Solannex, Inc. v. MiaSole, Inc.

Filing 57

AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER. Signed by Judge Paul S. Grewal on May 15, 2011. (psglc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/16/2011)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

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SOLANNEX, INC.,

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Plaintiff,
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MIASOLE, INC.,
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Defendant.
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Case No.: C 11-00171 PSG
AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT
ORDER

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On May 3, 2011, the parties appeared before Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal for a case

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management conference. Based on the parties’ joint case management statement and the discussions

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held at the case management conference,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the court adopts the parties’ statement of disputed factual
and legal issues as set forth in the joint case management statement.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the deadline for joinder of any additional parties, or other
amendments to the pleadings, is August 1, 2011.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the presumptive limits on discovery set forth in the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure apply.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall participate in private mediation.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following schedule shall apply to this case:
ORDER, page 1

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Last Day for Rule 26(f) Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April 5, 2011

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Last day for Rule 26(a) Initial Disclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April 19, 2011

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Initial Case Management Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .May 3,

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2011
Last Day for Plaintiff’s Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions (Patent
L.R. 3-1) and Related Documents (Patent L.R. 3-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 10, 2011

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Last Day for Defendant’s Invalidity Contentions (Patent L.R. 3-3) and Related Document
Production (Patent L.R. 3-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 24, 2011

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Last Day for the Exchange of Proposed Terms and Claim Elements for Construction (Patent
L.R. 4-1(a)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .July 8, 2011

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Last Day for the Exchange of Preliminary Proposed Claim Construction and Extrinsic
Evidence (Patent L.R. 4-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 15, 2011

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File Joint Claim Construction Statement (Patent L.R. 4-3)– limited to 10 terms unless leave
of court granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .July 22, 2011

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Completion of Claim Construction Discovery (Patent L.R. 4-4) . . . . . . . . . . .August 22, 2011
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Last Day for Plaintiff’s Opening Claim Construction Brief (Patent L.R. 4-5(a))Aug. 29, 2011
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Last Day for Defendant’s Opposing Claim Construction Brief
(Patent L.R. 4-5(b)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 13, 2011

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Last Day for Plaintiff’s Reply Claim Construction Brief (Patent L.R. 4-5()) . . .Sept. 20, 2011

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Tutorial and Claims Construction Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .October 4, 2011

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Further Joint Case Management Report . . . . . . . . within 30 days of claim construction ruling

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Advice of Counsel Disclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 days after claim construction ruling

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Fact Discovery Cutoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 3, 2012

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Designation of Opening Experts with Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 10, 2012

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Designation of Rebuttal Experts with Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 24, 2012

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Expert Discovery Cutoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 9, 2012

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Deadline(s) for Filing Discovery Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See Civil Local Rule 37-3

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Last Day for Dispositive Motion Hearing1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m. on April 17, 2012

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Final Pretrial Conference................................................................. 2:00 p.m. on May 29,

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This is the last date for hearing dispositive motions. Any such motions must be noticed
in compliance with Civil Local Rule 7-2(a).
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Trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. on June 11, 2012

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall comply with the Standing Order for Civil

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Practice in Cases Assigned for All Purposes to Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal (Dec. 2010), a copy

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of which is available from the Clerk of the Court,2 with regard to the timing and content of the Joint

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Pretrial Statement, and all other pretrial submissions.

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Dated: May 15, 2011

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PAUL S. GREWAL
United States Magistrate Judge

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A copy of Judge Grewal's standing order is also available on the court's website at
www.cand.uscourts.gov by clicking first on the "Judges" button, then on Judge Grewal's name, then on
the link for "Magistrate Judge Grewal's Standing Orders," and finally on the link for "Judge Grewal's
Civil Standing Order."
ORDER, page 3

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ORDER, page 4