Opinion
Ted Dane and Heather Takahashi for Takeda Plaintiffs' Attorneys.
James Stronski for Par and Handa; Eric Acker for Impax; Don Mizerk for TWi Defendants' Attorneys
CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER
LUCY H. KOH, District Judge.
A case management conference was held on June 12, 2014. A further case management conference is set for October 29, at 2:00 p.m.
Pursuant to the parties' June 11, 2014 joint case management statement (ECF No. 101), the Court set the following deadlines in connection with case narrowing:
• Deadline for Takeda to file and serve a narrowed list of asserted claims: June 27, 2014.
• Deadline for Defendants to file and serve a narrowed list of prior art references: July 18, 2014.
• Deadline for Takeda to file and serve a further narrowed list of asserted claims: 7 days after close of fact discovery (October 13, 2014).
• Deadline for Defendants to file and serve a further narrowed list of prior art references: 7 days after receiving Takeda's notice (October 20, 2014).
The case schedule otherwise remains as previously set:
Last Day to Amend Pleadings/Add Parties April 11, 2014 Initial Disclosures August 30, 2013 Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement September 20, 2013 Contentions Parties Exchange Invalidity Contentions November 4, 2013 Parties Exchange Proposed Claim Terms November 18, 2013 Disclosure of Expert Witnesses for Claim November 18, 2013 Construction Parties Exchange Preliminary Claim Constructions December 9, 2013 Parties File Joint Claim Construction and February 6, 2014 Prehearing Statement Close of Claim Construction Discovery March 6, 2014 Claim Construction Opening Brief Due March 27, 2014 Claim Construction Opposition Brief Due April 24, 2014 Claim Construction Reply Brief Due May 15, 2014 Claim Construction Tutorial June 5, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. Deadline for Takeda to file and serve a narrowed June 27, 2014 list of asserted claims Deadline for Defendants to file and serve a July 18, 2014 narrowed list of prior art references Fact Discovery Cut Off October 6, 2014 Deadline for Takeda to file and serve a further October 13, 2014 narrowed list of asserted claims Deadline for Defendants to file and serve a further October 20, 2014 narrowed list of prior art references Parties Serve Initial Expert Reports and October 20, 2014 Produce Related Documents/Materials Parties Serve Rebuttal Expert Reports and November 3, 2014 Produce Related Documents/Materials Parties Serve Reply Expert Reports November 17, 2014 Close Expert Discovery December 3, 2014 Last Day to File Dispositive Motions December 18, 2014 Hearing on Dispositive Motions January 29, 2015, at 1:30 p.m. Final Pretrial Conference March 26, 2015, at 1:30 p.m. Bench Trial April 13, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. Length of Trial 7 days
Each party is limited to one dispositive motion in each case.
IT IS SO ORDERED.