Dynetix Design Solutions, Inc. v. Synopsys, Inc.

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CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER. Signed by Judge Paul S. Grewal on March 13, 2012. (psglc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/13/2012)

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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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DYNETIX DESIGN SOLUTIONS, INC., )
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Plaintiff,
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SYNOPSYS, INC.,
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Defendant.
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On March 6, 2012, 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

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discussions held at the case management conference,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the deadline for joinder of any additional parties, or other
amendments to the pleadings, is sixty days after the date of the claim construction order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the presumptive limits on discovery set forth in the

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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure apply with one exception: Each party may serve no more than 50

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requests for admission related to substantive issues.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall meet and confer regarding the form of
production of electronically stored information.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall participate in private mediation no later
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than 30 days after the claim construction hearing.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following schedule shall apply to this case:

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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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .March 20, 2012

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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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 4, 2012

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Last Day for the Exchange of Proposed Terms and Claim Elements for Construction (Patent
L.R. 4-1(a)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .May 18, 2012

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Last Day for the Exchange of Preliminary Proposed Claim Construction and Extrinsic
Evidence (Patent L.R. 4-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June 8, 2012

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File Joint Claim Construction Statement (Patent L.R. 4-3)– limited to 10 terms unless leave
of court granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .July 3, 2012

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Completion of Claim Construction Discovery (Patent L.R. 4-4) . . . . . . . . . . . .August 2, 2012
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Last Day for Plaintiff’s Opening Claim Construction Brief (Patent L.R. 4-5(a))Aug. 17, 2012
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Last Day for Defendant’s Opposing Claim Construction Brief
(Patent L.R. 4-5(b)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 31, 2012

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Last Day for Plaintiff’s Reply Claim Construction Brief (Patent L.R. 4-5()) . . . .Sept. 7, 2012

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Tutorial and Claims Construction Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 12, 2012

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 19, 2013

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Designation of Opening Experts with Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 3, 2013

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Designation of Rebuttal Experts with Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 17, 2013

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Expert Discovery Cutoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 31, 2013

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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 July 30, 2013

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Final Pretrial Conference.............................................................2:00 p.m. on August 27, 2013

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Trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 16, 2013

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

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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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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: 3/13/2012

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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."
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