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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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 This disposition is not designated for publication and may not be cited.

Case No. C 04-03746 JF (RS)

ORDER GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND THE SCHEDULING ORDER

TO CONTINUE PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES AND SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULE

(JFLC1)

**E-Filed 7/7/06**

NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

CREATIVE SCIENCE SYSTEMS, INC.,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

FOREX CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, et al.,

 Defendants.

Case Number C 04-03746 JF (RS)

ORDER1 GRANTING IN PART

DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR

LEAVE TO AMEND THE

SCHEDULING ORDER TO

CONTINUE PRETRIAL AND TRIAL

DATES AND SETTING CASE

MANAGEMENT SCHEDULE

[re: docket no. 192]

Defendant Forex Capital Markets LLC (“FXCM”) moves for leave to amend the

scheduling order to continue pretrial and trial dates. On April 4, 2006, this Court issued an Order

granting in part the motion of Plaintiff Creative Science Systems (“CSS”) for sanctions,

instructing the parties to meet and confer with respect to analysis of FXCM’s servers. On April

27, 2006, this Court issued a scheduling order, adopting the proposed scheduling order submitted

by the parties. This order includes a trial date of November 3, 2006. FXCM seeks to continue

the trial date until February 9, 2007, and related pretrial dates accordingly. The Court has

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Case No. C 04-03746 JF (RS)

ORDER GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND THE SCHEDULING ORDER

TO CONTINUE PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES AND SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULE

(JFLC1)

considered the matter without oral argument, pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b), and will grant

the motion in part.

Barbara Fredricksen is FXCM’s only technical expert. In late April, 2006 (after the

parties submitted their proposed schedule), Fredricksen learned that her business partner, Andy

Johnson-Laird, had been diagnosed with bladder cancer. On May 4, 2006, Johnson-Laird

underwent surgery. Approximately a week later, Fredricksen learned that the cancer had spread

and that Johnson-Laird would need a second, more aggressive surgery. At that point, it was

determined that Fredricksen would need to take over Johnson-Laird’s work responsibilities. In

January 2004, Johnson-Laird committed to testifying in Ricoh Corporation v. Pitney Bowes Inc.,

filed in the District of New Jersey. This is a complex patent infringement case involving five

patents, twenty-three asserted claims, and twenty accused products. The trial is scheduled to

begin on October 30, 2006 and run through November 24, 2006. On the chance that the Ricoh

case runs longer than expected, back-up dates through December 19, 2006 have been reserved. 

Thus, Fredricksen is obligated to be available for that trial during November and most of

December, 2006. See Declaration of Barbara Fredricksen in Support of Forex Capital Markets

LLC’s Motion for Leave to Amend Scheduling Order to Continue Pretrial and Trial Dates; see

also, Supplemental Declaration of Barbara Fredricksen in Support of Forex Capital Markets

LLC’s Motion for Leave to Amend Scheduling Order to Continue Pretrial and Trial Dates. 

In light of Fredricksen’s unexpected unavailability, the Court concludes that a

continuance of the trial until early February and an extension of the case management dates is

appropriate. CSS argues that if the trial date is continued by ninety (90) days, all dates should be

continued by the same amount of time. The Court agrees with CSS that, especially in light of the

fact that CSS has retained new counsel, the dates for filing and hearing dispositive motions

should also be extended. However, FXCM’s argument that it would be useful to have more time

between the motion hearing date and the beginning of trial in order to allow the Court to rule and

the parties to plan accordingly, is persuasive. Accordingly, the Court will extend the dates for

filing and hearing dispositive motions by approximately sixty (60) days. Considering that the

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Case No. C 04-03746 JF (RS)

ORDER GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND THE SCHEDULING ORDER

TO CONTINUE PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES AND SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULE

(JFLC1)

additional discovery and expert analysis of FXCM’s servers is already in process, the Court will

modify these dates only as stipulated by the parties. 

The Court will set the new case management deadlines as follows:

Old Date FXCM’s

Proposed Date

New Date

Deadline for completing review of

additional hard drives

6/22/06 6/23/06

(stipulated)

6/23/06

Deadline for new expert reports (if

necessary) limited solely to issues raised

by review of additional hard drives

6/30/06 7/5/06

(stipulated)

7/5/06

Deadline for new rebuttal expert reports (if

necessary)

7/14/06 7/19/06

(stipulated)

7/19/06

Production of documents relied upon by

expert

7/17/06 7/17/06 7/17/06

Expert discovery cut-off 8/4/06 8/4/06 8/4/06

Last day to file and serve dispositive

motions

8/18/06 8/18/06 10/13/06

Last day to hear dispositive motions 9/22/06 9/22/06 11/17/06

Last day to meet and confer re pretrial

conference

9/18/06 11/13/06 1/9/07

Last day to file Joint Pretrial Conference

Statement

10/2/06 11/27/06 1/19/07

Last day to file/serve motions in limine 10/8/06 12/4/06 1/22/07

Pretrial conference, 11:00 am 10/20/06 12/15/06 1/29/07

Trial at 1:30 pm 11/3/06 2/9/07 2/9/07

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 7, 2006

 

JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge

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Case No. C 04-03746 JF (RS)

ORDER GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND THE SCHEDULING ORDER

TO CONTINUE PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES AND SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULE

(JFLC1)

This Order has been served upon the following persons:

John P. Bovich jbovich@reedsmith.com, edorrington@reedsmith.com

Robert T. Cruzen rcruzen@howardrice.com,

Martin R. Glick mglick@howardrice.com,

Jonah D. Mitchell jmitchell@reedsmith.com, Drothschild@reedsmith.com

William R. Overend woverend@reedsmith.com, nctuttle@reedsmith.com

Frank F. Sommers, IV ffs@sommersschwartz.com, drh@sommersschwartz.com,

ahs@sommersschwartz.com

Maxim H. Waldbaum mwaldbaum@schiffhardin.com, jsanchez@schiffhardin.com 

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