Motorola Mobility, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

Filing 323

MOTION to Amend/Correct the Procedural Schedule by Apple, Inc.. Responses due by 5/4/2012 (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit Declaration of Mark G. Davis, # 2 Exhibit A, # 3 Exhibit B, # 4 Exhibit C, # 5 Exhibit D, # 6 Exhibit E, # 7 Exhibit F, # 8 Exhibit G, # 9 Supplement Notice of Filing Under Seal, # 10 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order Granting Motion to Amend Procedural Schedule)(Pace, Christopher)

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EXHIBIT E From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Schmidt, Jill Friday, April 13, 2012 11:33 AM 'Marshall Searcy'; David Perlson; Graham Pechenik; emullins@astidavis.com Davis, Mark; Cappella, Anne; Pace, Christopher; HaskettCS@cov.com; 'Matthew D. Powers'; Michael Pieja (mpieja@bridgesmav.com); kbridges@bridgesmav.com; 'jcarey@careyrodriguez.com'; 'bferrall@kvn.com'; 'llam@kvn.com'; 'sagnolucci@kvn.com'; 'rpunak@kvn.com' Apple/Motorola (FL): Proposed Schedule Hi Marshall,    I'm looping in HTC's counsel, as they have asked to participate in any scheduling discussions that may affect them.  For their benefit,  I'm recirculating the dial‐in for our call at 1pm PT today.    866‐939‐8416  Participant Passcode: 518165    Our proposed schedules are listed below:     Event  FL‐1 (current) FL‐2 (current) Infringement contentions  ‐‐  ‐‐ Invalidity contentions  ‐‐  ‐‐ ‐‐ Markman Hearing  Close of fact discovery  Opening expert reports  Rebuttal expert reports  Close of expert discovery  Deadline to file dispositive  motions  Deadline to file pretrial  motions  Deadline to file joint pretrial  stipulations / jury  instructions  Calendar call  Trial  ‐‐  5/4/12  5/11/12  6/8/12  7/3/12  7/13/12  ‐‐ 6/8/12 6/8/12 7/9/12 7/30/12 8/13/12 ‐‐ 6/29/12 7/13/12 8/17/12 8/31/12 9/7/12 Apple’s Proposed  Apple’s Proposed  Schedule for FL‐1  FL‐2 Schedule  plus overlapping  portions of FL‐2  (with HTC) 4/27/12  9/7/12 (Only on ’721  patent and new  accused products  for  overlapping  Apple  and Motorola  patents)  5/18/12  10/5/12 (Only on ’721  patent)  ‐‐  1/18/12 10/5/12  5/3/13 10/19/12  6/7/13 11/20/12  7/12/13 12/21/12  8/9/13 1/14/13  8/23/13 7/20/12  10/29/12 10/29/12 3/11/13  9/6/13 9/13/12  1/11/13 1/11/13 5/24/13  11/8/13 10/16/12  10/22/12  1/22/13 1/28/13 1/22/13 1/28/13 6/4/13    6/10/13  12/10/13 12/16/13   1 Motorola’s  Proposed Schedule  for FL‐1 plus  overlapping  portions of FL‐2  ‐‐ Motorola has not yet proposed a new schedule for FL‐2.  If I have understood our prior correspondence correctly, Motorola is  proposing that FL‐1 should include (1) all the claims currently pending in FL‐1; (2) Motorola's and Apple's claims on the patents‐in‐ suit that overlap with FL‐1 regarding new accused products; (3) Apple's claims against Motorola regarding the '721 patent; and (4)  Apple's 271(f) theory in its proposed amended answer (for which there is a April 19 hearing scheduled in the FL‐1 case).    Apple believes that both schedules need to be modified in light of the six new patents Motorola seeks to add to FL‐2 with its  proposed amended complaint (and any additional patents HTC may assert when it files its responsive pleading on May  11).  Moreover, given the overlap between issues and the accused products in FL‐1 and FL‐2, Apple proposed consolidating both  cases in their entirety.  Motorola rejected that proposal, but Apple is wiling to agree to the partial consolidation of FL‐1 and FL‐2  proposed by Motorola if Apple's claims against HTC regarding the '721 patent are also included in FL‐1.  Otherwise, Motorola's  proposal would result in duplicative discovery in FL‐1 and FL‐2.  Alternatively, if HTC agrees to coordinate discovery regarding the  '721 patent on the FL‐1 schedule, (even if Apple's claims against HTC regarding the '721 patent remain in FL‐2), a longer discovery  period in FL‐1 would be required to accommodate that.    Let's discuss these issues at 1pm.    Best regards,  Jill    Jill Schmidt (née Ho)   Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 201 Redwood Shores Parkway Redwood Shores, CA 94065-1134 jill.schmidt@weil.com +1 650 802 3163 Direct +1 650 802 3100 Fax    2

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