Softvault Systems Inc. v. Sensus USA Inc., 14-CV-05411-LHK. (2015)
Court: District Court, N.D. California
Number: infdco20150326b09
Visitors: 7
Filed: Mar. 25, 2015
Latest Update: Mar. 25, 2015
Summary: CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER LUCY H. KOH , District Judge . An initial case management conference was held on March 25, 2015. A further case management conference is set for July 8, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. The parties shall file their joint case management statement by July 1, 2015. The Court adopts the parties' proposed discovery limits set forth in their joint case management statement as follows: • Each party is limited to 25 interrogatories. • Each party is limited to 50 requests for admissions,
Summary: CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER LUCY H. KOH , District Judge . An initial case management conference was held on March 25, 2015. A further case management conference is set for July 8, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. The parties shall file their joint case management statement by July 1, 2015. The Court adopts the parties' proposed discovery limits set forth in their joint case management statement as follows: • Each party is limited to 25 interrogatories. • Each party is limited to 50 requests for admissions, ..
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CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER
LUCY H. KOH, District Judge.
An initial case management conference was held on March 25, 2015. A further case management conference is set for July 8, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. The parties shall file their joint case management statement by July 1, 2015.
The Court adopts the parties' proposed discovery limits set forth in their joint case management statement as follows:
• Each party is limited to 25 interrogatories.
• Each party is limited to 50 requests for admissions, not including requests for admission for the purpose of authenticating documents.
• Each party is limited to 75 requests for production.
• Each party is limited to 7 total hours of expert witness deposition testimony for each expert retained by the opposing party. However, should an expert issue more than one expert report, the opposing party is entitled to 7 additional hours of expert witness deposition testimony for each additional expert report issued by the particular expert.
• Each party is limited to 10 total fact witness depositions and 70 total hours of fact witness deposition testimony. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6) depositions are included in the 70 total hours. All 30(b)(6) testimony is limited to 14 hours per side regardless of the number of 30(b)(6) topics or witnesses.
• In no event shall any single deposition of a witness exceed 7 hours on the record, with the exception of an expert witness who may be deposed for 7 hours per report provided, and 30(b)(6) witnesses who may be deposed pursuant to the 14 hour limitation above.
The Court set the following case schedule:
Exchange of Initial Disclosures 4/17/2015
Disclosure of Asserted Claims and 5/1/2015
Infringement Contentions
Invalidity Contentions 6/12/2015
Parties Exchange Proposed Claim Terms for 6/26/2015
Construction
Last Day to Meet and Confer on Proposed 7/10/2015
Terms
Parties Exchange Preliminary Claim 7/17/2015
Constructions and Identify Supporting Evidence
and Experts
Last Day to Meet and Confer on Narrowing 7/31/2015
Issues and Joint Claim Construction and
Prehearing Statement
Parties File Joint Claim Construction and 8/14/2015
Prehearing Statement
Close of Claim Construction Discovery 8/28/2015
Claim Construction Opening Briefs Due 9/25/2015
Claim Construction Responsive Briefs Due 10/16/2015
Claim Construction Reply Briefs Due 10/30/2015
Technology Tutorial 12/3/2015, at 1:30 p.m.
Claim Construction Hearing 12/10/2015, at 1:30 p.m.
Last Day to Amend Pleadings/Add Parties 1/15/2016
Fact Discovery Cutoff 5/6/2016
Parties Serve Initial Expert Reports 6/10/2016
Parties Serve Rebuttal Expert Reports 7/13/2016
Close Expert Discovery 8/12/2016
Last Day to File Dispositive Motions 9/1/2016
Hearing on Dispositive Motions 10/13/2016, at 1:30 p.m.
Final Pretrial Conference 12/22/2016, at 1:30 p.m.
Jury Trial 1/16/2017, at 9 a.m.
Length of Trial 5 days
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Source: Leagle
