Technology Licensing Corporation v. Blackmagic Design Pty Ltd.

Filing 125

ORDER VACATING CLAIM CONSTRUCTION HEARING AND DIRECTING FURTHER BRIEFING. Signed by Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong on 3/29/16. Defendant shall file a supplemental brief by April 5, 2016, and Plaintiff shall file a response thereto by April 12, 2016. The supplemental briefs may not exceed five pages. The claim construction hearing currently set for March 31, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., is VACATED. (jebS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/29/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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OAKLAND DIVISION
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TECHNOLOGY LICENSING

Case No: C 13-05184 SBA

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Plaintiff,

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ORDER VACATING CLAIM
CONSTRUCTION HEARING AND
DIRECTING FURTHER BRIEFING

vs.

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Defendant.

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The parties are presently set to appear before the Court for a claim construction

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hearing. Having read and considered the papers filed in connection with this matter, the

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Court hereby directs the parties to file further briefing regarding whether the disputed claim

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terms, that include the word “circuit” and “circuitry,” are means-plus-function limitations

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subject to 35 U.S.C. § 112 (f). In doing so, the parties may wish to discuss Apex Inc. v.

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Raritan Computer, Inc., 325 F.3d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2003) and Linear Tech. Corp. v. Impala

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Linear Corp., 379 F.3d 1311 (Fed. Cir. 2004). Accordingly,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Defendant shall file a supplemental brief by

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April 5, 2016, and Plaintiff shall file a response thereto by April 12, 2016. The

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supplemental briefs may not exceed five pages. The claim construction hearing currently

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set for March 31, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., is VACATED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: 3/28/16

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SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG
Senior United States District Judge