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SOFTVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. v. GENERAL ELECTRIC, INC., 14-CV-01164-LHK (2014)

Court: District Court, N.D. California Number: infdco20140909583 Visitors: 5
Filed: Sep. 08, 2014
Latest Update: Sep. 08, 2014
Summary: CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER LUCY H. KOH, District Judge. The Court vacates the September 10, 2014 case management conferences in all these cases and continues them to November 12, 2014 at 2 p.m. This Case Management Order is substantively the exact same as the Court's proposed case management order filed on September 4, 2014. Softvault v. Honeywell, Case No. 14-CV-01164-LHK The parties did not comply with this Court's private mediation deadline of August 29, 2014. The parties are ordered to file
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CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

LUCY H. KOH, District Judge.

The Court vacates the September 10, 2014 case management conferences in all these cases and continues them to November 12, 2014 at 2 p.m. This Case Management Order is substantively the exact same as the Court's proposed case management order filed on September 4, 2014.

Softvault v. Honeywell, Case No. 14-CV-01164-LHK

The parties did not comply with this Court's private mediation deadline of August 29, 2014. The parties are ordered to file a status report by September 11, 2014 informing the Court of their new mediation date with Judge Infante. The Court sets a new mediation deadline of November 15, 2014.

The case schedule remains as set in the Court's previous Case Management Order, ECF No. 25, with the exception that the time set for trial is now only 4 days because the related case, Case No. 14-CV-01166, is settling. For the convenience of the parties, the Court sets forth the schedule below:

Exchange of Initial Disclosures 6/23/2014 Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement 7/7/2014 Contentions Invalidity Contentions 8/21/2014 Parties Exchange Proposed Claim Terms for 9/4/2014 construction Last Day to Meet and Confer on Proposed Terms 9/18/2014 Parties Exchange Preliminary Claim Constructions 10/2/2014 and identify supporting evidence and experts Last Day to Meet and Confer on Narrowing Issues 10/16/2014 and Joint Claim Construction and prehearing statement Parties File Joint Claim Construction and 10/27/2014 Prehearing Statement Close of Claim Construction Discovery 11/10/2014 Claim Construction Opening Briefs Due 12/1/2014 Claim Construction Responsive Briefs Due 12/23/2014 Claim Construction Reply Briefs Due 1/6/2015 Technology Tutorial 2/26/2015 Claim Construction Hearing 3/5/2015 Fact Discovery Cutoff 9/5/2015 Parties Serve Initial Expert Reports 9/22/2015 Parties Serve Rebuttal Expert Reports 11/6/2015 Close Expert Discovery 12/6/2015 Last Day to File Dispositive Motions 1/5/2016 Hearing on Dispositive Motions 3/3/2016 at 1:30 pm Final Pretrial Conference 7/28/2016 at 1:30 pm Jury Trial 8/22/2016 at 9 am Length of Trial 4 days

All other newly related cases: Case Nos. 14-CV-03215-LHK; 14-CV-03223-LHK; 14-CV-03221-LHK; 14-CV-03222-LHK; 14-CV-03212-LHK

The Court refers the parties in all these cases to private mediation with a deadline of December 18, 2014.

Each side may file only one dispositive motion in each respective case.

The Court adopts the parties' proposed discovery limits set forth in their respective Joint Case Management Statements in each case, as follows:

Case No. 14-CV-03215-LHK:

• Each party is limited to 25 interrogatories. • Each party is limited to 50 requests for admission, not including requests for admission for the purpose of authenticating documents. • Each party is limited to 80 requests for production. • The limits set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply to depositions. Depositions taken pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6) shall be limited to 14 total hours per side. • Each party is limited to 7 total hours of expert witness deposition testimony for each expert retained by the opposing party.

14-CV-03223-LHK:

• Each party is limited to 25 interrogatories. • Each party is limited to 50 requests for admission, not including requests for admission for the purpose of authenticating documents. • Each party is limited to 100 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. Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6) depositions are included in the 70 total hours, and the 30(b)(6) testimony shall be limited to 14 total hours per side. • In no event shall any single deposition of a witness exceed 7 hours, with the exception that expert witnesses may be deposed for 7 hours per report provided, and 30(b)(6) witnesses can be deposed pursuant to the 14 hour limitation above. However, notwithstanding the foregoing exceptions, no deposition of a witness shall exceed 7 hours in a single day unless otherwise agreed.

14-CV-03221-LHK:

• Each party is limited to 25 interrogatories. • Each party is limited to 50 requests for admission, not including requests for admission for the purpose of authenticating documents. • Each party is limited to 80 requests for production. • The limits set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply to depositions. • 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 4 additional hours of expert witness deposition testimony for each additional expert report issued by the particular expert. Notwithstanding the foregoing exception, no deposition of an expert shall exceed 7 hours in a single day unless otherwise agreed.

14-CV-03222-LHK:

• Each party is limited to 25 interrogatories. • Each party is limited to 50 requests for admission, not including requests for admission for the purpose of authenticating documents. • Each party is limited to 80 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. Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6) depositions are included in the 70 total hours, and the 30(b)(6) testimony shall be limited to 14 total hours per side. • In no event shall any single deposition of a witness exceed 7 hours, with the exception that expert witnesses may be deposed for 7 hours per report provided, and 30(b)(6) witnesses can be deposed pursuant to the 14 hour limitation above. However, notwithstanding the foregoing exceptions, no deposition of a witness shall exceed 7 hours in a single day unless otherwise agreed.

14-CV-03212-LHK:

• Each party is limited to 25 interrogatories. • Each party is limited to 60 requests for admission, not including requests for admission for the purpose of authenticating documents. • Each party is limited to 80 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. Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6) depositions are included in the 70 total hours, and the 30(b)(6) testimony shall be limited to 14 total hours per side. • In no event shall any single deposition of a witness exceed 7 hours, with the exception that expert witnesses may be deposed for 7 hours per report provided, and 30(b)(6) witnesses can be deposed pursuant to the 14 hour limitation above. However, notwithstanding the foregoing exceptions, no deposition of a witness shall exceed 7 hours in a single day.

The Court sets the case schedule in all the newly related cases as follows:

Exchange of Initial Disclosures 10/3/2014 Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement 10/17/2014 Contentions Invalidity Contentions 12/5/2014 Parties Exchange Proposed Claim Terms for 12/19/2014 construction Last Day to Meet and Confer on Proposed Terms 1/5/2015 Parties Exchange Preliminary Claim Constructions 1/16/2015 and identify supporting evidence and experts Last Day to Meet and Confer on Narrowing Issues 1/30/2015 and Joint Claim Construction and prehearing statement Parties File Joint Claim Construction and 2/13/2015 Prehearing Statement Close of Claim Construction Discovery 2/27/2015 Claim Construction Opening Briefs Due 3/20/2015 Claim Construction Responsive Briefs Due 4/10/2015 Claim Construction Reply Briefs Due 4/24/2015 Technology Tutorial 6/11/2015 at 1:30 pm Claim Construction Hearing 6/18/2015 at 1:30 pm Fact Discovery Cutoff 12/18/2015 Parties Serve Initial Expert Reports 1/8/2016 Parties Serve Rebuttal Expert Reports 2/8/2016 Close Expert Discovery 3/4/2016 Last Day to File Dispositive Motions 4/1/2016 Hearing on Dispositive Motions 5/19/2016 at 1:30 pm Final Pretrial Conference 8/18/2016 at 1:30 pm Jury Trial 9/26/2016 at 9 am Length of Trial 20 days (4 days per defendant)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Source:  Leagle

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