Opinion
Case No. 3:10-cv-05542 EDL
10-21-2011
ILLUMINA, INC. and SOLEXA, INC., Plaintiffs, v. COMPLETE GENOMICS, INC. Defendant.
Kevin M. Flowers (admitted pro hac vice) John R. Labbé (admitted pro hac vice) MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP Gina A. Bibby FOLEY & LARDNER LLP Attorneys for Plaintiffs ILLUMINA, INC. and SOLEXA, INC. Michael J. Malecek (State Bar No. 171034) Katherine LaBarre (State Bar No. 269726) KAYE SCHOLER LLP Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant COMPLETE GENOMICS, INC.
Kevin M. Flowers (admitted pro hac vice)
John R. Labbé (admitted pro hac vice)
MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP
Gina A. Bibby
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
ILLUMINA, INC. and SOLEXA, INC.
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER REGARDING PAGE LIMITS
FOR CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
BRIEFING
Plaintiffs Illumina, Inc. and Solexa, Inc. (collectively, "Illumina") and Defendant Complete Genomics, Inc. ("CGI") agree to the following Stipulation and respectfully request that the Court enter an Order as follows:
WHEREAS on May 16, 2011, the Court entered a Case Management Scheduling Order in which the Court requested that the parties "provide an estimate of how many pages are needed to brief the dispute" in their Patent L.R. 4-3 Joint Claim Construction and Pre-Hearing Statement (Dkt. No. 76 ¶ 2(e));
WHEREAS on September 20, 2011, the parties filed their Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement in which they indicated that "Illumina estimates that twenty-five (25) pages for its opening brief, and ten (10) pages for its reply, are needed for claim construction briefing," and "CGI estimates it needs thirty-five (35) pages for its responsive brief" (Dkt. No. 87 at 2);
WHEREAS Illumina has found that it may require up to thirty (30) pages in its opening claim construction brief to fully address the ten disputed claim terms identified for construction in the Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement;
WHEREAS the parties agree that subject to the approval of the Court, Illumina's opening claim construction brief should be limited to thirty (30) pages, CGI's responsive brief should be limited to forty (40) pages, and Illumina's reply brief should be limited to ten (10) pages;
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, subject to the approval of the Court, that the page limits for claim construction briefs will be set as follows:
+--------------------------------------------------------+ ¦Brief ¦Page Limit ¦ +-------------------------------------------+------------¦ ¦Illumina's Opening Claim Construction Brief¦30 pages ¦ +-------------------------------------------+------------¦ ¦CGI's Responsive Claim Construction Brief ¦40 pages ¦ +-------------------------------------------+------------¦ ¦Illumina's Reply Claim Construction Brief ¦10 pages ¦ +--------------------------------------------------------+
Michael J. Malecek (State Bar No. 171034)
Katherine LaBarre (State Bar No. 269726)
KAYE SCHOLER LLP
Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant
COMPLETE GENOMICS, INC.
Kevin M. Flowers (admittedpro hac vice)
John R. Labbé (admitted pro hac vice)
MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP
Gina A. Bibby
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
ILLUMINA, INC. and SOLEXA, INC.
FILER'S ATTESTATION: Pursuant to General Order
No. 45, Section X.B, John R. Labbé hereby attests that
Katherine LaBarre has provided her concurrence with the
electronic filing of this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order.
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED, this 21st day of October, 2011.
Honorable Elizabeth D. Laporte
United States Magistrate Judge