Synthes (USA) v. Spinal Kinetics Inc.

Filing 244

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 230 Concerning Briefing Schedule and Hearing Dates: Motion Hearing set for 7/22/2011 09:00 AM in Courtroom 6, 4th Floor, San Jose before Hon. Ronald M. Whyte. Signed by Judge Ronald M. Whyte on 6/23/11. (jg, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/23/2011)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 James W. Geriak (State Bar No. 32,871) geriakj@dicksteinshapiro.com Allan W. Jansen (State Bar No. 81,992) jansena@dicksteinshapiro.com DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP 2030 Main Street, Suite 1300 Irvine, CA 92614-7200 Telephone: (310) 772-8300 Facsimile: (310) 772-8317 Attorneys for Defendant SPINAL KINETICS, INC. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Jeffrey M. Olson (State Bar No. 104,074) jolsen@sidley.com Paul H. Meier (State Bar No. 115,999) pmeier@sidley.com Samuel N. Tiu (State Bar No. 216,291) stiu@sidley.com Matthew S. Jorgenson (State Bar No. 229,131) mjorgenson@sidley.com SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 Los Angeles, CA 90013 Telephone: (213) 896-6000 Facsimile: (213) 896-6600 *E-FILED - 6/23/11* 14 15 Attorneys for Plaintiffs SYNTHES USA, LLC (f/k/a SYNTHES (U.S.A.); SYNTHES USA SALES, LLC; and SYNTHES, INC. 16 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 18 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 19 SAN JOSE DIVISION 20 21 SYNTHES USA, LLC (f/k/a SYNTHES (U.S.A.)); SYNTHES USA SALES, LLC; and SYNTHES, INC., 22 Plaintiffs, 23 v. 24 25 SPINAL KINETICS, INC., Defendant. 26 27 AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS. CASE NO. 5:09-CV-01201 RMW JOINT STIPULATION AND [] ORDER CONCERNING BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND HEARING DATES (DOCKET NOS. 206, 216, 218, 224-225 & 228) Current Dates: July 8, 2011 and July 22, 2011 Proposed Date: July 22, 2011 Time: 9:00 a.m. Courtroom: 6 Judge: Hon. Ronald M. Whyte 28 JOINT STIPULATION AND [ ORDER CONCERNING BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND HEARING DATES 1 On June 10, 2011, the parties filed five motions in connection with the above-captioned 2 action. These motions are entitled: (1) Spinal Kinetics, Inc.'s Motion for Summary Adjudication 3 Precluding Plaintiffs Synthes, Inc. and Synthes USA Sales, LLC from Recovering Any Damages 4 and Precluding Plaintiff Synthes USA, LLC from Recovering Any Lost Profit Damages 5 (Administrative Motion to File Under Seal at Docket No. 216); (2) Spinal Kinetics, Inc.'s Motion 6 that Each of Claims 29-31 of U.S. Patent No. 7,429,270 is Not Entitled to the Effective Filing 7 Date of the PCT Application Under 35 U.S.C. §120 (Docket No. 218); (3) Plaintiffs' Motion for 8 Partial Summary Judgment Dismissing Spinal Kinetics' Anticipation and Obviousness Defenses 9 (Docket No. 224); (4) Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Dismissing Invalidity 10 Defenses Based on 35 U.S.C. §112 (Written Description, Enablement, Indefiniteness, Best Mode) 11 and §101 (Utility) (Docket No. 225); and (5) Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike or Otherwise Exclude 12 Spinal Kinetics, Inc.'s Experts, George Strong, Nicholas Koske, and Thomas Smegal on Certain 13 Issues (Administrative Motion to File Under Seal at Docket No. 228). All five motions are 14 currently set to be heard by this Court at 9:00 a.m. on July 22, 2011. 15 Given the recent amendments to Local Rule 7-3, the Oppositions to these five motions are 16 currently due by June 24, 2011 and the Replies are currently due by July 1, 2011. However, given 17 the volume of material contained therein, the parties respectfully request that the Court approve a 18 brief continuance of these dates – so that the Oppositions will now be due by June 29, 2011 and 19 the Replies will now be due by July 8, 2011, which is 14 days prior to the hearing. The parties' 20 intent in making this proposal is that this brief continuance not impact the July 22, 2011 hearing 21 date. 22 In addition, by the Court's own motion (Docket No. 215), the hearing date for Spinal 23 Kinetics, Inc.'s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Synthes, Inc. and Synthes USA Sales, LLC for Lack 24 of Standing (Docket No. 206, filed May 6, 2011) was recently continued to July 8, 2011. Shortly 25 after this date was continued, Spinal Kinetics' counsel informed Synthes' counsel that Spinal 26 Kinetics' counsel is unavailable on July 8, 2011. Further, because this motion raises many of the 27 same issues as Spinal Kinetics, Inc.'s Motion for Summary Adjudication Precluding Plaintiffs 28 Synthes, Inc. and Synthes USA Sales, LLC from Recovering Any Damages and Precluding -1- JOINT STIPULATION AND [] ORDER CONCERNING BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND HEARING DATES 1 Plaintiff Synthes USA, LLC from Recovering Any Lost Profit Damages and the preparation of the 2 briefing relating to these motions will substantially overlap, the parties also respectfully request: 3 (1) that the hearing on Spinal Kinetics, Inc.'s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Synthes, Inc. and 4 Synthes USA Sales, LLC for Lack of Standing be continued to July 22, 2011; and (2) that the 5 briefing schedule be adjusted to conform with the schedule proposed for the five other motions set 6 to be heard the same day. 7 8 9 IT IS THEREFORE HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties, through their undersigned counsel of record: 1. That any Opposition to Spinal Kinetics, Inc.'s Motion for Summary Adjudication 10 Precluding Plaintiffs Synthes, Inc. and Synthes USA Sales, LLC from Recovering Any Damages 11 and Precluding Plaintiff Synthes USA, LLC from Recovering Any Lost Profit Damages 12 (Administrative Motion to File Under Seal at Docket No. 216) shall be filed/served by June 29, 13 2011 and that any Reply shall be filed/served by July 8, 2011; 14 2. That any Opposition to Spinal Kinetics, Inc.'s Motion that Each of Claims 29-31 of 15 U.S. Patent No. 7,429,270 is Not Entitled to the Effective Filing Date of the PCT Application 16 Under 35 U.S.C. §120 (Docket No. 218) shall be filed/served by June 29, 2011 and that any Reply 17 shall be filed/served by July 8, 2011; 18 3. That any Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment 19 Dismissing Spinal Kinetics' Anticipation and Obviousness Defenses (Docket No. 224) shall be 20 filed/served by June 29, 2011 and that any Reply shall be filed/served by July 8, 2011; 21 4. That any Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment 22 Dismissing Invalidity Defenses Based on 35 U.S.C. §112 (Written Description, Enablement, 23 Indefiniteness, Best Mode) and §101 (Utility) (Docket No. 225) shall be filed/served by June 29, 24 2011 and that any Reply shall be filed/served by July 8, 2011; 25 5. That any Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike or Otherwise Exclude Spinal 26 Kinetics, Inc.'s Experts, George Strong, Nicholas Koske, and Thomas Smegal on Certain Issues 27 (Administrative Motion to File Under Seal at Docket No. 228) shall be filed/served by June 29, 28 2011 and that any Reply shall be filed/served by July 8, 2011; -2- JOINT STIPULATION AND [] ORDER CONCERNING BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND HEARING DATES 1 6. That the hearing on Spinal Kinetics, Inc.'s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Synthes, 2 Inc. and Synthes USA Sales, LLC for Lack of Standing (Docket No. 206), currently set for 9:00 3 a.m. on July 8, 2011, shall be continued until 9:00 a.m. on July 22, 2011; and 4 7. That any Opposition to Spinal Kinetics, Inc.'s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs 5 Synthes, Inc. and Synthes USA Sales, LLC for Lack of Standing (Docket No. 206) shall be 6 filed/served by June 29, 2011 and that any Reply shall be filed/served by July 8, 2011. 7 8 IT IS SO ORDERED: 9 10 23 Dated: June ___, 2011 By: Hon. Ronald M. Whyte United States District Court Judge 11 12 13 AGREED TO AND SUBMITTED BY: 14 15 Dated: June 15, 2011 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP 16 By: 17 18 //S// Allan W. Jansen Attorneys for Defendant SPINAL KINETICS, INC. 19 20 21 Dated: June 15, 2011 SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 22 23 By: //S// Jeffrey M. Olson 24 25 26 Attorneys for Plaintiffs SYNTHES USA, LLC (f/k/a SYNTHES (U.S.A.); SYNTHES USA SALES, LLC; and SYNTHES, INC. 27 28 -3- JOINT STIPULATION AND [ ORDER CONCERNING BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND HEARING DATES

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