Sandisk Corporation v. Round Rock Research LLC

Filing 71

CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULING ORDER. Case referred to mediation. Claims Construction Hearing set for 11/7/2012 10:00 AM. Tutorial Hearing set for 11/5/2012 10:00 AM in Courtroom 3, 17th Floor, San Francisco. Signed by Judge Richard Seeborg on 4/6/12. (cl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/6/2012)

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1 *E-Filed 4/6/12* 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 11 SANDISK CORP., No. C 11-05243 RS 12 13 14 Plaintiff, v. CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULING ORDER ROUND ROCK RESEARCH LLC, 15 16 17 Defendant. ____________________________________/ Pursuant to Rule 16(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a Case Management 18 Conference was held on March 29, 2012. After considering the Joint Case Management 19 Statement submitted by the parties and consulting with the attorneys of record and good cause 20 appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 21 1. 22 MEDIATION. This matter is referred to mediation to be completed within 90 days of the ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. 23 issuance of the Court’s claim construction order. The parties shall promptly notify the Court 24 whether the case is resolved at the mediation. 25 2. DISCOVERY. On or before May 31, 2013, all non-expert discovery shall be 26 completed by the parties. Discovery shall be limited as follows: (a) eighteen (18) non-expert 27 depositions per party; (b) twenty-five (25) interrogatories per party, including all discrete 28 subparts; (c) a reasonable number of requests for production of documents or for inspection per CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULING ORDER NO. C 11-05243 RS 1 2 3 4 5 6 party; and (d) fifty (50) requests for admission per party unrelated to document authenticity or document admissibility. 3. EXPERT WITNESSES. The disclosure and discovery of expert witness opinions shall proceed as follows: A. On or before June 14, 2013, the party bearing the burden of proof on a particular issue shall present all opening expert reports. 7 B. On or before July 12, 2013, parties shall exchange all rebuttal expert reports. 8 C. On or before July 26, 2012, parties shall exchange all reply expert reports. 9 D. On or before August 16, 2013, all discovery of expert witnesses pursuant to Federal 10 Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(4) shall be completed. 11 4. 12 A. Plaintiff’s invalidity contentions shall be due no later than June 15, 2012. 13 B. The parties shall exchange proposed terms for construction no later than June 29, 14 15 16 17 18 CLAIM CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULING. 2012 in accordance with Patent L.R. 4-1(b). C. The parties shall exchange preliminary claim constructions and extrinsic evidence no later than July 20, 2012. D. The parties shall file their joint claim construction and prehearing statement no later than August 14, 2012. 19 E. Claim construction discovery shall be completed no later than September 14, 2012. 20 F. Defendant shall file its opening claim construction brief no later than September 27, 21 22 23 24 25 2012. G. Plaintiff shall file its responsive claim construction brief with support no later than October 11, 2012. H. Defendant shall file its claim construction reply brief no later than October 18, 2012. I. A Tutorial shall take place in Courtroom 3, 17th Floor, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California on November 5, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. 26 J. A Claim Construction Hearing shall take place in Courtroom 3, 17th Floor, 450 27 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California on November 7, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. 28 CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULING ORDER NO. C 11-05243 RS 1 2 IT IS SO ORDERED. 3 4 5 Dated: 4/6/12 RICHARD SEEBORG UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULING ORDER NO. C 11-05243 RS

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