SCHEDULING ORDER

JON S. TIGAR, District Judge.

The Court hereby sets the following case deadlines pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16 and Civil Local Rule 16-10:

Counsel may not modify these dates without leave of court. The parties shall comply with the Court's standing orders, which are available at cand.uscourts.gov/jstorders.

Following the Court's issuance of a claim construction order, the Court will schedule a case management conference for the purpose of setting the remaining deadlines in the case.

The parties shall meet and confer regarding the format, scope, and content of both the tutorial and the claim construction hearing, including but not limited to the permissible subjects of discussion at each, whether experts will testify, and what audio-visual equipment, if any, will be needed by the parties. They also shall exchange copies of any audio-visual material at least ten court days before they intend to use it in court, and shall bring any disputes regarding the format, scope, or content of any tutorial or hearing to the Court's attention at least five court days before the tutorial or hearing. The Court will deem as waived any objection raised less than five court days before the tutorial or hearing. The parties shall lodge hard copies of their presentation materials with the Court on the day of the tutorial or claim construction hearing.

The Court will reserve no more than two hours on its calendar for the tutorial, including a brief recess. The tutorial will not be reported by a court reporter.

At claim construction, the Court will construe only the terms the parties identify in their Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement as "most significant to the resolution of the case up to a maximum of 10." Patent Local Rule 4-3(c). The Court will reserve no more than on two-and-a-half hours its calendar for the claim construction hearing, including a brief recess. The Court prefers that the parties proceed term-by-term, with each party providing its views on each term before moving on to the next. The Court's use of time limits means that the parties may not have the opportunity to present oral argument on every term they have submitted for construction, and the parties should prioritize their presentations accordingly.

The parties must take all necessary steps to conduct discovery, compel discovery, hire counsel, retain experts, and manage their calendars so that they can complete discovery in a timely manner and appear on the noticed and scheduled dates. All counsel must arrange their calendars to accommodate these dates, or arrange to substitute or associate in counsel who can.