WSOU Investments LLC v. F5 Networks Inc, No. 2:2021cv00126 - Document 68 (W.D. Wash. 2021)
Court Description: ORDER granting Parties' 67 Joint Stipulated MOTION to Modify Scheduling Order. Jury Trial (7 days) is set for 11/7/2022 before Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. Fact Discovery to completed by 3/7/2022, Expert Witness Disclosure/Reports under FRCP 26 (a)(2) due by 4/4/2022, Rebuttal Expert Disclosure/Reports due by 5/2/2022, Expert Discovery to completed by 5/20/2022, Dispositive motions due by 6/9/2022, Motions related to expert witnesses due by 6/9/2022, Motions in Limine due by 9/30/2022, Joint Pretrial Statement due by 10/7/2022, Pretrial Conference set for 10/31/2022 before Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. Signed by Judge Barbara J. Rothstein.(MW)
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WSOU Investments LLC v. F5 Networks Inc Doc. 68 Case 2:21-cv-00126-BJR Document 68 Filed 12/16/21 Page 1 of 7 HONORABLE BARBARA J. ROTHSTEIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 11 WSOU INVESTMENTS LLC d/b/a BRAZOS LICENSING AND DEVELOPMENT, a Delaware limited liability company, Plaintiff, 12 13 14 No. 2:20-cv-01878-BJR No. 2:21-cv-00124-BJR No. 2:21-cv-00125-BJR No. 2:21-cv-00126-BJR v. F5 NETWORKS, INC., a Washington Corporation, 15 JOINT MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER Defendant. 16 17 Pursuant to LCR 16(b)(6), Plaintiff WSOU Investments LLC d/b/a Brazos Licensing and 18 Development (“WSOU” or “Plaintiff”) and Defendant F5 Networks, Inc. (“F5” or “Defendant”) 19 (collectively, “Parties”), by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby jointly move the Court 20 to modify its April 26, 2021 Order on Motion to Modify Order Setting Trial Dates and Related 21 Dates (No. 2:20-cv-01878-BJR, Dkt. 64; “Scheduling Order”), which sets forth the current case 22 schedule for the above-captioned actions. The Parties’ requested modifications and good cause 23 basis for these modifications are identified below. 24 A. 25 Under the current Scheduling Order, fact discovery is scheduled to close in just four weeks, 26 on January 6, 2021, right after the winter holidays. However, in light of the Parties’ ongoing fact 27 Basis for Proposed Modifications JOINT MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER – 1 (Case Nos. 2:20-cv-01878-BJR, 2:21-cv-00124-BJR, 2:21-cv00125-BJR, 2:21-cv-00126-BJR) CORR CRONIN LLP 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3900 Seattle, Washington 98154-1051 Tel (206) 625-8600 Fax (206) 625-0900 0= 1WORKAMER\30779\112002\38536897.v2-4/19/21 Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:21-cv-00126-BJR Document 68 Filed 12/16/21 Page 2 of 7 1 discovery disputes, the status of fact discovery, and the limited time remaining in the fact discovery 2 period, the parties seek a 60-day extension of the close of fact discovery, as well as corresponding 3 extensions of subsequent case deadlines. Document production is still ongoing and the parties still 4 have a number of fact depositions to take. 5 Compounding these hurdles, the next four weeks include (i) the winter holidays, during 6 which fact witnesses, outside counsel, and in-house counsel for both sides will have limited 7 availability, and (ii) the Markman hearing on December 22, 2021, which will require significant 8 time and attention from the Parties. 9 The Parties’ proposed schedule modifications adjust the fact discovery period by 60 days 10 (from January 6, 2022 to March 7, 2022), and provide proportional extensions of all subsequent 11 case deadlines, including the trial date. There is good cause for these adjustments in light of the 12 Parties’ ongoing fact discovery disputes, the current status of fact discovery, and the limited time 13 remaining for fact discovery, as summarized above. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 JOINT MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER – 2 (Case Nos. 2:20-cv-01878-BJR, 2:21-cv-00124-BJR, 2:21-cv00125-BJR, 2:21-cv-00126-BJR) 0= 1WORKAMER\30779\112002\38536897.v2-4/19/21 CORR CRONIN LLP 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3900 Seattle, Washington 98154-1051 Tel (206) 625-8600 Fax (206) 625-0900 Case 2:21-cv-00126-BJR Document 68 Filed 12/16/21 Page 3 of 7 1 B. 2 The chart below identifies the Parties’ proposed revisions to the case schedule to account 3 Proposed Revised Schedule for the issues identified above: 4 5 Event 6 Markman hearing 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 LPR Scheduling Order (Dkt. 64) Joint Modification Proposal LPR 135 (as ordered by the Court) December 22, 2021 No change January 6, 2022 March 7, 2022 February 3, 2022 April 4, 2022 March 3, 2022 May 2, 2022 March 17, 2022 May 20, 2022 April 7, 2022 June 9, 2022 April 28, 2022 June 30, 2022 May 12, 2022 July 14, 2022 Discovery completed by [Close of Fact Discovery] Reports from expert witnesses under FRCP 26(a)(2) due [Opening Expert Reports] Rebuttal Expert Reports Close of Expert Discovery All dispositive and Daubert motions must be filed by Oppositions to dispositive and Daubert motions Replies in support of dispositive and Daubert motions All motions in limine must be filed by Joint Pretrial Statement Oppositions to Motions in Limine (no replies authorized unless ordered otherwise by the Court) August 8, 2022 September 30, 2022 October 7, 2022 August 15, 2022 October 14, 2022 August 1, 2022 Pretrial conference August 22, 2022 Jury Trial (7 days) August 29, 2022 25 26 27 JOINT MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER – 3 (Case Nos. 2:20-cv-01878-BJR, 2:21-cv-00124-BJR, 2:21-cv00125-BJR, 2:21-cv-00126-BJR) 0= 1WORKAMER\30779\112002\38536897.v2-4/19/21 October 31, 2022, subject to the Court’s approval November 7, 2022, subject to the Court’s approval CORR CRONIN LLP 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3900 Seattle, Washington 98154-1051 Tel (206) 625-8600 Fax (206) 625-0900 Case 2:21-cv-00126-BJR Document 68 Filed 12/16/21 Page 4 of 7 1 C. 2 The Parties also request confirmation that the Court’s schedule applies to all four cases 3 Consolidated Case Schedule identified below. (See Dkt. 60, Part 5.C.) 4 Case Caption 5 6 1 7 8 2 9 10 11 3 12 13 14 15 4 WSOU Investments, LLC d/b/a Brazos Licensing and Development v. F5 Networks, Inc., Case No. 2:21-cv-01878BJR WSOU Investments, LLC d/b/a Brazos Licensing and Development v. F5 Networks, Inc., Case No. 2:21-cv-00124BJR WSOU Investments, LLC d/b/a Brazos Licensing and Development v. F5 Networks, Inc., Case No. 2:21-cv-00125BJR WSOU Investments, LLC d/b/a Brazos Licensing and Development v. F5 Networks, Inc., Case No. 2:21-cv-00126BJR Patent-in-Suit Accused Product U.S. Patent No. 7,953,884 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager U.S. Patent No. 9,584,330 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager U.S. Patent No. 8,248,940 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager U.S. Patent No. 7,548,945 BIG-IP DNS 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 JOINT MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER – 4 (Case Nos. 2:20-cv-01878-BJR, 2:21-cv-00124-BJR, 2:21-cv00125-BJR, 2:21-cv-00126-BJR) 0= 1WORKAMER\30779\112002\38536897.v2-4/19/21 CORR CRONIN LLP 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3900 Seattle, Washington 98154-1051 Tel (206) 625-8600 Fax (206) 625-0900 Case 2:21-cv-00126-BJR Document 68 Filed 12/16/21 Page 5 of 7 1 2 DATED this 13th day of December, 2021. PERKINS COIE LLP 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 By: Ramsey M. Al-Salam (via email authorization) Ramsey M. Al-Salam, WSBA No. 18822 Stevan R. Stark, WSBA No. 39639 PERKINS COIE LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Telephone: (206) 359-8000 RAlSalam@perkinscoie.com SStark@perkinscoie.com Stephen E. Baskin (Pending pro hac vice) sbaskin@kslaw.com KING & SPALDING LLP 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 2nd Floor Washington, DC 20006-4707 Telephone: (202) 626-2938 D. Shane Brun (Pending pro hac vice) sbrun@kslaw.com KING & SPALDING LLP 601 California Avenue, Suite 100 Palo Alto, CA 94304 Telephone: (415) 318-1245 Angela Tarasi (Pending pro hac vice) atarasi@kslaw.com KING & SPALDING LLP 1400 16th Street 16 Market Square Suite 400 Denver, CO 80202 Telephone: (720) 535-2319 CORR CRONIN LLP By: s/ Eric A. Lindberg Blake Marks-Dias, WSBA No. 28169 Eric A. Lindberg, WSBA No. 43596 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3900 Seattle, WA 98154 (206) 625-8600 Phone (206) 625-0900 Fax bmarks-dias@corrcronin.com elindberg@corrcronin.com Jonathan K. Waldrop (Admitted pro hac vice) jwaldrop@kasowitz.com Darcy L. Jones (Admitted pro hac vice) djones@kasowitz.com Marcus A. Barber (Admitted pro hac vice) mbarber@kasowitz.com John W. Downing (Admitted pro hac vice) jdowning@kasowitz.com Heather S. Kim (Admitted pro hac vice) hkim@kasowitz.com Jack Shaw (Admitted pro hac vice) jshaw@kasowitz.com ThucMinh Nguyen (Admitted pro hac vice) tnguyen@kasowitz.com KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES LLP 333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 200 Redwood Shores, California 94065 Telephone: (650) 453-5170 Paul G. Williams (Admitted pro hac vice) pwilliams@kasowitz.com KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES LLP 1230 Peachtree Street N.E., Suite 2445 Atlanta, Georgia 30309 Telephone: (404) 260-6080 Attorneys for Plaintiff 23 Attorneys for Defendant 24 25 26 27 JOINT MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER – 5 (Case Nos. 2:20-cv-01878-BJR, 2:21-cv-00124-BJR, 2:21-cv00125-BJR, 2:21-cv-00126-BJR) 0= 1WORKAMER\30779\112002\38536897.v2-4/19/21 CORR CRONIN LLP 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3900 Seattle, Washington 98154-1051 Tel (206) 625-8600 Fax (206) 625-0900 Case 2:21-cv-00126-BJR Document 68 Filed 12/16/21 Page 6 of 7 ORDER 1 2 IT IS SO ORDERED. 3 4 DATED this 16th day of December, 2021. 5 6 7 HONORABLE BARBARA J. ROTHSTEIN 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 JOINT MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER – 6 (Case Nos. 2:20-cv-01878-BJR, 2:21-cv-00124-BJR, 2:21-cv00125-BJR, 2:21-cv-00126-BJR) 0= 1WORKAMER\30779\112002\38536897.v2-4/19/21 CORR CRONIN LLP 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3900 Seattle, Washington 98154-1051 Tel (206) 625-8600 Fax (206) 625-0900 Case 2:21-cv-00126-BJR Document 68 Filed 12/16/21 Page 7 of 7 1 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 3 I hereby certify that on December 13, 2021, I caused the foregoing document to be 4 electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send 5 notification of such filing to all counsel of record. 6 s/ Christy A. Nelson Christy A. Nelson 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 JOINT MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER – 7 (Case Nos. 2:20-cv-01878-BJR, 2:21-cv-00124-BJR, 2:21-cv00125-BJR, 2:21-cv-00126-BJR) 0= 1WORKAMER\30779\112002\38536897.v2-4/19/21 CORR CRONIN LLP 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3900 Seattle, Washington 98154-1051 Tel (206) 625-8600 Fax (206) 625-0900
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