Konami Gaming, Inc. v. Marks Studios, LLC

Filing 132

ORDER Granting 131 Stipulation To Modify Scheduling Order (Ninth Request). Signed by Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman on 10/3/2016. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DL)

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HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS, PLLC
3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1000
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
[phone] FAX: [phone]

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HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC
Robert Hernquist
(Nevada Bar No. 10616)
Wells Fargo Tower, Suite 1000
3800 Howard Hughes Parkway
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169-5980
Telephone: [phone] | Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Patrick M. McCarthy (Michigan Bar No. P49100) (admitted pro hac vice)
2950 S. State Street, Suite 360
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104-1475
Telephone: [phone] | Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Kristopher K. Hulliberger (Michigan Bar No. P66903) (admitted pro hac vice)
450 West Fourth Street
Royal Oak, Michigan 48067-2557
Telephone: [phone] | Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Christopher J. Worrel (Michigan Bar No. P75441) (admitted pro hac vice)
450 West Fourth Street
Royal Oak, Michigan 48067-2557
Telephone: [phone] | Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiff Konami Gaming, Inc.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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KONAMI GAMING, INC., a Nevada
corporation,

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Honorable Jennifer A. Dorsey
Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman

Plaintiff,

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Case No.: 2:14-CV-01485-JAD-CWH

v.

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MARKS STUDIOS, LLC d/b/a Gimmie
Games, a Georgia limited liability company,
Defendant.
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MARKS STUDIOS, LLC d/b/a Gimmie
Games, a Georgia limited liability company,

STIPULATION
AND
[PROPOSED]
ORDER TO MODIFY SCHEDULING
ORDER (NINTH REQUEST)

Counterclaim-Plaintiff,
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v.

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KONAMI GAMING, INC., a Nevada
corporation,

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Counterclaim-Defendant.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO MODIFY
ORDER SCHEDULING CLAIM CONSTRUCTION HEARING

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Pursuant to Local Rules 6-1 and 26-4, Plaintiff Konami Gaming, Inc. (“Konami” or

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“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Marks Studios, LLC d/b/a Gimmie Games (“Marks Studios” or

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Defendant”) hereby stipulate as follows:

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WHEREAS, the parties to this action filed a proposed joint Discovery Plan and
Scheduling Order (the “Scheduling Order”) on December 30, 2014, (Docket No. 24);

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WHEREAS, the Court so ordered the Scheduling Order on January 27, 2015 (Docket

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No. 31);
WHEREAS, the parties first requested to modify the Scheduling Order on February 6,

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2015 (Docket No. 35);

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WHEREAS, the Court so ordered the Scheduling Order on February 6, 2015 (Docket
No. 37);

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WHEREAS, the parties for a second time requested to modify the Scheduling Order on
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May 18, 2015 (Docket No. 65);
WHEREAS, the Court so ordered the Scheduling Order on May 19, 2015 (Docket No.

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66);

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WHEREAS, the parties for the third time requested to modify the Scheduling Order on
July 23, 2015 (Docket No. 73);

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WHEREAS, the Court so ordered the Scheduling Order on July 29, 2015 (Docket No.

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75);
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WHEREAS, the parties for the fourth time requested to modify the Scheduling Order on

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September 30, 2015 (Docket No. 93);
WHEREAS, the Court so ordered the Scheduling Order on October 1, 2015 (Docket No.

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95);

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WHEREAS, the parties for the fifth time requested to modify the Scheduling Order on
October 16, 2015 (Docket No. 105);

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WHEREAS, the Court so ordered the Scheduling Order on October 19, 2015 (Docket

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No. 106);
WHEREAS, the parties for the sixth time requested to modify the Scheduling Order on

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November 10, 2015 (Docket No. 111);

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WHEREAS, the Court so ordered the Scheduling Order on November 12, 2015 (Docket
No. 112);

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WHEREAS, the parties for the seventh time requested to modify the Scheduling Order

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on December 3, 2015 (Docket No. 115);
WHEREAS, the Court so ordered the Scheduling Order on January 25, 2016 (Docket

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No. 116);

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WHEREAS, the parties for the eighth time requested to modify the Scheduling Order on
January 22, 2016 (Docket No. 118);

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WHEREAS, the Court so ordered the Scheduling Order on January 25, 2016 (Docket

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No. 119);
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WHEREAS, the Court issued Document No. 124, Order Scheduling Claim Construction

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Hearing, on July 8, 2016, setting the claim construction hearing to take place September 29-30,

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2016;

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WHEREAS, the parties requested to modify the Court’s Order Scheduling Claim
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Construction Hearing on August 2, 2016 (Docket No. 127);
WHEREAS, the Court so ordered the modification of the Order Scheduling Claim
Construction on August 5, 2016 (Docket No. 128);

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WHEREAS, the parties have conferred and agreed to adjust the discovery schedule

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following claim construction to accommodate the changes since the Scheduling Order was first

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entered, and good cause exists for this modification as the Court’s claim construction order may

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assist in performing expert analysis and preparing expert disclosures; and
WHEREAS, this is the parties’ ninth request to modify the briefing schedule.
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the undersigned
counsel for the named parties hereto, that the Scheduling Order will be amended as follows:

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Event
Initial Expert Disclosures and Submission of
Interim Status Report
Rebuttal Expert Exchange
Fact Discovery Cut-off

Proposed Date
45 days after a Markman order on claim
construction
30 days after Initial Expert Disclosures
120 days after entry of the Markman order on
claim construction
90 days after Fact Discovery cut-off
30 days after Expert discovery cut-off

Expert Discovery cut-off
Last Day to File Dispositive Motions

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED that nothing herein alters the

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obligations and requirements included in the Scheduling Order and that this Stipulation is made
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in good faith and not for the purpose of delay.
IT IS SO STIPULATED THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD,
Dated: September 30, 2016

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By:/s/ Robert Hernquist_______
Robert Hernquist (Nevada Bar No. 10616)
Wells Fargo Tower, Suite 1000
3800 Howard Hughes Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89169

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Patrick M. McCarthy (Michigan Bar No.

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P49100)
(admitted pro hac vice)
2950 S. State Street, Suite 360
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104-1475

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Kristopher K. Hulliberger (Michigan Bar No.
P66903) (admitted pro hac vice)
450 West Fourth Street
Royal Oak, Michigan 48067-2557

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Christopher J. Worrel (Michigan Bar No.
P75441) (admitted pro hac vice)
450 West Fourth Street
Royal Oak, Michigan 48067-2557

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Attorneys for Plaintiff Konami Gaming, Inc.

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HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS, PLLC
3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1000
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
[phone] FAX: [phone]

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Dated: September 30, 2016

By: /s/ Bradley Roush_______
Nicholas J. Santoro
(Nevada Bar No. 532)
Jason D. Smith
(Nevada Bar No. 9691)
SANTORO WHITMIRE
10100 West Charleston Blvd., Suite 250
Jonathan Moskin
Ramy Hanna
Adam Pence
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
90 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10016-1314
(admitted pro hac vice)
Bradley Roush
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
3000 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007-5109
(admitted pro hac vice)
Attorneys for Defendant Marks Studios, LLC

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ORDER

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PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:
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October
Dated: _______ 3, 2016

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__________________________________________
Carl W. Hoffman
United States Magistrate Judge

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