Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al

Filing 187

Minute Entry: Further Case Management Conference held on 8/24/2011 before Judge Lucy H. Koh (Date Filed: 8/25/2011). Amended Pleadings due by 11/14/2011. Close of Claim Construction Discovery due by 11/28/2011. Close of Fact Discovery due by 3/8/2012, Close of Expert Discovery due by 4/27/2012. Last Date to File Dispositive Motions due by 5/17/2012. Date for Hearing Dispositive Motions set for 6/21/2012 09:00 AM in Courtroom 8, 4th Floor, San Jose before Hon. Lucy H. Koh. Tutorial Hearing set for 1/17/2012 01:30 PM - 4:30 PM in Courtroom 8, 4th Floor, San Jose. Claims Construction Hearing set for 1/20/2012 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 01:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Final Pretrial Conference set for 7/18/2012 02:00 PM in Courtroom 8, 4th Floor, San Jose. Jury Trial set for 7/30/2012 09:00 AM in Courtroom 8, 4th Floor, San Jose before Hon. Lucy H. Koh. Please see Order for further specifics. (Court Reporter Lee-Anne Shortridge.) (ecg, COURT STAFF) (Date Filed: 8/25/2011)

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United States District Court
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION
APPLE INC., a California corporation,

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Plaintiff,
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., A
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Korean business entity; SAMSUNG
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ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., a New York )
corporation; SAMSUNG
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC, )
a Delaware limited liability company,
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Defendants.
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Case No.: 11-CV-01846-LHK
MINUTE ORDER AND CASE
MANAGEMENT ORDER

Clerk: Elizabeth Garcia
Reporter: Lee-Anne Shortridge
Length of hearing: 26 minutes
Plaintiff Attorneys: Harold McElhinny, Michael Jacobs, Richard Hung, William Lee, Mark Selwyn
Defense Attorneys: Kathleen Sullivan, Kevin Johnson, Victoria Maroulis, and Michael Zeller.
A case management conference was held on August 24, 2011.
The Court denied, in part, Plaintiff’s motion for an expedited trial schedule as to only
Plaintiff's claims, but granted a modified, expedited trial schedule as to both Plaintiff’s claims and
Defendants’ counterclaims as set forth below.
The Court ordered the following discovery limitations:
Each side is limited to 80 interrogatories.
Each side is limited to 250 hours of deposition testimony per side, with a 7 hour limit for
each deposition. Expert and third party depositions will not count against this total.

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The Court will construe only 10 claim terms. The parties shall identify the 10 claim terms
pursuant to Patent Local Rule 4-3(c).

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Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal will preside over future discovery disputes. Lead trial
counsel for all parties must meet and confer in person before filing any discovery motion.

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The depositions of the inventors and prosecuting attorneys for Apple’s patents must be
completed by November 1, 2011. The depositions of the inventors and prosecuting attorneys for
Samsung's patents must be completed by December 1, 2011.
The next case management conference will be October 13, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. following the
preliminary injunction hearing.

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Case No.: 11-CV-01846-LHK
MINUTE ORDER AND CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

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Case Schedule through Trial.

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Service of Apple’s Initial Disclosures and
Infringement Contentions

8/26/2011

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Service of Samsung’s Initial Disclosures and
Infringement Contentions

9/7/2011

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Parties Exchange Invalidity Contentions

10/7/2011

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Parties Exchange Proposed Claim Terms

10/17/2011

Parties Exchange Preliminary Claim Constructions

10/31/2011

Parties File Joint Claim Construction Statement

11/14/2011

Deadline to Amend Pleadings

11/14/2011

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Close of Claim Construction Discovery

11/28/2011

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Claim Construction Opening Briefs Due

12/8/2011

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Claim Construction Responsive Briefs Due

12/22/2011

Claim Construction Reply Briefs Due

12/29/2011

Claim Construction Tutorial

1/17/2012 at 1:30-4:30 P.M.

Claim Construction Hearing

1/20/2012 at 10-noon and 1-3 P.M.

Fact Discovery Cut Off

3/8/2012

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Parties Serve Initial Expert Reports

3/22/2012

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Parties Serve Rebuttal Expert Reports

4/16/2012

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Close Expert Discovery

4/27/2012

Last Day to File Dispositive Motions

5/17/2012

Hearing on Dispositive Motions

6/21/2012 at 1:30 P.M.

Final Pretrial Conference

7/18/2012 at 2 P.M.

Jury Trial (13 court days)

7/30/2012 at 9 A.M.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: August 25, 2011
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LUCY H. KOH
United States District Judge

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Case No.: 11-CV-01846-LHK
MINUTE ORDER AND CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER