER LLP (US) By: /s/ Christine K. Corbett MARK D. FOWLER CLAYTON THOMPSON DAVID ALBERTI CHRISTINE K. CORBETT YAKOV M. ZOLOTOREV CARRIE L. WILLIAMSON Attorneys for Sun Microsystems, Inc. Dated: July 30, 2009 WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP By: /s/ Jeffrey G. Homrig MATTHEW D. POWERS EDWARD R. REINES JEFFREY G. HOMRIG JILL J. HO Attorneys for NetApp, Inc.

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION RE U.S. PATENT NO. 5,459,857

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1 2 [PROPOSED] ORDER 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. 11 Having considered the parties' stipulation, the joint request for relief is GRANTED. The August 3, 2009 deadline for filing the opening summary judgment motion on the '857 patent shall be continued to August 10, 2009. The August 17, 2009 deadline for filing the responsive summary judgment motion on the '857 patent shall be continued to August 24, 2009. The August 31, 2009 deadline for filing the reply brief for the summary judgment motion on the '857 patent shall be continued to September 8, 2009. All other deadlines and hearing dates with respect to the summary judgment briefing in the -6053 action are unchanged.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION RE U.S. PATENT NO. 5,459,857

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