Oracle America, Inc. et al v. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

Filing 448

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 447 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER to Extend Expert Discovery filed by Oracle America, Inc., Oracle International Corporation. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on December 18, 2017. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/18/2017)

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LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
Christopher S. Yates (SBN 161273)
Christopher B. Campbell (SBN 254776)
Brittany N. Lovejoy (SBN 286813)
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, California 94111-6538
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 415.395.8095
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Oracle America, Inc., and Oracle
International Corporation

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JEFFREY T. THOMAS, SBN 106409
[e-mail]
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
3161 Michelson Drive
Irvine, CA 92612-4412
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 949.451.4220
SAMUEL LIVERSIDGE, SBN 180578
[e-mail]
BLAINE H. EVANSON, SBN 254338
[e-mail]
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
333 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 213.229.7520
Attorneys for Defendant
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

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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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ORACLE AMERICA, INC., a Delaware
corporation; ORACLE INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION, a California corporation

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Plaintiffs,
v.
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
COMPANY, a Delaware corporation; and DOES
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CASE NO. 3:16-cv-01393-JST
JOINT STIPULATION AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER BY PLAINTIFFS
ORACLE AMERICA INC. AND
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION AND DEFENDANT
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
COMPANY TO EXTEND EXPERT
DISCOVERY

Defendants.

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE EXPERT DISCOVERY
Case No. 3:16-cv-01393-JST

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Plaintiffs Oracle America, Inc. and Oracle International Corporation (together “Oracle”) and

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Defendant Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (“HPE”) (together, the “Parties”) submit the

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following joint stipulation and request that the Court permit a short continuance of the expert

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discovery deadlines in this matter:

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WHEREAS, the deadline for expert disclosures was November 1, 2017 (Dkt. No. 312);

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WHEREAS, the Parties exchanged expert reports on November 1, 2017, including Oracle’s

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Expert Report of James Pampinella;

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WHEREAS, the current deadline for rebuttal expert reports is December 18, 2017 (id.);

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WHEREAS, the current expert discovery deadline is January 15, 2018 (id.);

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WHEREAS, on December 8, 2017, Oracle served upon HPE an Amended Expert Report of
James Pampinella;
WHEREAS, the Parties agree that additional time is needed to complete expert discovery as a
result of Oracle’s service of the December 8 Amended Expert Report of James Pampinella;
WHEREAS, prior orders issued by Judge Laporte and this Court permitted the Parties to take

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limited additional discovery after the fact discovery deadline with respect to Oracle’s hardware

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displacement claims and Oracle’s claims regarding HPE direct-support customers, and the Parties are

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continuing to meet and confer with respect to that discovery;

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WHEREAS, the Parties reserve their rights in all respects regarding potential future

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amendments to expert reports; in particular, Oracle reserves the right to amend its expert disclosures

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with respect to Oracle’s hardware displacement claims and Oracle’s claims regarding HPE direct-

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support customers, and HPE reserves the right to argue whether and to what extent such amendments

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are justifiable or should be allowed;

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WHEREAS, good cause therefore exists to alter the expert discovery deadlines;

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NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate and request that the Court alter the expert

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discovery deadlines in order to permit the Parties to exchange expert discovery in the manner

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described below:

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(i)

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Oracle shall be permitted to serve the Amended Report of James Pampinella on

December 8, 2017;
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(ii)

The deadline for rebuttal expert reports shall be extended to January 11, 2018;

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(iii)

The Parties shall meet and confer prior to making any further amendments to their

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expert reports;
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Expert discovery shall be extended to close on February 15, 2018.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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Dated: December 15, 2017

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GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
By:

/s/ Samuel G. Liversidge
Samuel G. Liversidge
Attorneys for Defendant
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

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Dated: December 15, 2017

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LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
By:

/s/ Christopher S. Yates_____________
Christopher S. Yates
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Oracle America, Inc. and Oracle International
Corporation

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: December 18, 2017

By:_____________________________
THE HONORABLE JON S. TIGAR
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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SIGNATURE ATTESTATION

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I, Christopher S. Yates, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to

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file the foregoing letter. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3) regarding signatures, I attest that

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concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained.

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Dated: December 15, 2017

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
By:

/s/ Christopher S. Yates_____________
Christopher S. Yates
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Oracle America, Inc. and Oracle International
Corporation

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