Rambus Inc. v. International Business Machines Corporation

Filing 70

ORDER GRANTING 69 Stipulation re: Case Schedule. Signed by Judge JEFFREY S. WHITE on 8/11/11. (jjoS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/11/2011)

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Barbara Clarke McCurdy (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
Naveen Modi (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]

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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]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Rambus Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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RAMBUS INC.,

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CASE NO. C 10-03736 JSW
(Related Case: C 10-04017 JSW)
Plaintiff,
STIPULATION RE: CASE SCHEDULE;

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v.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
CORPORATION,

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SUPPORTING DECLARATION OF TINA
E. HULSE;
[PROPOSED] ORDER

Defendant.
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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE
CASE SCHEDULE
CASE NO. C 10-03736 JSW

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12, Plaintiff Rambus Inc. (“Rambus”) and Defendant

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International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”), through their respective counsel of record,

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respectfully request, and with the Court’s permission, stipulate to a one-week extension of the

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deadline for filing the Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement pursuant to Patent L.R.

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4.3 so that the parties can discuss an alternative proposal for disposing of this matter and related

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case, International Business Machines Corp. v. Rambus Inc., No. C 10-04017 JSW. By this

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extension, the parties do not request modifying the previously ordered briefing schedule for claim

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construction or the dates for the Court’s technology tutorial or claim construction hearing. More

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

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forth in the July 12, 2011, Stipulated Order [Dkt. 68] be modified as follows:
EVENT

CURRENT SCHEDULE

PROPOSED DATE

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

August 12, 2011

August 19, 2011

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

September 6, 2011

Same

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

September 19, 2011

Same

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

October 4, 2011

Same

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

October 11, 2011

Same

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Amended Joint Claim
Construction Statement

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE
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CURRENT SCHEDULE

PROPOSED DATE

Tutorial for the Court

November 1, 2011

Same

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

November 15, 2011

Same

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

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Date: August 10, 2011

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

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By:

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/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]
Barbara Clarke McCurdy (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
Naveen Modi (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]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Rambus Inc.

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Dated: August 10, 2011
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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: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant,
International Business Machines Corporation
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SUPPORTING DECLARATION OF TINA E. HULSE

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I, TINA E. HULSE, declare as follows:
1. I am an associate at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., counsel

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for Plaintiff Rambus Inc. (“Rambus”). I submit this declaration in support of the parties’ Stipulation

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Regarding Case Schedule. I make this declaration of my own personal knowledge and will

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competently testify thereto if called upon to do so.

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2. On April 15, 2011, May 12, 2011, June 15, 2011, and July 12, 2011, the Court entered

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Stipulated Orders [Dkt. Nos. 60, 62, 66 and 68], which set forth the claim construction briefing

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schedule for this action. The June 15, 2011, Stipulated Order [Dkt. No. 66] also set the technology

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tutorial for November 1, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. and the Markman Hearing for November 15, 2011, at

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1:30 p.m.

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3. The parties previously requested extensions of time to discuss settlement of this case and

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

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negotiations had come to a standstill, the parties are currently discussing an alternative proposal to

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dispose of both this case and the related case. As such, the parties seek a continuance of one week

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for filing the Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement to allow the parties to further

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discuss this option.

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4. The Court previously granted the Stipulated Orders 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.,

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No. C 10-04017 JSW. See Dkt. No. 48.

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5. The requested modification in the current case schedule will not affect any other pre-trial

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deadlines, such as the previously ordered briefing schedule for claim construction or the dates for the

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technology tutorial or claim construction hearing, as the pre-trial schedule has not yet been entered

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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 10th day of August, 2011.

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/s/ Tina E. Hulse
Tina E. Hulse

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[PROPOSED] ORDER
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: August __, 2011

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

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE
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