Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. v. Cepheid

Filing 69

ORDER for Joint Status Update by Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte. (shyS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/4/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS, INC.,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. 14-cv-03228-EDL
ORDER FOR JOINT STATUS UPDATE

v.
CEPHEID,
Defendant.

On January 7, 2015, this Court issued an Order granting Cepheid’s Motion to Stay Pending

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Inter Partes Review of the Patent-In-Suit and required the parties to file a joint status update by no

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later than June 1, 2015. See Dkt. No. 63. On June 1, 2015, the parties timely filed a Joint Status

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Update informing the Court that Cepheid’s petitions remained pending before the PTAB, with a

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decision on whether to institute the inter partes review likely to issue by June 16, 2015. The parties

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stated that they would “submit a further status report to the Court after the PTAB issues its decision.

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The PTAB’s decision on IPR2015-00881 (claim 21), will likely issue no later than September 18,

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2015.” Dkt. No. 64. The parties did not submit a further status update to the Court in September

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2015, or any time thereafter. The parties also did not appear for an ADR phone conference on

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November 3, 2015. The parties are hereby Ordered to file a Joint Status Update by no later than May

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18, 2016 informing the Court of the status of the inter partes review proceedings, their views on

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whether the stay of case should remain in place, and whether the case should be dismissed for failure

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to prosecute. The pretrial conference set for September 27, 2016 and the trial date of October 24, 2016

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are hereby vacated.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: May 4, 2016

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ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE
United States Magistrate Judge