Opinion
Civil Action No. 1:11-cv-871
04-16-2013
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. and ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. COVIDIEN, INC. and COVIDIEN, LP Defendants.
Judge Timothy S. Black
ORDER
This matter is before the Court upon the parties' Joint Motion to Modify the Case Schedule. For good case shown, the Joint Motion is GRANTED. The previous Calendar Order (Doc. 55 as amended by Notation Order dated 2/20/2013) is vacated, and the Court hereby adopts the following Calendar Order:
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦Event ¦Current Date ¦Proposed Date ¦ +----------------------------------------------+--------------+---------------¦ ¦Covidien to disclose whether or not it is ¦Not set ¦5/10/2013 ¦ ¦relying on advice of counsel for willfulness ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------+--------------+---------------¦ ¦Covidien to provide invalidity contentions on ¦Not set 4/12/ ¦5/10/2013 6/28/¦ ¦'569 patent Close of fact discovery ¦2013 ¦2013 ¦ +----------------------------------------------+--------------+---------------¦ ¦Opening expert reports on issues for which the¦5/28/2013 ¦7/26/2013 ¦ ¦party has the burden of proof ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------+--------------+---------------¦ ¦Responsive expert reports on issues for which ¦6/28/2013 ¦8/30/2013 ¦ ¦opposing party has burden of proof ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------+--------------+---------------¦ ¦Rebuttal expert reports on issues raised for ¦ ¦Rebuttal ¦ ¦first time in responsive reports ¦7/15/2013 ¦Reports ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Cancelled* ¦ +----------------------------------------------+--------------+---------------¦ ¦Close of expert discovery ¦8/23/2013 ¦9/30/2013 ¦ +----------------------------------------------+--------------+---------------¦ ¦Deadline for dispositive motions ¦9/30/2013 ¦Unchanged ¦ +----------------------------------------------+--------------+---------------¦ ¦Final pre-trial order ¦1/20/14 ¦Unchanged ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦Final pre-trial ¦2/3/2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Cincinnati ¦Unchanged¦ ¦conference ¦Chambers, Room 815 ¦ ¦ +---------------------+---------------------------------------------+---------¦ ¦Bench trial ¦2/10/2014 at 9:30 a.m. in Cincinnati ¦Unchanged¦ ¦ ¦Courtroom #3 ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ * The opposing side's expert may rebut the positions set forth in the responsive reports in deposition or trial without serving a reply report as set forth under Local Patent Rule 106.1(c), provided that if the expert intends to rely on any documents or things for such rebuttal and such documents or things were not identified in the opening and/or responsive expert reports, such documents or things will be identified and produced at least 10 days before the deposition of the expert.
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United States District Judge