Silicon Laboratories, Inc. v. Cresta Technology Corporation

Filing 103

ORDER RE: CLAIM CONSTRUCTION BRIEFING SCHEDULE DISPUTE re 102 Signed by Judge Paul S. Grewal on August 10, 2015 (psglc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/10/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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SILICON LABORATORIES INC.,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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CRESTA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION,
Defendant.

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Case No. 5:14-cv-03227-PSG
ORDER RE: CLAIM
CONSTRUCTION BRIEFING
SCHEDULE DISPUTE
(Re: Docket No. 102)

Plaintiff Silicon Laboratories Inc. presents a dispute between the parties about the claim

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construction briefing schedule in place in this case. Silicon Labs takes the position that the patent

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local rules only provide for one set of claim construction briefing, and as the party claiming patent

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infringement, it is Silicon Labs—and Silicon Labs alone—that was entitled to file an opening claim

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construction brief on August 3, 2015. Defendant Cresta Technology Corporation disagrees,

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evidenced by the fact that it filed its own opening claim construction brief on August 3 as well.

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The patent local rules are clear: absent a stipulation by the parties or a court order allowing such a

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process, only a single set of claim construction briefing papers—that is one opening brief, one

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opposition brief and one reply brief—is permitted. 1

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Cresta Tech’s opening claim construction brief 2 is STRICKEN. Cresta Tech may re-file

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the same brief as an opposition or it may recast the brief to address Silicon Labs’s opening brief.

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See Pat. L.R. 4-5.

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See Docket No. 100.

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Case No. 5:14-cv-03227-PSG
ORDER RE: CLAIM CONSTRUCTION BRIEFING SCHEDULE DISPUTE