Synopsys, Inc. v. Atoptech, Inc

Filing 291

ORDER REGARDING DEADLINES AND DISCOVERY LIMITS FOR SYNOPSYS' PATENT CLAIMS The joint proposed deadlines and discovery limits relating to Synopsys patentclaims are approved, with one exception: the pretrial conference shall be held on Tuesday, February 14, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. Signed by Judge Maxine M. Chesney on April 27, 2015. (mmclc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/27/2015)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Robert A. Mittelstaedt (SBN 60359) ramittelstaedt@jonesday.com Patrick T. Michael (SBN 169745) pmichael@jonesday.com Krista S. Schwartz (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) ksschwartz@jonesday.com Joe C. Liu (SBN 237356) jcliu@jonesday.com JONES DAY 555 California Street, 26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 626-3939 Facsimile: (415) 875-5700 Attorneys for Plaintiff SYNOPSYS, INC. 10 11 13 14 15 16 Attorneys for Defendant ATOPTECH, INC. 17 18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 19 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 20 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 21 SYNOPSYS, INC., 23 Plaintiff, 24 v. 25 ATOPTECH, INC., 26 Martin R. Glick (#40187) Daniel B. Asimow (#165661) Willow White Noonan (#277584) ARNOLD & PORTER LLP Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-4024 Telephone: (415) 471-3100 Fax: (415) 471-3400 E-Mail: Marty.Glick@aporter.com E-Mail: Daniel.Asimow@aporter.com E-Mail: Willow.Noonan@aporter.com Denise McKenzie (#193313) Ryan Nishimoto (#235208) ARNOLD & PORTER LLP 777 South Figueroa Street Forty-Fourth Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017-5844 Telephone: (213) 243-4000 Fax: (213) 243-4199 E-Mail: Denise.McKenzie@aporter.com E-Mail: Ryan.Nishimoto@aporter.com 12 22 Paul Alexander (#49997) ARNOLD & PORTER LLP 1801 Page Mill Road, Suite 110 Palo Alto, CA 94304-1216 Telephone: (650) 798-2920 Fax: (650) 798-2999 E-Mail: paul.alexander@aporter.com Case No. 3:13-cv-02965-MMC (DMR) [JOINT PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEADLINES AND DISCOVERY LIMITS FOR SYNOPSYS’ PATENT CLAIMS (COUNTS II–V) Defendant. 27 28 Joint (Proposed) Order Case No. 3:13-cv-02965-MMC (DMR) 1 Pursuant to the Court’s Order to submit a joint proposed order regarding patent deadlines 2 (ECF No. 267) and the parties agreement to propose additional discovery limits relating to 3 Synopsys’ patent claims when the stay of Synopsys’ patent claims is lifted (ECF No. 172), the 4 parties jointly submit the following proposed deadlines and discovery limits relating to Synopsys’ 5 patent claims (Counts II–V). 6 7 8 9 10 I. Proposed Schedule for Synopsys’ Patent Claims: DEADLINE EVENT May 4, 2015 Filing of any amendment to Answer to Synopsys’ patent claims. May 15, 2015 Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions, and Production of Related Documents (PLR 3-1, 3-2) Jun 30, 2015 Disclosure of Invalidity Contentions and Production of Related Documents (PLR 3-3, 3-4) Jul 14, 2015 Exchange Proposed Terms and Claim Elements for Construction (PLR 4-1(a)) Aug 4, 2015 Exchange Preliminary Claim Constructions, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Evidence (PLR 4-2) Aug 31, 2015 Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement (PLR 4-3) Sep 30, 2015 Completion of Claim Construction Discovery (PLR 4-4) Oct 15, 2015 Opening Claim Construction Brief (PLR 4-5(a)) Oct 29, 2015 Responsive Claim Construction Brief (PLR 45(b)) Nov 5, 2015 Reply Claim Construction Brief (PLR 4-5(c)) Dec 7, 2015 Claim Construction Hearing (PLR 4-6) Jan 19, 2016 Ruling on Claim Construction (Estimated) July 15, 2016 Close of Fact Discovery 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -1- Joint (Proposed) Order Case No. 3:13-cv-02965-MMC (DMR) 1 DEADLINE 2 Aug 15, 2016 Opening Expert Reports 3 Sep 15, 2016 Rebuttal Expert Reports Oct 15, 2016 Expert Discovery Cutoff Dec 15, 2016 Motions for Summary Judgment Deadline 7 Feb 15, 2017 Pre-Trial Conference 8 Mar 1, 2017 Trial 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 EVENT II. Proposed Discovery Limits for Synopsys’ Patent Claims: DISCOVERY LIMITS Interrogatories 25 Fact Witness Depositions (including 30(b)(6) depositions) 80 hours – with a maximum of 15 witnesses Expert Witness Depositions – Infringement and Invalidity Issues 7 hours for each expert report submitted for up to 2 patents; and 3 additional hours for each additional patent addressed in each expert report. Expert Witness Depositions – Damages Issues 7 hours for each expert report submitted. 20 21 Dated: April 24, 2015 Respectfully submitted, 22 JONES DAY 23 By: /s/ Patrick T. Michael Patrick T. Michael 24 25 Attorneys for Plaintiff SYNOPSYS, INC. 26 27 28 -2- Joint (Proposed) Order Case No. 3:13-cv-02965-MMC (DMR) 1 ARNOLD & PORTER 2 By: /s/ Paul Alexander Paul Alexander 3 Attorneys for Defendant ATOPTECH, INC. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 [JOINT PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEADLINES AND DISCOVERY LIMITS RELATING TO SYNOPSYS’ PATENT CLAIMS The above joint proposed deadlines and discovery limits relating to Synopsys’ patent claims (Counts II–V) is approved and all parties shall comply with its provisions. with one exception: the pretrial conference shall be held on Tuesday, February 14, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. IT SO ORDERED. 12 13 14 15 April 27, 2015 Dated: _________________________ By: 16 Hon. Maxine Chesney United States District Judge 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -3- Joint (Proposed) Order Case No. 3:13-cv-02965-MMC (DMR)

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