Motorola Mobility, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

Filing 144

ORDER on Motion to Reserve Three Days for Markman Hearing; granting in part 141 Motion for Extension of Time. Signed by Judge Ursula Ungaro on 10/13/2011. (asl)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
Case No.10-23580-Civ-UU
MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC.,
Plaintiff,
v.
APPLE INC.,
Defendant.
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ORDER ON MOTION TO RESERVE THREE DAYS FOR MARKMAN HEARING
THIS CAUSE came before the Court upon Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff Apple’s
(“Apple”) Motion to reserve three days for the Markman hearing (D.E. 141) and Plaintiff and
Counterclaim Defendant Motorola’s (“Motorola”) Response (D.E. 143). The Court has reviewed
the Motion, the relevant portions of the record, and is otherwise fully advised in the premises.
Apple motions to extend the duration of the Markman hearing to three 6 hour days,
commencing at 10:00 a.m. and concluding at 4 p.m. for the period of Monday October 17, 2011
through Wednesday October 19, 2011. Apple contends that three days are warranted given the
complexity of the case, the number of contested patents, and the need for a legal presentation.
D.E. 141.
Motorola responds that the parties previously agreed at the October 7, 2011, tutorial to
cover the legal presentation and Markman hearing in two – albeit full – days. D.E. 143.
Motorola adds that in a previous teleconference, the parties stipulated that at the Markman
hearing, each side would devote only three hours to its respective presentations on the terms at

issue. Id. For Motorola, the most efficient use of the Court’s time would be to spend two longer
days, not the three “truncated” days that Apple proposes, hearing the parties’ legal presentation
and Markman presentations. Id.
Having considered arguments by both parties and reviewed the record, the Court is
persuaded that the parties should reserve three days for the legal presentation and Markman
hearing. However, the Court rejects Apple’s proposed schedule. Further, the Court’s
determination that the parties reserve three days should not be taken as a warrant to spend
unnecessary amounts of time presenting any issue. In sum, the Court is prepared to conduct the
legal presentation and Markman over the course of two full-days but hereby reserves the right to
continue the proceedings into the third day. Accordingly, it is
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that 1) Motion (D.E. 141) is GRANTED IN PART; 2)
the parties shall reserve three days for the legal presentation and Markman hearing; 3) the parties
shall be prepared to proceed on Monday October 17, 2011, at 10 a.m.; and 4) the portion of the
Motion (D.E. 141) requesting that the days conclude at 4 p.m. is hereby DENIED.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, this 13th day of October, 2011.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
copies provided: counsel of record