Cypress Semiconductor Corporation v. GSI Technology, Inc.

Filing 125

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 123 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER Concerning Parties' Supplemental Patent Local Rule Contentions filed by GSI Technology, Inc. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on October 7, 2014. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/7/2014)

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MARK FOWLER (Bar No. 124235)
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GERALD T. SEKIMURA (Bar No. 096165)
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ANDREW P. VALENTINE (Bar No. 162094)
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ALAN LIMBACH (Bar No. 173059)
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TIMOTHY LOHSE (Bar No. 177230)
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MICHAEL G. SCHWARTZ (Bar No. 197010)
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BRENT YAMASHITA (Bar No. 206890)
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ERIK R. FUEHRER (Bar No. 252578)
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SAORI KAJI (Bar No. 260392)
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KATHERINE CHEUNG (Bar No. 288051)
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Attorneys for Defendant
GSI TECHNOLOGY, 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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CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR
CORPORATION,
CASE NO. 3:13-CV-02013-JST (JCS)

Plaintiff,
v.
GSI TECHNOLOGY, INC.,

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER CONCERNING THE PARTIES’
SUPPLEMENTAL PATENT LOCAL RULE
CONTENTIONS

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Defendant.

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JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

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THE PARTIES’ SUPPLEMENTAL PATENT LOCAL RULE CONTENTIONS

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Pursuant to Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12 of the United States District Court for the Northern

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District of California, Defendant GSI Technology, Inc. (“GSI”) and Plaintiff Cypress

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Semiconductor Corporation (“Cypress”) stipulate as follows:

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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court’s Case Management Order (Dkt 25), the deadline for

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Cypress’s Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Preliminary Infringement Contentions and

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accompanying production pursuant to Patent Local Rules 3-1 and 3-2 was September 13, 2013;

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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Case Management Order (Dkt 25), the deadline for GSI’s

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Invalidity Contentions and accompanying document production pursuant to Patent Local Rules 3-

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3 and 3-4 was November 27, 2013;

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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Case Management Order (Dkt 25), Cypress and GSI provided

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their respective contentions pursuant to the relevant Patent Local Rules on September 13, 2013,

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and November 27, 2013, respectively;

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WHEREAS, Cypress provided amended Infringement Contentions with respect to its
doctrine of equivalents allegations on September 30, 2013;
WHEREAS, the Court held a claim construction hearing for United States Patent Nos.
7,142,477 (the “’477 patent) and 6,651,134 (the “’134 patent”), on May 20, 2014;
WHEREAS, on July 29, 2014, the Court issued the Order Construing Claims Of U.S.

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Patent Nos. 6,651,134 And 7,142,477 (Dkt 114), construing, among others, the term “sending

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write data”/“write data is sent across a write path” with respect to the ’477 patent and the terms

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“address signal” and “memory” with respect to the ’134 patent;

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WHEREAS, the parties agreed to exchange supplemental contentions (GSI’s

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supplemental invalidity contentions with respect to the ’477 patent and Cypress’s supplemental

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infringement contentions with respect to the ’134 patent) on September 19, 2014, in light of the

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Court’s construction of certain terms of the ’477 and ’134 patents;

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WHEREAS, on September 19, 2014, Cypress served GSI with its amended Patent Local

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Rule 3-1 infringement contentions with respect to the ’134 patent (“Cypress Amended

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Infringement Contentions”) and GSI served Cypress with its amended Patent Local Rule 3-3

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invalidity contentions with respect to the ’477 patent (“GSI Amended Invalidity Contentions”);
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and

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WHEREAS, the parties agree that the Cypress Amended Infringement Contentions and

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the GSI Amended Invalidity Contentions shall be deemed amended pursuant to Patent Local Rule

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3-6;

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IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND STIPULATED by and between the parties, through their

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respective counsel and subject to the Court’s approval, good cause having been timely shown,

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that the Cypress Amended Infringement Contentions and the GSI Amended Invalidity

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Contentions shall be deemed appropriately amended pursuant to Patent Local Rule 3-6 and, thus,

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are hereby adopted as the parties’ respective contentions with respect to the patents addressed in

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the amended contentions.

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Dated: September 30, 2014

Respectfully Submitted,

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FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C.

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By: /s/ David Hoffman, by permission
David Hoffman
Attorneys for Plaintiff
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.

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DLA PIPER LLP (US)

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By: /s/ Michael G. Schwartz
Michael G. Schwartz
Attorneys for Defendant
GSI TECHNOLOGY, INC.

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: October 7, 2014
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Jon S. Tigar
United States District Judge

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SIGNATURE ATTESTATION
I, Michael Schwartz, am the ECF user whose identification and password are being used

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to file this STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONCERNING THE PARTIES’

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SUPPLEMENTAL PATENT LOCAL RULE CONTENTIONS in compliance with Civil L.R. 6-

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2 and 7-12. Concurrence to the filing of this document was obtained from David Hoffman,

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counsel for Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, on September 30, 2014.

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is

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true and correct.

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Dated: September 30, 2014
DLA PIPER LLP (US)

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/s/ Michael G. Schwartz
Michael G. Schwartz
Attorneys for Defendant
GSI TECHNOLOGY, INC.

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