Bluestone Innovations Texas LLC vs Epistar Corp et al

Filing 344

ORDER, Motions terminated: 343 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER Stipulated Request for Order Changing Time filed by Nichia America Corporation, Nichia Corporation. Further Case Management Conference set for 1/17/2014 02:30 PM in C ourtroom 10, 19th Floor, San Francisco. Claims Construction Hearing set for 5/14/2014 03:30 PM. Tutorial Hearing set for 5/7/2014 03:30 PM. Further Case Management Conference set for 4/25/2014 03:30 PM in Courtroom 10, 19th Floor, San Francisco.. Signed by Judge Susan Illston on 10/7/13. (tfS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/7/2013)

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NIRO, HALLER & NIRO
DEAN D. NIRO (Admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
DAVID J. MAHALEK (Admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
ROBERT A. CONLEY (Admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
181 West Madison, Suite 4600
Chicago, IL 60602-4515
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 312-236-3137
Attorneys for Plaintiff
BLUESTONE INNOVATIONS LLC

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DURIE TANGRI LLP
DARALYN J. DURIE (SBN 169825)
[e-mail]
SONALI D. MAITRA (SBN 254896)
[e-mail]
217 Leidesdorff Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 415-236-6300

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Attorneys for Defendants and Counter-Plaintiffs
NICHIA CORP. and NICHIA AMERICA CORP.

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Additional counsel listed on signature page

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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BLUESTONE INNOVATIONS LLC,

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Plaintiff,

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Case No. 3: 12-cv-00059-SI
STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER
CHANGING TIME

v.
NICHIA CORPORATION and
NICHIA AMERICA CORPORATION,

Ctrm: 10, 19th Floor
Judge: Honorable Susan Illston

Defendants.

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STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME
Case No. 3: 12-cv-00059-SI

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Presently pending before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion for Miscellaneous Administrative

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Relief Pursuant to LR 7-11 (Dkt. No. 340), in which plaintiff Bluestone Innovations LLC ("Bluestone")

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and defendants Nichia Corporation and Nichia America Corporation (collectively, "Nichia") had jointly

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approached the Court for purposes of resolving a dispute that existed between those parties as to the case

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schedule. Having now resolved their dispute, the parties hereby withdraw their Joint Motion in favor of

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the instant Stipulation.

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Bluestone and Nichia hereby request that the Court enter the new deadlines and hearing dates set forth

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below. The requested deadlines and hearing dates align with those which the Court recently entered in

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Related Case No. 3:13-cv-01770-SI. (See Dkt. No. 126 in the referenced case).

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Accordingly, pursuant to Northern District of California Local Rule 6-2,

Event 1

Previous Date Set in
July 2, 2013 Civil
Pretrial Minutes (Dkt.
No. 331)

Proposed New Date Based
on Patent Local Rules and
Existing Case Schedule

Nichia to serve “Invalidity
Contentions.” (P.L.R. 3-3);
Nichia to produce documents to
accompany “Invalidity Contentions.”
(P.L.R. 3-4) (45 days from service of
infringement contentions)

September 9, 2013

October 17, 2013

All parties to exchange proposed terms
for construction. (P.L.R. 4-1) (14 days
from service of invalidity contentions)

September 23, 2013

October 31, 2013

All parties to exchange preliminary
claim constructions and extrinsic
evidence. (P.L.R. 4-2) (35 days from
service of invalidity contentions)

October 14, 2013

November 21, 2013

All parties to file Joint Claim
Construction and Prehearing Statement.
(P.L.R 4-3) (60 days from service of
invalidity contentions)

November 8, 2013

December 16, 2013

Further Case Management
Conference

November 22, 2013
at 2:30 p.m.

January 17, 2014 at 2:30
p.m., or at a more
convenient time for the
Court

Complete claim construction discovery.
(P.L.R. 4-4) (90 days from service of
invalidity contentions)

December 9, 2013

January 15, 2014

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Case management conferences and hearings before this Court are listed in bold.
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STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME
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Event 1

Previous Date Set in
July 2, 2013 Civil
Pretrial Minutes (Dkt.
No. 331)

Proposed New Date Based
on Patent Local Rules and
Existing Case Schedule

Deadline to amend pleadings or add
parties. (145 days from service of
infringement contentions)

December 18, 2013

January 24, 2014

Bluestone to file opening claim
construction brief. (P.L.R. 4-5(a)) (60
days from service of the joint claim
construction and prehearing statement)

January 7, 2014

February 14, 2014

Defendants to file responsive claim
construction brief. (P.L.R. 4-5(b)) (45
days from service of the opening claim
construction brief)

February 21, 2014

March 31, 2014

Bluestone to file reply claim
construction brief. (P.L.R. 4-5(c)) (14
days from service of the responsive
claim construction brief)

March 7, 2014

April 14, 2014

Tutorial

April 2, 2014
at 3:30 p.m.

May 7, 2014 at 3:30 p.m.,
or at a more convenient
time for the Court

Markman

April 9, 2014
at 3:30 p.m.

May 14, 2014 at 3:30 p.m.,
or at a more convenient
time for the Court

Further Case Management
Conference

April 25, 2014
at 3:00 p.m.

May 30, 2014 at 3:30 p.m.,
or at a more convenient
time for the Court

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STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME
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Dated: October 4, 2013

NIRO, HALLER, & NIRO

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/s/ Robert A. Conley
By:

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ROBERT A. CONLEY

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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
MARTIN L. FINEMAN (SBN 104413)
[e-mail]
505 Montgomery Street
Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 415-276-6599

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NIRO, HALLER & NIRO
DEAN D. NIRO (Admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
DAVID J. MAHALEK (Admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
ROBERT A. CONLEY (Admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
OLIVER D. YANG (Admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
181 West Madison, Suite 4600
Chicago, IL 60602-4515
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 312-236-3137

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
BLUESTONE INNOVATIONS LLC

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STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME
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Dated: October 4, 2013

DURIE TANGRI LLP

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/s/ Sonali D. Maitra
By:

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SONALI D. MAITRA

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DURIE TANGRI LLP
DARALYN J. DURIE (SBN 169825)
[e-mail]
SONALI D. MAITRA (SBN 254896)
[e-mail]
217 Leidesdorff Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 415-236-6300

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PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON &
GARRISON LLP
KENNETH A. GALLO (Admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
DIANE C. GAYLOR (Admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
J. BRIAN HART, JR. (Admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
2001 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1047
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 202-204-7350

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PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON &
GARRISON LLP
CATHERINE NYARADY (Admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
BRIAN P. EGAN (Admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 212-757-3990

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Attorneys for Defendants and Counter-Claimants
NICHIA CORP. and NICHIA AMERICA CORP.

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FILER’S ATTESTATION
Pursuant to Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), regarding signatures, I, Sonali D. Maitra, attest that concurrence

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in the filing of this document has been obtained.

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Dated: October 4, 2013

/s/ Sonali D. Maitra
SONALI D. MAITRA

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STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
10/7/13
Dated: _____________________

__________________________________________
The Honorable Susan Illston
United States District Judge

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that all counsel of record is being served on October 4, 2013 with a copy of this
document via the Court’s CM/ECF system at the email addresses below:
Dean D. Niro
Robert A Conley
David J. Mahalek
Oliver D. Yang
Niro Haller & Niro
181 W. Madison Street, Suite 4600
Chicago, IL 60602
312-236-0733
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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John Michael Pickett
Young Pickett & Lee
4122 Texas Blvd.
Texarkana, TX 75504-1897
903-794-1303
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
William B Dyer , III
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner - Atlanta
303 Peachtree St, NE, Suite 3500
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-653-6400
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

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/s/ Sonali D. Maitra
SONALI D. MAITRA

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