Edge-Works Manufacturing Company v. HSG, LLC

Filing 52

ORDER granting 50 MOTION (unopposed) to lift prior Order staying proceedings regarding 48 Order on Motion to Stay, Order on Motion for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery. The parties are DIRECTED to confer and file, w ithin twenty-one (21) days of this Order, a proposed revised case management order. If the parties are unable to agree, alternative proposals may be submitted wherein a request for Rule 16 conference may be included. Signed by District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan on 11/29/2018. (Collins, S.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
Civil Action No. 7:17-cv-223-FL
EDGE-WORKS MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, a North Carolina corporation,
Plaintiff,
ORDER

v.
HSG, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability
company,
Defendant.

Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Lift Stay and Amend Case Management Order
(“Motion”). On April 30, 2018, the Court stayed the instant action pending the resolution of
United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (“USPTO”) reexamination of the only patent at
issue (DE 48) (“Stay Order”). Having reviewed the Certificate of Reexamination filed by
Plaintiff with its Motion, the Court finds that the reexamination proceeding has been dismissed
and the validity of the patent at issue has been confirmed by the USPTO. Accordingly, the Court
hereby ORDERS as follows:
1. Plaintiff’s Motion is hereby GRANTED and the Court’s prior Stay Order is vacated.
2. The parties are DIRECTED to confer and file, within twenty-one (21) days of this Order, a
proposed revised case management order. If the parties are unable to agree, alternative
proposals may be submitted wherein a request for Rule 16 conference may be included.
SO ORDERED, this the 29th day of November, 2018.
____________________________________
HON. LOUISE W. FLANAGAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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