Fortinet, Inc. v. SRI International, Inc.

Filing 72

ORDER REQUIRING AMENDED JOINT CLAIMS CONSTRUCTION AND PREHEARING STATEMENT. Claims Construction Hearing set for 10/8/2013 01:30 PM. Tutorial Hearing set for 10/1/2013 01:30 PM in Courtroom 11, 19th Floor, San Francisco.. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on 5/21/13. (jjoS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/21/2013)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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FORTINET, INC,

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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No. C 12-02540 JSW

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER REQUIRING AMENDED
JOINT CLAIMS CONSTRUCTION
AND PREHEARING STATEMENT

SRI INTERNATIONAL, INC,

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Defendant.
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CHECK POINT SOFTWARE
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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SRI INTERNATIONAL, INC,
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Defendant.
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The Court has reviewed the parties’ joint claims construction and prehearing statement

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and finds that it does not comply with the requirements set forth by the Northern District Local

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Patent Rules and this Court’s Standing Orders. The Local Patent Rules and the Court’s

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Standing Order for Patent Cases limit the number of terms for construction to ten terms.

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(Standing Order for Patent Cases, ¶ 1.)

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In the parties joint claim construction statement, several of the terms actually include
more than one term or phrase. For example, the terms 3, 4 and 6 actually include two separate

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terms each. Therefore, the parties are seeking the construction of eleven terms. This is not

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permissible.

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Therefore, the Court HEREBY ORDERS that the parties shall file an amended joint

by the Northern District Local Patent Rules and the Court’s Standing Order. The parties shall

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filed their amended joint claims construction and prehearing statement by no later than June 18,

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2013. SRI International, Inc. (“SRI”) shall file an amended opening claim construction brief by

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no later than August 2, 2013. Plaintiffs Fortinet, Inc. and Check Point Software Technologies

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Inc. shall file an amended responsive claim construction brief by no later than August 16, 2013.

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SRI shall file an amended claim construction reply brief by no later than August 23, 2013. The

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claims construction and prehearing statement that fully complies with the requirements set forth

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United States District Court

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tutorial and claims construction hearing are CONTINUED to October 1 and 8, 2013 at 1:30

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p.m.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: May 21, 2013
JEFFREY S. WHITE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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