WI-LAN Inc. v. Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. et al

Filing 383

Submission of Proposed Agreed Docket Control/Scheduling order by Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Ericsson Inc., Sony Mobile Communications (USA) Inc., Sony Mobile Communications AB, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, WI-LAN Inc. Pursuant to 373 Court's Order dated 03/25/13. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Pai, Ajeet)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
TYLER DIVISION

WI-LAN INC.,
Plaintiff,
v.
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC.; et al.
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 6:10-cv-521-LED
Civil Action No. 6:13-cv-252-LED
CONSOLIDATED CASES
JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

JOINT NOTICE REGARDING PRE-TRIAL SCHEDULE AND
DOCKET CONTROL ORDER
Pursuant to the Court’s Order dated March 25, 2013 (Dkt. No. 373), Plaintiff Wi-LAN
Inc. (“Wi-LAN”) and Defendants Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson,
Ericsson Inc., Sony Mobile Communications AB, Sony Mobile Communications (USA) Inc.,
HTC Corporation, HTC America, Inc., and Exedea Inc. (“Defendants”) respectfully advise the
Court as follows regarding whether additional discovery, or supplementation to the previously
filed motions, is necessary in light of the documents recently produced:
The parties have met and conferred regarding a revised pre-trial schedule and will
continue to meet and confer regarding what depositions, if any, will be taken following
Defendants’ review of Wi-LAN’s supplemental document production.1 The parties agree that
the following schedule should govern any depositions taken regarding that supplemental

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Defendants have identified certain depositions which they believe may be necessary. Wi-LAN believes that
identification of witnesses is premature. The parties will continue to meet and confer in good faith to complete
necessary discovery, if any, expeditiously according to the schedule set forth below.

production and that supplemental briefing regarding Defendants’ existing summary judgment
motion and Daubert motion, if any, as well as amendments to pre-trial disclosures relating to
Wi-LAN’s supplemental document production, if any, should take place according to the
schedule and subject to the page limits as set forth below.

The parties do not intend to

supplement the fully briefed Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment (Case No. 6:10-cv-521, Dkt.
Nos. 171, 172, 181, 276, and 352) currently set for hearing on May 3, 2013.

May 3, 2013

Hearing on Wi-LAN, Ericsson, and Sony Mobile’s CrossMotions for Summary Judgment (Case No. 6:10-cv-521, Dkt.
Nos. 171, 172, 181, 276, and 352) at 9:30 a.m. at the United
States District Court, 211 West Ferguson, 3rd Floor, Courtroom
of Judge Leonard Davis, Tyler, Texas.

May 17, 2013

Deadline for Supplemental Fact Discovery, if any, in light of
Wi-LAN’s recently produced documents.

May 24, 2013

Defendants’ amended/supplemental trial exhibit lists in light of
Wi-LAN’s recently produced documents due.
Defendants’ Supplemental Video and Stenographic Deposition
Designations for depositions taken after March 19, 2013, due.
Each Defendant who proposes to offer deposition testimony
shall file a disclosure identifying the line and page numbers to
be offered.

May 31, 2013

Wi-LAN’s Rebuttal Designations and Objections to
Supplemental Deposition Designations due. Cross examination
line and page numbers to be included. In video depositions,
each party is responsible for preparation of the final edited video
in accordance with their parties’ designations and the Court’s
rulings on objections. Wi-LAN’s amendment/supplement to
trial exhibit list limited to any issues raised by any exhibits or
designations added in Defendants’ amended/supplemental trial
exhibit list or amended/supplemental deposition designations.
Wi-LAN’s objections to Defendants’ amended/supplemental
trial exhibit lists due.

May 31, 2013

Defendants’ Supplements to existing Summary Judgment
Motion and Daubert Motion, if necessary. Supplements shall be
no more than 5 pages each.

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June 3, 2013

June 7, 2013

Parties’ Supplements to Existing Motions in Limine, if necessary,
due. Supplements shall be no more than 5 pages each. The parties
are directed to confer and advise the Court on or before 3:00
o’clock p.m. the day before the pre-trial conference which
Motions in Limine are agreed to and which need to be addressed
at the pre-trial conference.
Defendants’ Objections to Wi-LAN’s Rebuttal Designations to
Supplemental Deposition Designations due.
Defendants’
objections to Wi-LAN’s amended/supplemental trial exhibit list
due.

June 14, 2013

Responses, if necessary, to Supplements to existing Summary
Judgment Motion, Daubert Motion, and Motions in Limine due.
Responses shall be no more than 5 pages each.

June 25, 2013

9:00 a.m. PRETRIAL CONFERENCE at the United States
District Court, 211 W. Ferguson, 3rd Floor, Courtroom of
Judge Leonard Davis, Tyler, Texas.
All pending motions will be heard.
Lead trial counsel must attend the pretrial conference.

July 1, 2013

9:00 a.m. JURY SELECTION and JURY TRIAL at the
United States District Court, 211 W. Ferguson, 3rd Floor,
Courtroom of Judge Leonard Davis, Tyler, Texas.

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Dated: April 5, 2013

Respectfully submitted,

/s/Akshay S. Deoras (by permission)
Gregory S. Arovas (pro hac vice)
Robert A. Appleby (pro hac vice)
Akshay S. Deoras (pro hac vice)
Jeanne M. Heffernan (pro hac vice)
Ryan P. Kane (pro hac vice)
Mira Atanassova Mulvaney (pro hac vice)
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

By: /s/Ajeet P. Pai
David B. Weaver (TX Bar No. 00798576)
Lead Attorney
Avelyn M. Ross (TX Bar No. 24027817)
Ajeet P. Pai (TX Bar No. 24060376)
Syed K. Fareed (TX Bar No. 24065216)
Jeffrey T. Han (TX Bar No. 24069870)
Janice Ta (TX Bar No. 24075138)
Seth A. Lindner (TX Bar No. 24078862)
VINSON & ELKINS LLP
2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 100
Austin, TX 78746
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Local Counsel
Michael E. Jones (TX Bar No. 10929400)
Allen F. Gardner (TX Bar No. 24043679)
John F. Bufe (TX Bar No. 03316930)
POTTER MINTON PC
110 N. College, Suite 500
P.O. Box 359
Tyler, TX 75710-0359
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Chuck P. Ebertin (CA Bar No. 161374)
VINSON & ELKINS LLP
1841 Page Mill Road, Suite 200-B
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

Attorneys for Defendant Alcatel-Lucent
USA Inc.

Steve R. Borgman (TX Bar No. 02670300)
Gwendolyn J. Samora (TX Bar No. 00784899)
VINSON &ELKINS LLP
1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500
Houston, TX 77002-6760
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

/s/Martin R. Bader (by permission)
Daniel N. Yannuzzi (pro hac vice)
Stephen S. Korniczky (pro hac vice)
Martin R. Bader (pro hac vice)
Graham M. Buccigross (pro hac vice)
Lee Hsu (pro hac vice)
Matthew M. Mueller (pro hac vice)
Pamela J. Naughton (pro hac vice)
Nam H. Kim (pro hac vice)
SHEPPARD MULLIN
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12275 El Camino Real, Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92130-2006
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Local Counsel
Johnny Ward (TX Bar No. 00794818)
Wesley Hill (TX Bar No. 24032294)
Claire Abernathy Henry (TX Bar No. 24053063)
WARD & SMITH LAW FIRM
P.O. Box 1231
1127 Judson Rd., Ste. 220
Longview, TX 75606-1231
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
claire@wsfirmcom

[e-mail]

Local Counsel
Eric Hugh Findlay (TX Bar No. 00789886)
Brian Craft (TX Bar No. 04972020)
FINDLAY CRAFT
6760 Old Jacksonville Hwy, Suite 101
Tyler, TX 75703
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Wi-LAN Inc.

Attorneys for Defendants HTC
Corporation, HTC America, Inc., and
Exedea Inc.
/s/Richard L. Wynne, Jr. (by permission)
Bruce S. Sostek (TX Bar 18855700)
Lead Attorney
Richard L. Wynne, Jr. (TX Bar 24003214)
Justin S. Cohen
Timothy E. Hudson
Adrienne Elizabeth Dominguez
James Michael Heinlen
THOMPSON KNIGHT LLP
1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500
Dallas, TX 75201
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Local Counsel
Jennifer Parker Ainsworth
William Cornelius
WILSON, ROBERTSON & CORNELIUS, P.C.
909 ESE Loop 323, Suite 400
P.O. Box 7339 [75711]
Tyler, TX 75701
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Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants Ericsson Inc.,
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Sony
Mobile Communications (USA) Inc., and
Sony Mobile Communications AB

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was filed electronically in
compliance with Local Rule CV-5(a). As such, this document was served on all counsel who are
deemed to have consented to electronic service. Local Rule CV-5(a)(3)(A). Pursuant to Fed. R.
Civ. P. 5(d) and Local Rule CV-5(d) and (e), all other counsel of record not deemed to have
consented to electronic service were served with a true and correct copy of the foregoing by
email, on this the 5th day of April, 2013.
By: /s/Ajeet P. Pai
Ajeet P. Pai

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