Rambus Inc. v. International Business Machines Corporation

Filing 62

ORDER RE CASE SCHEDULE re 61 . Tutorial Hearing set for 9/21/2011 01:30 PM. Claims Construction Hearing set for 10/5/2011 01:30 PM in Courtroom 11, 19th Floor, San Francisco. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on 5/12/2011. (lmh, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/12/2011)

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Edward Kmett (CA Bar No. 204374)
[e-mail]
FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO
650 Town Center Drive
Suite 1600
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Anthony M. Zupcic (Pro Hac Vice)
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Robert H. Fischer (Pro Hac Vice)
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Douglas Sharrott (Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10112
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Kenneth R. Adamo (Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
300 North LaSalle
Chicago, IL 60654
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys For Defendant
International Business Machines Corporation

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RAMBUS INC.,
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Plaintiff,
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v.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
CORPORATION,

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Defendant.
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Case No. C 10-03736 JSW
(Related Case: C 10-04017 JSW)
STIPULATION RE: CASE
SCHEDULE;
SUPPORTING DECLARATION OF
ROBERT H. FISCHER
[PROPOSED] ORDER

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Pursuant to Rule 6-2 and 7-12 of the Local Rules of Practice in Civil Proceedings before the

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United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Plaintiff Rambus Inc. (“Rambus”)

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and Defendant International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”), through their respective counsel

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of record, wish to advise the Court that the parties have reached a settlement in principle, and

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accordingly respectfully request, and with the Court's permission, stipulate to an additional two-week

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extension of the current case schedule to allow the parties to prepare the necessary settlement papers.

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More specifically, with the Court’s permission, the parties hereby stipulate that the current schedule

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set forth in the April 15, 2011, Stipulated Order [Dkt. 60] be modified as follows:

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EVENT

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Exchange of Preliminary Claim
Constructions and Extrinsic
Evidence (Patent L.R. 4-2(a),
(b))

May 16, 2011

May 31, 2011

Meet and confer re Joint Claim
Construction and Prehearing
Statement (Patent L.R. 4-2(c))

May 23, 2011

June 6, 2011

Last day to request leave to
designate additional terms for
claims construction JSW
Standing Order ¶ 4

May 27, 2011

June 10, 2011

Joint Claim Construction and
Prehearing Statement (Patent
L.R. 4-3) – Includes Expert
Testimony. Parties must attach
copies of patents, make
available file histories to Court
for each involved patent

June 10, 2011

June 24, 2011

Completion of Claim
Construction Discovery (Patent
L.R. 4-3)

July 11, 2011

July 25, 2011

Rambus Opening Claim
Construction Brief (Patent L.R.
4-5(a)). 25 page limit

July 25, 2011

August 8, 2011

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CURRENT SCHEDULE

PROPOSED SCHEDULE

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IBM Responsive Claim
Construction Brief (Patent L.R.
4-5(b)). 25 page limit

August 8, 2011

August 22, 2011

Rambus - Reply Brief and any
evidence directly rebutting the
supporting evidence (Patent
L.R. 4-5(c)). - 15 page limit

August 15, 2011

August 29, 2011

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CURRENT SCHEDULE

PROPOSED SCHEDULE

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Amended Joint Claim
Construction Statement

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Tutorial for the Court

September 7, 2011 at 1:30
p.m.

September 21, 2011, or any
later date, subject to the
convenience of the Court’s
calendar

Claim Construction
(“Markman”) Hearing (Patent
L.R. 4-6).

September 21, 2011 at 1:30
p.m.

October 5, 2011, or any later
date, subject to the
convenience of the Court’s
calendar

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By his signature below, counsel for Defendant attests that counsel for Plaintiff concurs in the
filing of this stipulation.
Respectfully submitted,

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Dated: May 11, 2011.

/s/ Robert H. Fischer
Robert H. Fischer, Pro Hac Vice
Anthony M. Zupcic, Pro Hac Vice
Douglas Sharrott, Pro Hac Vice
FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER
& SCINTO
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104-3801
Telephone: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Kenneth R. Adamo, Pro Hac Vice
[e-mail]
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
300 North LaSalle
Chicago, IL 60654
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Dated: May 11, 2011.

By: /s/ Edward A. Kmett
Edward A. Kmett (SBN:204374)
FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER
& SCINTO
650 Town Center Drive, Suite 1600
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 714 540-9823

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Attorneys for Defendant
IBM Corporation

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FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P.

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By:

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Date: May 11, 2011

/s/ Tina E. Hulse
Tina E. Hulse (CA Bar No. 232936)
[e-mail]
FINNEGAN, HENDERSON,
FARABOW,
GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P.
3300 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94304-1203
Telephone:[phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Barbara Clarke McCurdy (Admitted Pro
Hac Vice)
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Naveen Modi (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
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Srikala P. Atluri (Admitted Pro Hac
Vice)
[e-mail]
FINNEGAN, HENDERSON,
FARABOW,
GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P.
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Telephone:[phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Rambus Inc.

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SUPPORTING DECLARATION OF ROBERT H. FISCHER

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I, ROBERT H. FISCHER, declare as follows:
1. I am a partner in the firm Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, counsel for Defendant

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International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”). I submit this declaration in support of the

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parties' Stipulation Regarding Case Schedule. I make this declaration of my own personal knowledge

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and will competently testify thereto if called upon to do so.

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2. On April 15, 2011, the Court entered a Stipulated Order [Dkt. 60], which sets forth the

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claim construction briefing schedule for this action. The Stipulated Order also sets the technology

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tutorial for September 7, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. and the Markman Hearing for September 21, 2011, at 1:30

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p.m.

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3. The parties, both the respective corporate representatives and outside counsel, have been

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actively discussing resolution of this case, and have reached a settlement in principle. Accordingly,

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the parties have met and conferred and agree that continuing the case schedule for two weeks will

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facilitate preparation of the necessary settlement papers precedent to resolution of this action.

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4. The Court previously granted the Stipulated Order to permit settlement discussions.

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Otherwise, the only time modification in this case was to change the Case Management Conference

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from December 3, 2010, to January 14, 2011, to coincide with the hearing on Rambus's motion to

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dismiss in related case, International Business Machines Corp. v. Rambus Inc., No. C 10-04017 JSW.

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See Dkt. 48.

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5. The requested modification in the current case schedule will not affect any other pre-trial
deadlines, as the pre-trial schedule has not yet been entered in this case.

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true and
correct, and this declaration was executed this 11th day of May, 2011.

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/s/ Robert H. Fischer
Robert H. Fischer

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: May __, 2011

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The Honorable Jeffrey S. White
United States District Judge
Northern District of California

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