Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. et al v. A10 Networks, Inc. et al

Filing 72

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER Further Case Management Conference set for 11/30/2011 02:00 PM in Courtroom 4, 5th Floor, San Jose. Claims Construction Hearing set for 10/28/2011 02:00 PM. Tutorial Hearing set for 10/21/2011 02:00 PM in Courtroom 4, 5th Floor, San Jose. Signed by Judge Lucy H. Koh on 3/24/11. (mpb, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/24/2011)

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. et al v. A10 Networks, Inc. et al

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1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 SAN JOSE DIVISION 4 5 6 7 v. 8 9 10 11 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Based on the Joint Case Management Statement filed by the parties on February 11, 2011, the Court sets the following schedule: CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE ("CMC") is set for April 28, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. The Court strongly encourages the parties to resolve their dispute regarding the A10 AX 5200 device in advance of the CMC. If the parties are unable to do so, the Court will address this issue at the CMC. DISCOVERY: The Court rejects the phasing of discovery as proposed by Defendants. However, discovery unique to Plaintiffs' claims of trade secret misappropriation cannot commence until Plaintiff identifies its trade secrets with reasonable particularity as required by Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 2019.210. All other discovery shall commence now, including discovery of source code relevant to the copyright and patent infringement claims. INITIAL DISCLOSURES: In the JCMS, the parties stated that initial disclosures would be exchanged on February 28, 2011. If this did not occur, the parties shall exchange initial disclosures by no later than April 7, 2011. DISCOVERY LIMITS: Deposition hours: 200, excluding experts Interrogatories: 75 per party Production of documents shall be in TIFF file format. A party may request that specific documents be produced in native format. Such requests shall not be unreasonably made or unreasonably denied. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION: The Court will construe a maximum of ten claim terms. PROTECTIVE ORDER: The District's Model Stipulated Protective Order for Litigation Involving Patents, Highly Sensitive Confidential Information and/or Trade Secrets shall be the operative Protective Order in this matter unless and until Judge Grewal enters another stipulated Protective Order. The parties shall submit any such stipulated Protective Order for Court approval by April 22, 2011. \ Case No.: 10-CV-03428-LHK MINUTE ORDER AND CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER
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BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation, and FOUNDRY NETWORKS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Plaintiffs, A10 NETWORKS, INC., a California corporation, LEE CHEN, an individual, RAJKUMAR JALAN, an individual, RON SZETO, an individual, LIANG HAN, an individual, STEVEN HWANG, an individual, and DAVID CHEUNG, an individual, Defendants.

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Case No.: 10-CV-03428-LHK

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

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EVENT Disclosure of Asserted Claims/Infringement Contentions Invalidity Contentions Exchange of Proposed Terms and Claim Elements Deadline to Amend Pleadings Parties Meet and Confer re: list of terms and claim elements Simultaneous Exchange of Preliminary Claim Constructions and Preliminary Identification of Extrinsic Evidence Parties Meet and Confer re: Prelim Claim Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence Simultaneous Exchange of Responsive Claim Constructions Filing of Jt. Claim Construction and Pre-Hearing Statement Completion of Claim Construction Discovery Opening Claim Construction Brief* Responsive Claim Construction Brief Reply Claim Construction Brief 2 Hour Tutorial (1 hour for each party) 3 Hour Claim Construction Hearing (1.5 hour for each party) Further Case Management Conference IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: March 24, 2011

Date April 7, 2011 May 23, 2011 June 6, 2011 90 days after Defendants Answer June 13, 2011 June 27, 2011 June 30, 2011 July 7, 2011 July 22, 2011 Aug. 22, 2011 Sept. 8, 2011 Sept. 22, 2011 September 29, 2011 Oct. 21, 2011 (Fri. at 2 p.m.) Oct. 28, 2011 (Fri. at 2 p.m.) Nov. 30, 2011 at 2 p.m.

_________________________________ LUCY H. KOH United States District Judge

Case No.: 10-CV-03428-LHK MINUTE ORDER AND CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER