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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 15:44 Trademark Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FUZZYSHARP TECHNOLOGIES,

 v.

ATI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,

 /

No. C 05-01318 CW

AMENDED

MINUTE ORDER AND

CASE MANAGEMENT

ORDER

Clerk: Sheilah Cahill Reporter: Diane Skillman

Plaintiff Attorney: David Fink

Defendant Attorney: Thom Tornay; Matthew McCarthy

A case management conference was held on: 8/12/05. The Case

Management Statement and Proposed Order filed by the parties is

hereby adopted by the Court as the Case Management Order for the

case, except as may be noted below. The Court's standard Order for

Pretrial Preparation also applies.

The case is hereby referred to the following ADR process:

Non-binding Arbitration: © TM Early Neutral Evaluation: © X TM

Court-connected mediation: © TM Private mediation: © TM

Magistrate Judge settlement conference: © TM

ADR session to be held by: ©01/31/06TM

(or as soon thereafter as is convenient to the mediator's schedule)

Deadline to add additional parties or claims: ©11/10/05TM

Date of next case management conference: ©09/15/06TM

Completion of Fact Discovery: ©05/03/06TM

Disclosure of identities and reports of expert witnesses:©04/03/06TM

Completion of Expert Discovery: ©05/03/06TM

All case-dispositive motions and Claim Construction Hearing

 to be heard at 10:00 AM on or before: ©09/15/06TM

Final Pretrial Conference at 1:30 P.M. on: ©11/17/06TM

An 8 day Jury Trial will begin at 8:30 A.M. on: ©12/04/06TM

Additional Matters: Copy of Court's Order for Pretrial Preparation

given to attys in court. Plaintiff to file opening Claim

Construction/Dispositive motion contained within one brief on

6/30/06; Defendant’s Claim Construction/Cross dispositive motion

contained within one brief due 7/28/06; Plaintiff reply/opposition

due 8/11/06; Defendant surreply due 8/18/06. FCMC will be held

on 9/15/06 at 10:00 (or on whatever date Claim

Construction/dispositive motions are heard). See attached for Claim

Construction dates.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 9/8/05 /s/ CLAUDIA WILKEN 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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Copies to: Chambers; ADR

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CLAIM CONSTRUCTION DATES

Plaintiff’s Disclosure of Preliminary Infringement Contentions and

Document Production under Patent L.R. 3-1 & 3-2

August 26, 2005

Defendant’s Disclosure of Preliminary Invalidity Contentions and

Document Production under Patent L.R. 3-3 & 3-4

October 11, 2005

Exchange Proposed Terms and Elements for Construction (Patent L.R. 4-

1)

November 18, 2005

Exchange of Preliminary Claim Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence

(Patent L.R. 4-2)

December 16, 2005

Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement (Patent L.R. 4-3) January 9, 2006

Claim Construction Discovery Cutoff (Patent L.R. 4-4) February 9, 2006

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NOTICE

Criminal Law and Motion calendar is conducted on Mondays at

2:00 p.m. (in custody) and 2:30 p.m. (not in custody). Civil

Law and Motion calendar is conducted on Fridays at 10:00 a.m. 

Case Management Conferences and Pretrial Conferences are

conducted on Fridays at 1:30 p.m. Order of call is determined

by the Court. Counsel need not reserve a hearing date for civil

motions; however, counsel are advised to check the legal

newspapers or the Court’s website at www.cand.uscourts.gov for

unavailable dates.

Motions for Summary Judgment: All issues shall be

contained within one motion and shall conform with Civil L.R. 7-

2. Separate statements of undisputed facts in support of or in

opposition to motions for summary judgment will not be

considered by the Court. (See Civil Local Rule 56-2(a)). All

briefing on motions for summary judgment must be included in the

memoranda of points and authorities in support of, opposition

to, or reply to the motion, and must comply with the page limits

of Civil Local Rule 7-4. The memoranda should include a

statement of facts supported by citations to the declarations

filed with respect to the motion. Cross or counter-motions

shall be contained within the opposition to any motion for

summary judgment and shall conform with Civil L.R. 7-3. The

Court may, sua sponte or pursuant to a motion under Civil L.R.

6-3, reschedule the hearing so as to give a moving party time to

file a surreply to the cross or counter-motion.

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All DISCOVERY MOTIONS are referred to a Magistrate Judge to

be heard and considered at the convenience of his/her calendar. 

All such matters shall be noticed by the moving party for

hearing on the assigned Magistrate Judge's regular law and

motion calendar, or pursuant to that Judge's procedures.

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(rev. 5/11/05)

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ORDER FOR PRETRIAL PREPARATION

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

1. Not less than 30 days prior to the pretrial conference,

counsel shall exchange (but not file or lodge) the papers

described in Civil L.R. 16-10(b)(7),(8),(9), and (10), and their

motions in limine. 

2. At least 20 days before the final pretrial conference,

lead counsel who will try the case shall meet and confer with

respect to:

(a) Preparation and content of the joint pretrial

conference statement;

(b) Resolution of any differences between the parties

regarding the preparation and content of the joint pretrial

conference statement and the preparation and exchange of

pretrial materials to be served and lodged pursuant to this

Order for Pretrial Preparation. To the extent such

differences are not resolved, parties will present the

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issues in the pretrial conference statement so that the

judge may rule on the matter during the pretrial

conference; and

(c) Settlement of the action.

3. Not less than 10 days prior to the pretrial conference,

counsel shall submit the following.

(a) Pretrial Conference Statement. The parties shall

file a joint pretrial conference statement containing the

following information:

(1) The Action.

(A) Substance of the Action. A brief description of

the substance of claims and defenses which remain to be

decided.

(B) Relief Prayed. A detailed statement of all the

relief claimed, particularly itemizing all elements of

damages claimed.

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(2) The Factual Basis of the Action.

(A) Undisputed Facts. A plain and concise statement

of all relevant facts not reasonably disputed.

(B) Disputed Factual Issues. A plain and concise

statement of all disputed factual issues which remain to be

decided.

(C) Agreed Statement. A statement assessing whether

all or part of the action may be presented upon an agreed

statement of facts.

(D) Stipulations. A statement of stipulations

requested or proposed for pretrial or trial purposes.

(3) Disputed Legal Issues. Without extended legal

argument, a concise statement of each disputed point of law

concerning liability or relief.

(4) Further Discovery or Motions. A statement of all

remaining discovery or motions.

(5) Trial Alternatives and Options.

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(A) Settlement Discussion. A statement summarizing

the status of settlement negotiations and indicating

whether further negotiations are likely to be productive.

(B) Consent to Trial Before a Magistrate Judge. A

statement whether the parties consent to a court or jury

trial before a magistrate judge, with appeal directly to

the Ninth Circuit.

(C) Bifurcation, Separate Trial of Issues. A

statement of whether bifurcation or a separate trial of

specific issues is feasible and desired.

(6) Miscellaneous. Any other subjects relevant to the

trial of the action, or material to its just, speedy and

inexpensive determination.

(b) Exhibit List and Objections. The exhibit list

shall list each proposed exhibit by its number, description, and

sponsoring witness, followed by blanks to accommodate the date

on which it is marked for identification and the date on which

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it is admitted into evidence. No party shall be permitted to

offer any exhibit in its case-in-chief that is not disclosed in

its exhibit list without leave of the Court for good cause

shown. Parties shall also deliver a set of premarked exhibits

to the Courtroom Deputy. The exhibit markers shall each contain

the name and number of the case, the number of the exhibit, and

blanks to accommodate the date admitted and the Deputy Clerk's

initials. (Appropriate sample forms are available on the

Court’s website at www.cand.uscourts.gov). Any objections to

exhibits which remain after the pretrial meeting shall be

indicated in the pretrial statement.

(c) Witness List. In addition to the requirements of

FRCivP 26(a)(3)(A), a brief statement describing the substance

of the testimony to be given by each witness who may be called

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at trial. No party shall be permitted to call any witness in

its case-in-chief that is not disclosed in its pretrial

statement without leave of Court for good cause shown.

(d) Use of Discovery Responses. In addition to the

requirements of FRCivP 26(a)(3)(B), a designation of any

excerpts from interrogatory answers or from responses for

admissions intended to be offered at trial. Counsel shall

indicate any objections to use of these materials and that

counsel have conferred respecting such objections. 

(e) Trial briefs. Briefs on all significant disputed

issues of law, including foreseeable procedural and evidentiary

issues, which remain after the pretrial meeting.

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(f) Motions in Limine. Any motions in limine that

could not be settled at the pretrial meeting shall be filed with

the pretrial statement. All motions in limine shall be

contained within one document, limited to 25 pages pursuant to

Civil L.R. 7-2(b), with each motion listed as a subheading. 

Opposition to the motions in limine shall be contained within

one document, limited to 25 pages, with corresponding

subheadings, and filed five (5) days thereafter.

(g) Joint Proposed Voir Dire. The attached voir dire

questionnaire will be given to the venire members, and copies of

the responses will be made available to counsel at the beginning

of voir dire. Counsel may submit a set of additional requested

voir dire, to be posed by the Court, to which they have agreed

at the pretrial meeting. Any voir dire questions on which

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counsel cannot agree shall be submitted separately. Counsel may

be allowed brief follow-up voir dire after the Court's

questioning.

(h) Joint Proposed Jury Instructions. Jury

instructions §1.1 through §1.12, §1.13 through §2.2, and §3.1

through §4.3 from the Manual of Model Civil Jury Instructions

for the Ninth Circuit (2001 Edition) will be given absent

objection. Counsel shall jointly submit one set of additional

proposed jury instructions, to which they have agreed at the

pretrial meeting. The instructions shall be ordered in a

logical sequence, together with a table of contents. Any

instruction on which counsel cannot agree shall be marked as

"disputed," and shall be included within the jointly submitted

instructions and accompanying table of contents, in the place

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where the party proposing the instruction believes it should be

given. Argument and authority for and against each disputed

instruction shall be included as part of the joint submission,

on separate sheets directly following the disputed instruction. 

Whenever possible, counsel shall deliver to the Courtroom

Deputy a copy of their joint proposed jury instructions on a

computer disk in WordPerfect or ASCII format. The disk label

should include the name of the parties, the case number and a

description of the document.

(I) Proposed Verdict Forms, Joint or Separate.

(j) Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

(Court Trial only). Whenever possible, counsel shall deliver to

the Courtroom Deputy a copy of their proposed findings of fact

and conclusions of law on a computer disk in WordPerfect or

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ASCII format. The disk label should include the name of the

parties, the case number and a description of the document.

JURY SELECTION

The Jury Commissioner will summon 20 to 25 prospective

jurors. The Courtroom Deputy will select their names at random

and seat them in the courtroom in the order in which their names

are called.

Voir dire will be asked of sufficient venire persons so

that eight (or more for a lengthy trial) will remain after all

peremptory challenges and an anticipated number of hardship

dismissals and cause challenges have been made.

The Court will then take cause challenges, and discuss

hardship claims from the individual jurors, outside the presence

of the venire. The Court will inform the attorneys which

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hardship claims and cause challenges will be granted, but will

not announce those dismissals until the process is completed. 

Each side may then list in writing up to three peremptory

challenges. The attorneys will review each other's lists and

then submit them to the Courtroom Deputy.

Then, from the list of jurors in numerical order, the Court

will strike the persons with meritorious hardships, those

excused for cause, and those challenged peremptorily, and call

the first eight people in numerical sequence remaining. Those

people will be the jury.

All jurors remaining at the close of the case will

deliberate. There are no alternates.

SANCTIONS 

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Failure to comply with this Order is cause for sanctions

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(f).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

______________________

s/CLAUDIA WILKEN

CLAUDIA WILKEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE

Please fill out this form as completely as possible and print

clearly. Since we want to make copies for the attorneys and the

Court, do not write on the back of any page. If you need more

room, continue at the bottom of the page. Thank you for your

cooperation.

1. Your name: ________________________________________________

2. Your age: _________________________________________________

3. The city where you live: __________________________________

 

4. Your place of birth: ______________________________________

5. Do you rent or own your own home? _________________________

6. Your marital status: (circle one)

single married separated divorced widowed

7. What is your occupation, and how long have you worked in 

 it? (If you are retired, please describe your main

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 occupation when you were working).

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8. Who is (or was) your employer?

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9. How long have you worked for this employer? ______________ 

10. Please list the occupations of any adults with whom you

 live.

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11. If you have children, please list their ages and sex and, 

 if they are employed, please give their occupations.

_______________________________________________________________

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12. Please describe your educational background:

Highest grade completed: _________________________________

College and/or vocational schools you have attended:

_______________________________________________________________

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Major areas of study:_____________________________________

13. Have you ever served on a jury before? ________ How many 

 times?________

If yes: State/County Court _______ Federal Court _______

When? ____________________________________________________

Was it a civil or criminal case? _________________________

Did the jury(ies) reach a verdict? ___________________

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(rev. 9/4/02)

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