Bluestone Innovations, LLC v. LG Electronics, Inc. et al

Filing 126

ORDER Further Case Management Conference set for 1/17/2014 02:30 PM in Courtroom 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 5/30/2014 03:30 PM in Courtroom 10, 19th Floor, San Francisco.. Signed by Judge Susan Illston on 10/2/13. (tfS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/3/2013)

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LEE TRAN & LIANG APLC
601 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 4025
Los Angeles, CA 90017
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CHARLES C. KOOLE - State Bar No. 259997
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GLASER WEIL FINK JACOBS
HOWARD AVCHEN & SHAPIRO LLP
10250 Constellation Boulevard, 19th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90067
Telephone: [phone]
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Attorneys for Defendant
VIZIO, Inc.

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[counsel for other parties listed on next page]

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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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LG ELECTRONICS, INC., et al.,

CASE NO.: 3:13-cv-01770-SI
Hon. Susan Illston
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Defendants.

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Peter H. Kang
Ashish Nagdev
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
1001 Page Mill Road, Bldg. 1
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Philip Woo
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
555 California St., Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

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Attorneys for Defendants
LG Electronics, Inc. and
LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.

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KAIWEN TSENG (SBN 193756)
[e-mail]
JERRY CHEN (SBN 229318)
[e-mail]
FREITAS TSENG & KAUFMAN LLP
100 Marine Parkway, Suite 200
Redwood Shores, California 94065
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendants, ACER INC., and
ACER AMERICA CORPORATION

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Christopher K. Larus (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Bryan J. Mechell (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI L.L.P.
800 LaSalle Avenue
2800 LaSalle Plaza
Minneapolis, MN 55402-2015
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Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 612-339-4181

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Wesley W. Lew, SBN: 222351
[e-mail]
ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI L.L.P.
2049 Century Park East
Suite 3400
Los Angeles, CA 90067-3208
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 310-229-5800

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Attorneys for Defendants
Best Buy Co., Inc., Best Buy Stores, L.P., and BestBuy.com, LLC 

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DEAN D. NIRO (admitted pro hac vice)
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DAVID J. MAHALEK (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
ROBERT A. CONLEY (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
NIRO, HALLER & NIRO
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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Pursuant to Northern District of California Local Rule 6-2, plaintiff Bluestone

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Innovations, LLC (“Bluestone”) and defendants Acer, Inc., Acer America

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Corporation, Best Buy Co., Inc., Best Buy Stores, L.P., Bestbuy.com, LLC, LG

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Electronics, Inc., LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., and VIZIO, Inc. (collectively,

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“defendants”) hereby request that the Court enter an order confirming certain

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deadlines and setting new dates for case management conferences, tutorial, and

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Markman hearing based on its August 30, 2013 Order re Discovery Dispute in

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Bluestone v. Nichia Corp., et al., Case No. C 12-00059-SI (Dkt. No. 337).

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Factual Background
On August 30, 2013, the Court issued its Order re: Discovery Dispute, which

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extended the deadline for defendant Nichia to serve its invalidity contentions 45 days

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after Bluestone served its supplemental infringement contentions. See Case No. C 12-

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00059-SI (Dkt. No. 337). Bluestone subsequently electronically served its

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supplemental infringement contentions on Nichia on August 30, 2013, moving the

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date for the service of invalidity contentions from September 9, 2013 to October 17,

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2013.1
As a result of moving the date for the service of invalidity contentions, the

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remaining dates and deadlines in the current schedule of both cases, including two

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case management conferences, the technology tutorial, and Markman hearing can no

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longer be applicable, as there are numerous resulting discrepancies, including the

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Tutorial and Markman scheduled before this Court occurring prior to the deadline for

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Bluestone to file its Reply Claim Construction Brief. Accordingly, the parties request

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that the Court enter the revised schedule as detailed below, or a substantially similar

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schedule more convenient to the Court, which avoids these discrepancies.

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The parties agreed that the extension of the deadline to serve invalidity contentions was extended
for all defendants.
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II.

Requested Dates
The parties request that the Court enter the following new deadlines and

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hearing dates or substantially similar deadlines and hearing dates convenient to the

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Court, which reflect the same timing of the schedule entered by the Court on July 2,

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2013 (Dkt. No. 123).

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Previous Date Set in

Proposed New Date

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July 2, 2013 Civil

Based on Patent Local

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Pretrial Minutes

Rules and Existing

(Dkt. No. 123)

Case Schedule

September 9, 2013

October 17, 2013

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October 31, 2013

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Nichia [and other defendants] to

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serve “Invalidity Contentions.”

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(P.L.R. 3-3);

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Nichia [and other defendants] to

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produce documents to accompany

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“Invalidity Contentions.” (P.L.R.

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3-4) (45 days from service of

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infringement contentions)

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All parties to exchange proposed

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terms for construction. (P.L.R. 4-

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1) (14 days from service of

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invalidity contentions)

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All parties to exchange

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preliminary claim constructions

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and extrinsic evidence. (P.L.R. 4-

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2) (35 days from service of

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Case management conferences and hearings before this Court are listed in bold.
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invalidity contentions)

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All parties to file Joint Claim

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Construction and Prehearing

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Statement. (P.L.R 4-3) (60 days

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from service of invalidity

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contentions)

November 8, 2013

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Further Case Management

November 22, 2013

January 10, 2014 at

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Conference

at 2:30 p.m.

2:30 p.m., or at a more
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the Court

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Complete claim construction

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discovery. (P.L.R. 4-4) (90 days

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from service of invalidity

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contentions)

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Deadline to amend pleadings or

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add parties. (145 days from

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service of infringement

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contentions)

December 9, 2013

January 15, 2014

December 18, 2013

January 24, 2014

January 7, 2014

February 14, 2014

February 21, 2014

March 31, 2014

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Bluestone to file opening claim

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construction brief. (P.L.R. 4-5(a))

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(60 days from service of the joint

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claim construction and prehearing

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statement)

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Defendants to file responsive

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claim construction brief. (P.L.R.

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4-5(b)) (45 days from service of
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the opening claim construction

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brief)

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Bluestone to file reply claim

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construction brief. (P.L.R. 4-5(c))

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(14 days from service of the

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responsive claim construction

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brief)

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Tutorial

March 7, 2014

April 14, 2014

April 2, 2014 at 3:30 May 7, 2014 at 3:30
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p.m. , or at a more

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the Court

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Markman

April 9, 2014 at 3:30 May 14, 2014 at 3:30

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the Court

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Further Case Management

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Conference

3:00 p.m.

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the Court

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Dated: October 1, 2013

Respectfully submitted,

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By: /s/ Charles C. Koole

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Adrian M. Pruetz
Charles C. Koole
GLASER WEIL FINK JACOBS
HOWARD AVCHEN & SHAPIRO LLP

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Steven R. Hansen
LEE TRAN & LIANG APLC
Attorneys for Defendant
VIZIO, Inc.

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By: /s/ Ashish Nagdev
Peter H. Kang
Ashish Nagdev
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
1001 Page Mill Road, Bldg. 1
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Philip Woo
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
555 California St., Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

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Attorneys for Defendants
LG Electronics, Inc. and
LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.

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By: /s/ Jerry Chen
Kaiwen Tseng
Jerry Chen
FREITAS TSENG & KAUFMAN LLP

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Attorneys for Defendants,
ACER INC., and
ACER AMERICA CORPORATION

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By: /s/ Bryan J. Mechell
Christopher K. Larus (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Bryan J. Mechell (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI L.L.P.
800 LaSalle Avenue
2800 LaSalle Plaza
Minneapolis, MN 55402-2015
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 612-339-4181

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Wesley W. Lew, SBN: 222351
[e-mail]
ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI L.L.P.
2049 Century Park East
Suite 3400
Los Angeles, CA 90067-3208
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 310-229-5800

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Attorneys for Defendants
Best Buy Co., Inc., Best Buy Stores, L.P., and
BestBuy.com, LLC

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By: /s/ Robert A. Conley
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]
NIRO, HALLER & NIRO
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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