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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALTERA CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

v.

PACT XPP TECHNOLOGIES, AG,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-02868-JD 

AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER

The Court hereby modifies certain deadlines set in its prior case management and 

scheduling order, see Dkt. No. 36, in light of its appointment of an expert under Federal Rule of 

Evidence 706. The case schedule, as modified, is as follows:

Event Date

Last day for parties to file Joint Claim Construction and 

Prehearing Statement (Patent L.R. 4-3)

03/06/15

Last day to complete claim construction discovery (Patent L.R. 

4-4)

04/06/15

Last day for PACT to file opening claim construction brief 

(Patent L.R. 4-5)

04/20/15

Last day for Altera to file responsive claim construction brief 

(Patent L.R. 4-5)

05/04/15

Last day for PACT to file reply claim construction brief (Patent 

L.R. 4-5)

05/11/15

Last day to file Final Joint Claim Construction Statement 

(Standing Order for Patent Cases ¶ 6)

05/11/15

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Event Date

Technical tutorial (Standing Order for Patent Cases ¶ 7) 05/08/15 2:00 p.m. (45 

minutes per side)

Claim construction hearing (Patent L.R. 4-6, Standing Order for 

Patent Cases ¶ 13)

05/21/15 2:00 p.m. (90 

minutes per side)

Last day to disclose advice of counsel (Patent L.R. 3-7) 50 days after claim 

construction ruling

Fact discovery cut-off 07/20/15

Last day to disclose experts and exchange opening expert reports 08/10/15

Last day to exchange rebuttal expert reports 08/24/15

Expert discovery cut-off 09/07/15

Last day for court-appointed expert’s report 10/09/15

Last day to depose court-appointed expert 10/23/15

Last day to file dispositive motions 11/02/15

Pre-trial conference 02/10/16 3 p.m.

Jury Trial 02/22/16 9 a.m.

All dates set by the Court should be regarded as firm. Counsel may not modify these dates 

by stipulation without leave of court. Requests for continuances are disfavored, and scheduling 

conflicts that are created subsequent to the date of this order by any party, counsel or partycontrolled expert or witness will not be considered good cause for a continuance. Sanctions may 

issue for a failure to obey a scheduling or other pretrial order. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(f)(1)(C). 

The parties should review and comply with the Court’s Standing Order for Civil Cases, Standing 

Order for Discovery in Civil Cases, and Standing Order for Civil Trials.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 4, 2015

______________________________________

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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