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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

QUICKIE TIE-DOWN ENTERPRISES, 

L.L.C.,

Plaintiff,

v.

USA PRODUCTS GROUP, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:24-cv-00799-DAD-JDP

ORDER MODIFYING THE SCHEDULING 

ORDER AND DIRECTING DEFENDANTS 

TO FILE A RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF’S 

OBJECTIONS

(Doc. Nos. 38, 39)

On October 3, 2024, plaintiff filed objections to the court’s September 19, 2024 

scheduling order. (Doc. No. 39.) Good cause appearing, and consistent with the undersigned’s 

case scheduling practices, the court will grant plaintiff’s request in Part C of its objections to 

extend the deadlines in the scheduling order by two weeks as follows:

EVENT DATE

Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions (Claim 

Charts) and Patent Prosecution History

October 22, 2024

Disclosure of Preliminary Non-Infringement and

Invalidity/Unenforceability Contentions (Claim Charts) and Production 

of Prior Art (45 days after service of Infringement Contentions)

December 6, 2024

Exchange of Proposed Terms for Construction (14 days after service of 

invalidity contentions)

December 20, 2024

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Exchange of Preliminary Claim Construction and Extrinsic Evidence 

(21 days after exchange of proposed term of construction)

January 10, 2025

Damages Contentions (No later than 50 days after service of the 

Invalidity Contentions)

January 24, 2025

Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement (60 days after 

Invalidity Contentions)

February 4, 2025

Responsive Damages Contentions (No later than 30 days after service of 

the Damages Contentions)

February 23, 2025

Completion of Claim Construction Discovery (30 days after prehearing 

statement)

March 6, 2025

Opening Claim Construction Brief (45 days after prehearing statement) March 21, 2025

Responsive Claim Construction Brief (14 days after opening brief) April 4, 2025

Reply Claim Construction Brief (7 days after reply brief) April 11, 2025

Claim Construction Hearing May 13, 2025 at 

1:30pm by Zoom

Disclosure relating to Advise of Counsel (No later than 30 days after 

service by the Court of its Claim Construction Ruling)

Thirty (30) days 

after entry of the 

court’s order on 

claim construction

Start of General Discovery One (1) day after 

entry of the court’s 

order on claim 

construction

All other dates established in the September 19, 2024 scheduling order will remain unchanged at 

this time.

In addition, within twenty-one (21) days of the entry of this order, defendants shall file a 

response addressing Parts A and B of plaintiff’s objections and the necessity of a claims 

construction hearing in this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 6, 2024 

DALE A. DROZD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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