Tessera, Inc. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. et al

Filing 1003

ORDER MODIFYING BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR LICENSE-BASED SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTIONS, ( 104 MOTION for Clarification of the Court's Jan. 4, 2012 Amended Case Management Order in 4:11-cv-06121-CW granted/denied in part) Motions due by 7/19/2012. Responses/Cross Motions due by 8/9/2012. Replies due by 8/23/2012. Replies due by 8/30/2012. Motion Hearing set for 9/20/2012 02:00 PM before Hon. Claudia Wilken. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 6/15/2012. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/15/2012)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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TESSERA, INC.,
Plaintiff,

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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v.
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., a
Delaware corporation; SPANSION,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability
corporation; SPANSION, INC., a
Delaware corporation; SPANSION
TECHNOLOGY, INC., a Delaware
corporation; ADVANCED
SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.,
a Republic of China corporation;
ASE (U.S.), INC., a California
corporation; CHIPMOS
TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Republic of
China corporation; CHIPMOS
U.S.A., INC., a California
corporation; SILICONWARE
PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., a
Republic of China corporation;
SILICONWARE USA, INC., a
California corporation;
STMICROELECTRONICS N.V., a
Netherlands corporation;
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC., a
Delaware corporation; STATS
CHIPPAC, INC., a Delaware
corporation; STATS CHIPPAC (BVI),
INC., a British Virgin Islands
company; STATS CHIPPAC, LTD., a
Singapore company,

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ORDER MODIFYING
BRIEFING SCHEDULE
FOR LICENSE-BASED
SUMMARY JUDGMENT
MOTIONS

Defendants.
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SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES
CO, LTD; SILICONWARE U.S.A.,
INC.,
Plaintiffs,

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No. C 05-4063 CW

v.
TESSERA, INC.,
Defendant.
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No. C 08-3667 CW

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CHIPMOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.;
CHIPMOS U.S.A., INC.; CHIPMOS
TECHNOLOGIES (BERMUDA), LTD.,

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Plaintiffs,
v.

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TESSERA, INC.,

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Defendant.
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ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR
ENGINEERING, INC.; ASE TEST
LIMITED; ASE (U.S.), INC.,

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No. C 08-3726 CW

Plaintiffs,

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

No. C 08-3827 CW

v.
TESSERA, INC.,

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Defendant.
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SPANSION, INC.,

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et al.,

No. C 10-4954 CW

Plaintiffs,
v.

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TESSERA, INC.,

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Claimant.
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POWERTECH TECHNOLOGY INC.,
Plaintiff,

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No. C 10-945 CW

v.
TESSERA, INC.,
Defendant.
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POWERTECH TECHNOLOGY INC.,

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Plaintiff,

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No. C 11-6121 CW

v.
TESSERA, INC.,

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Defendant.

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TESSERA, INC.,

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Plaintiff,

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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No. C 12-692 CW

v.
QUALCOMM, INC.; FREESCALE
SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.; ATI
TECHNOLOGIES, ULC,

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Defendants.

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AND ALL RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS
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Having considered Powertech Technology, Inc.’s motion for
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clarification, the Court finds good cause to revise the current
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briefing schedule on the license-based summary judgment motions in
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the above-captioned cases to allow for cross-motions for summary
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judgment.

Accordingly, the Court sets the following schedule:

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Event

Date

Deadline for Defendants1 to file their licensebased motions for summary judgment.
To the extent possible, Defendants shall file a
single joint brief on behalf of more than one, or
all, Defendants, with separate sections to
address individual differences as needed.

Thursday, July
19, 2012

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In this Order, the Court uses the term Defendants to refer
to the parties opposing Tessera, Inc. in each case.
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Deadline for Tessera, Inc. to file its licensebased cross-motion for summary judgment, if any,
and opposition to Defendants’ motions.
Tessera, Inc. shall address these matters in a
single brief.

Thursday,
August 9, 2012

Deadline for Defendants to file their replies in
support of their motions for summary judgment and
their opposition to Tessera, Inc.’s cross-motion.
The reply and opposition shall be addressed in
the same brief. To the extent possible,
Defendants shall file a single joint brief on
behalf of more than one, or all, Defendants, with
separate sections as needed.

Thursday,
August 23, 2012

Deadline for Tessera, Inc. to file its reply in
support of its cross-motion.

Thursday,
August 30, 2012

Hearing on license-based motions for summary
judgment

Thursday,
September 20,
2012 at 2:00
p.m.

United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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The Court will entertain a stipulation to change the briefing

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schedule, provided that the parties maintain the same schedule in

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all of the above-captioned cases, that opposing briefs are filed

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in series as described above, not contemporaneously, with as

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little repetition as possible, and that the parties’ briefing is

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completed at least three weeks prior to the hearing date.

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This Order resolves Docket No. 104 in Case No. 11-6121.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: 6/15/2012

CLAUDIA WILKEN
United States District Judge

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