Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. v. Interwoven, Inc. et al

Filing 55

ORDER - This case is now set for jury selection on May 7, 2014 and for a claim construction on September 4, 2013. The parties shall submit their proposed docket control and discovery orders to the court on October 14, 2011. For purposes of computing the time deadlines under local patent rules, the court deems October 31, 2011 to be the date of the initial case management conference. As a result, the Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions is due on October 21, 2011. Signed by Judge T. John Ward on 9/16/2011. (ch, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
MARSHALL DIVISION
VERTICAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.
V.
INTERWOVEN, INC., ET AL.

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CIVIL NO. 2:10-CV-490(TJW)

ORDER
Due to the undersigned’s pending retirement and the fact that there is currently uncertainty
regarding who will take over as Magistrate Judge in the Marshall Division, the Court finds it is
unnecessary to hold a status conference. The main reason the Court holds the status conferences in
the patent cases is to give the parties a trial setting and a claim construction setting and then allow
the parties to announce whether they will consent to the Magistrate Judge. The Court assumes
parties will be reluctant to consent to a Magistrate Judge when it is not currently known who that
will be,1 so it would be futile to require the parties to attend a hearing merely for this Court to give
the parties a trial setting and claim construction setting. Rather, it is the purpose of this Order to
assign the parties that setting.
This case is now set for jury selection on May 7, 2014 and for a claim construction on
September 4, 2013. The parties shall submit their proposed docket control and discovery orders to
the court on October 14, 2011 If the parties are unable to resolve their disagreements concerning
these orders, the parties shall submit to the court their competing proposals along with a summary
of their disagreements. For purposes of computing the time deadlines under the local patent rules,

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The Court may, at a later date whenever a new Magistrate Judge is appointed, require the
parties to notify the Court whether they will consent to the new Magistrate Judge.

the court deems October 31, 2011 to be the date of the initial case management conference. As a
result, the “Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions” is due on October 21,
2011.
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 15th day of September, 2011.

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T. JOHN WARD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE