JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR RESPONSES TO NON-INFRINGEMENT, INVALIDITY, AND UNENFORCEABILITY CONTENTIONS (First Request)

GEORGE FOLEY, Jr., Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff IGT, Defendant-Counterclaim Plaintiff Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. ("ATI"), and Counterclaim Plaintiffs Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd ("ATA") and Aristocrat International Pty Ltd. ("AI") (ATI, ATA, and AI collectively, "Aristocrat") (IGT and Aristocrat collectively, the "Parties"), by and through their respective counsel, hereby agree and stipulate as follows:

1. On January 11, 2016, the Parties exchanged Non-Infringement, Invalidity, and Unenforceability Contentions pursuant to Local Rule 16.1-8.

2. The Scheduling Order (Dkt. No. 69) provides that the deadline for the Parties to exchange Responses to Non-Infringement, Invalidity, and Unenforceability Contentions pursuant to Local Rule 16.1-10 is February 5, 2016.

3. During the case management hearing on January 22, 2016, Magistrate Judge Foley asked the parties whether he should extend any deadlines pending the issuance of a case management order. The parties informed the Court that they would work together to determine the appropriate way to handle the upcoming deadlines.

4. The parties have jointly agreed to extend the due date for the Local Rule 16.1-10 response contentions by two weeks, to February 19, 2016. IGT has agreed that it will provide responses to Aristocrat's Non-Infringement Contentions for certain claim limitations in IGT's asserted patents based on regulatory submissions regarding the accused products that Aristocrat has provided pursuant to Local Rule 16.1-9. Aristocrat has identified for IGT those claim limitations for which it has specifically requested such responses.

5. This is the first request for an extension of this deadline. This extension may require modification of subsequent deadlines, such as the February 19, 2016 deadline for exchange of proposed terms for claim construction pursuant to Local Rule 16.1-13. See Dkt. No. 69 at 4. The Parties propose that any such modification be considered after the Court issues its forthcoming case management order.

WHEREFORE, the Parties respectfully request that this Court approve this stipulation and order that the Parties exchange Responses to Non-Infringement, Invalidity, and Unenforceability Contentions on or before February 19, 2016.