IconFind, Inc. v. Google, Inc.

Filing 55

STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. on 6/7/2011. If Google elects to refile its Motion for Invalidity of US Patent, Court will hear it on 1/23/2012. Tutorial Hearing set for 6/25/2012 at 9:00 AM and Claim Construction Hearing set for 7/23/2012 at 9:00 AM in Courtroom 10 (GEB). (Marciel, M) Modified on 6/8/2011 (Marciel, M).

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 IconFind, Inc. 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. 13 Google, Inc., 14 Defendant. 15 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 2:11-cv-00319-GEB-JFM STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER 16 17 A status (pretrial scheduling) conference was held on June 18 6, 2011. 19 Court orders the following: After the hearing and consultation with the parties, the 20 21 1. If Google elects to refile its motion for invalidity of U.S. 22 Patent No. 7,181,459 under 35 U.S.C. § 101 at the point when the 23 pleadings are closed, the Court will hear Google’s renewed Motion on 24 January 23, 2012. 25 26 2. The parties shall file a joint claim construction statement 27 no later than May 11, 2012, following a meaningful meeting during 28 which the parties shall seek to resolve disputes. Disputed terms, 1 1 phrases, and clauses shall be designated as disputed. For any disputed 2 term, phrase, or clause, the joint statement shall list each disputed 3 term, phrase, or clause (listed by claim); each party's proposed 4 construction; and support for each party's proposed construction side 5 by side. A model format for the construction statement is as follows 6 (or any other substantively similar format that permits the court to 7 compare terms side by side): 8 9 10 11 Claim Language (Disputed term, phrase, or clause in Bold) Plaintiff’s Proposed Construction and Evidence in Support Defendant’s Proposed Construction and Evidence in Support 12 13 14 5. Parties shall attach to the joint claim constructions 15 statement a copy of the patent in dispute. Parties shall also make a 16 complete prosecution history for the patent available to the Court 17 upon request. 18 19 20 6. Claim construction briefs shall address each disputed term, phrase or clause following the order of the joint statement. 21 22 6) A tutorial is scheduled to commence at 9:00 a.m. on June 25, 23 2012. Each side will be permitted 45-60 minutes to present a short 24 summary and explanation of the technology at issue. The patent holder 25 will make the first presentation. Visual aids are encouraged. 26 27 28 7) A claim construction hearing is scheduled to commence at 9:00 a.m. on July 23, 2012. 2 1 8) Upon issuance of the claim construction ruling, the Court 2 will also set a date for the filing of a further joint status report. 3 In that report, the parties must address the following topics: 4 5 a) Whether either party wishes to certify the claim construction ruling for immediate appeal to the Federal Circuit; 6 b) The filing of dispositive motions, and timing of those 8 c) Anticipated post-claim construction discovery; 9 d) Any other pretrial matters. 7 motions; 10 11 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: June 7, 2011 12 13 14 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. United States District Judge 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3

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