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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Copyright Infringement

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07cv0324-WQH (BLM)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ZODIAC POOL CARE, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

PENTAIR WATER POOL AND SPA,

INC.,

Defendant. 

PENTAIR WATER POOL AND SPA,

INC.,

Counterclaimant,

v.

ZODIAC POOL CARE, INC.,

Counterdefendant.

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Case No. 07cv0324-WQH (BLM)

ORDER GRANTING JOINT EX PARTE

APPLICATION AND ISSUING

REVISED CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE ORDER REGULATING

DISCOVERY AND OTHER PRETRIAL

PROCEEDINGS

[Doc. No. 64]

On October 18, 2007, the parties filed a joint application to

continue certain dates set forth in the Court’s June 13, 2007 Case

Management Conference Order Regulating Discovery and Other Pretrial

Proceedings. Doc. No. 64. Having consulted with counsel for the

parties during the motion hearing that was held on October 19, 2007 at

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9:00 a.m. to address discovery disputes, the Court finds that good cause

exists to revise the June 13, 2007 Order as follows: 

1. Preliminary Invalidity Contentions. On or before November 9,

2007, Defendants shall serve on all parties its Supplemental

"Preliminary Invalidity Contentions" which must contain the following

information:

a. The identity of each item of prior art that allegedly

anticipates each asserted claim or renders it obvious. This includes

information about any alleged knowledge or use of the invention in this

country prior to the date of invention of the patent. Each prior art

patent must be identified by its number, country of origin, and date of

issue. Each prior art publication must be identified by its title, date

of publication, and where feasible, author and publisher. Prior art

under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) must be identified by specifying the item

offered for sale or publicly used or known, the date the offer or use

took place or the information became known, and the identity of the

person or entity which made the use or which made and received the

offer, or the person or entity which made the information known or to

whom it was made known. Prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(f) must be

identified by providing the name of the person(s) from whom and the

circumstances under which the invention or any part of it was derived.

Prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(g) must be identified by providing the

identities of the person(s) or entities involved in and the

circumstances surrounding the making of the invention before the patent

applicant(s);

b. Whether each item of prior art anticipates each asserted

claim or renders it obvious. If a combination of items of prior art

makes a claim obvious, each such combination and the motivation to

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combine such items, must be identified;

c. A chart identifying where specifically in each alleged

item of prior art each element of each asserted claim is found,

including for each element that such party contends is governed by 35

U.S.C. § 112(6), the identity of the structure(s), act(s), or

material(s) in each item of prior art that performs the claimed

function;

d. Any grounds of invalidity based on indefiniteness under

35 U.S.C. § 112(2) of any of the asserted claims; and

e. Any grounds of invalidity based on lack of written

description, lack of enabling disclosure, or failure to disclose the

best mode under 35 U.S.C. § 112(1).

2. Document Production Accompanying Preliminary Invalidity

Contentions. Also on November 9, 2007, with the "Preliminary Invalidity

Contentions," the party opposing a claim of patent infringement must

produce or make available for inspection and copying:

a. Source code, specifications, schematics, flow charts,

artwork, formulas, or other documentation sufficient to show the

operation of any aspects or elements of any Accused Instrumentality

identified by the patent claimant in the "Disclosure of Asserted Claims

and Preliminary Infringement Contentions;"

b. A copy of each item of prior art identified in the

Preliminary Invalidity Contentions, which does not appear in the file

history of the patent(s) at issue. To the extent any such item is not

in English, an English translation of the portion(s) relied upon must be

produced.

3. Joint Claim Construction Chart, Worksheet, and Hearing

Statement. On or before December 21, 2007, the parties shall complete

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and file a Joint Claim Construction Chart, Joint Claim Construction

Worksheet, and Joint Hearing Statement.

a. The Joint Claim Construction Chart must have a column

listing complete language of disputed claims with the disputed terms in

bold type and separate columns for each party's proposed construction of

each disputed term. Each party's proposed construction of each disputed

claim term, phrase, or clause, must identify all references from the

specification or prosecution history that support that construction and

an identification of any extrinsic evidence known to the party on which

it intends to rely either to support its proposed construction of the

claim or to oppose any other party's proposed construction of the claim,

including, but not limited to, as permitted by law, dictionary

definitions, citations to learned treatises and prior art, and testimony

of percipient and expert witnesses.

b. The parties Joint Claim Construction Worksheet must be in

the format set forth in Appendix A and include any proposed

constructions to which the parties agree, as well as those in dispute.

The parties must jointly submit the Joint Claim Construction Worksheet

on computer disk in both Word and Wordperfect format or in such other

format as the court may direct.

c. The Joint Hearing Statement must include:

1. The anticipated length of time necessary for the

Claim Construction Hearing; and

2. Whether any party proposes to call one or more

witnesses, including experts, at the Claim Construction Hearing, the

identity of each such witness, and for each expert, a summary of each

opinion to be offered in sufficient detail to permit a meaningful

deposition of that expert.

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d. At the Court's discretion, within five (5) calendar days

of the submission of the Joint Claim Construction Chart, Joint Claim

Construction Worksheet, and Joint Hearing Statement, the Court will hold

a status conference with the parties, in person or by telephone, to

discuss the schedule, witnesses and any other matters regarding the

Claim Construction Hearing.

4. Completion of Claim Construction Discovery. The parties shall

complete all discovery, including any depositions of any witnesses,

including experts, the parties intend to use in the Claim Construction

Hearing by January 18, 2008. Fed. R. Civ. P. 30 applies to depositions,

except as to experts. An expert witness identified in a party's Joint

Hearing Statement may be deposed on claim construction issues. The

identification of said expert in the Joint Hearing Statement may be

deemed good cause for a further deposition on all substantive issues.

5. Claim Construction Briefs.

a. On or before January 18, 2008, the parties shall

simultaneously file and serve opening briefs and any evidence supporting

their claim construction.

b. On or before February 1, 2008, the parties shall

simultaneously file and serve briefs responsive to the opposing party's

opening brief and any evidence directly rebutting the supporting

evidence contained in the opposing party's opening brief.

6. Claim Construction Hearing. On February 15, 2008 at 2:00

p.m., the Honorable William Q. Hayes will conduct a Claim Construction

Hearing, to the extent that parties or the court believe a hearing is

necessary for construction of the claims at issue.

7. Final Contentions. Each party's "Preliminary Infringement

Contentions" and "Preliminary Invalidity Contentions" will be deemed to

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be that party's final contentions, except as set forth below.

a. If a party claiming patent infringement believes in good

faith that the Court's Claim Construction Ruling or a document produced

with the Preliminary Invalidity Contentions so require, not later than

thirty (30) days after service by the Court of its Claim Construction

Ruling, that party may serve "Final Infringement Contentions" without

leave of court that amend its "Preliminary Infringement Contentions."

b. Not later than fifty (50) days after service by the Court

of its Claim Construction Ruling, each party opposing a claim of patent

infringement may serve "Final Invalidity Contentions" without leave of

court that amend its "Preliminary Invalidity Contentions" if: i) a party

claiming patent infringement has served "Final Infringement

Contentions," or ii) the party opposing a claim of patent infringement

believes in good faith that the Court's Claim Construction Ruling so

requires.

8. Amendment to Contentions. Amendment or modification of the

Preliminary or Final Infringement Contentions or the Preliminary or

Final Invalidity Contentions, other than as expressly permitted in the

section above, may be made only by order of the court, which will be

entered only upon a showing of good cause.

9. Opinion of Counsel. Not later than thirty (30) days after

filing of the Claim Construction Order, each party opposing a claim of

patent infringement that will rely on an opinion must:

a. Produce or make available for inspection and copying the

opinion(s) and any other documentation relating to the opinion(s) as to

which that party agrees the attorney-client or work product protection

has been waived; and

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b. Serve a privilege log identifying any other documents,

except those authored by counsel acting solely as trial counsel,

relating to the subject matter of the opinion(s) which the party is

withholding on the grounds of attorney-client privilege or work product

protection. A party opposing a claim of patent infringement who does

not comply with this requirement will not be permitted to rely on an

opinion of counsel as part of a defense to willful infringement absent

a stipulation of all parties or by order of the court, which will be

entered only upon showing of good cause.

10. On or before April 25, 2008, all parties shall exchange with

all other parties a list of all expert witnesses expected to be called

at trial. The list shall include the name, address, and telephone

number of the expert and a brief statement identifying the subject areas

as to which the expert is expected to testify. The list shall also

include the normal rates the expert charges for deposition and trial

testimony. On or before May 16, 2008, any party may supplement its

designation in response to any other party's designation so long as that

party has not previously retained an expert to testify on that subject.

11. Each expert witness designated by a party shall prepare a

written report to be provided to all other parties no later than August

11, 2008, containing the information required by Fed. R. Civ. P.

26(a)(2)(A) and (B). Except as provided in paragraph 16 below, any

party that fails to make these disclosures shall not, absent substantial

justification, be permitted to use evidence or testimony not disclosed

at any hearing or at the time of trial. In addition, the Court may

impose sanctions as permitted by Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(c).

12. Any party, through any expert designated, shall in accordance

with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(C) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(e), supplement

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any of its expert reports regarding evidence intended solely to

contradict or rebut evidence on the same subject matter identified in an

expert report submitted by another party. Any such supplemental reports

are due on or before September 8, 2008.

13. All fact discovery shall be completed on or before July 14,

2008. All expert discovery shall be completed on or before October 6,

2008. "Completed" means that all discovery under Rules 30-36 of the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and discovery subpoenas under Rule 45,

must be initiated a sufficient period of time in advance of the cut-off

date, so that it may be completed by the cut-off date, taking into

account the times for service, notice, and response as set forth in the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Counsel shall promptly and in good faith meet and confer with

regard to all discovery disputes in compliance with Civil Local Rules

16.5(k) and 26.1(a). All discovery motions shall be filed within thirty

(30) days after counsel have met and conferred and reached an impasse

with regard to any particular discovery issue, but in no event shall

discovery motions be filed more than sixty (60) days after the date upon

which the event giving rise to the discovery dispute occurred. For oral

discovery, the event giving rise to the discovery dispute is the

completion of the transcript of the affected portion of the deposition.

For written discovery, the event giving rise to the discovery dispute is

the service of the response, or, if no response was served, the initial

date the response was due. In addition, all discovery motions must be

filed within thirty (30) days after the close of discovery.

14. All motions, other than motions to amend or join parties, or

motions in limine, shall be filed on or before October 20, 2008.

Motions will not be heard or calendared unless counsel for the moving

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party has obtained a motion hearing date from the law clerk of the judge

who will hear the motion. Be advised that the parties must file their

moving papers within three (3) days of receiving the motion hearing date

from the Court. Failure to timely request a motion date may result in

the motion not being heard. Motions will not be heard unless you have

obtained a date from the judge's law clerk.

Briefs or memoranda in support of or in opposition to any pending

motion shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages in length without

permission of the judge who will hear the motion. No reply memorandum

shall exceed ten (10) pages without leave of the judge who will hear the

motion.

15. The final pretrial conference is scheduled on the calendar of

the Honorable Hayes on December 15, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. The trial date

will be assigned by Judge Hayes at the pretrial conference.

16. The dates and times set forth herein will not be modified

except for good cause shown.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 19, 2007

BARBARA L. MAJOR

United States Magistrate Judge

COPY TO: 

HONORABLE WILLIAM Q. HAYES

U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

ALL COUNSEL

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APPENDIX A

APPROVED FORM OF

JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION WORKSHEET

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JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION WORKSHEET

PATENT CLAIM AGREED PROPOSED

CONSTRUCTION

PLAINTIFF’S

PROPOSED

CONSTRUCTION

DEFENDANT’S

PROPOSED

CONSTRUCTION

COURT’S

CONSTRUCTION

1. Claim language

as it appears in

the patent with

terms and phrases

to be construed in

bold.

Proposed

construction if

the parties

agree.

Plaintiff’s

proposed

construction

if parties

disagree.

Defendant’s

proposed

construction if

parties disagree.

Blank column

for Court to

enter its

construction.

2. Claim language

as it appears in

the patent with

terms and phrases

to be construed in

bold.

Proposed

construction if

the parties

agree.

Plaintiff’s

proposed

construction

if parties

disagree.

Defendant’s

proposed

construction if

parties disagree.

Blank column

for Court to

enter its

construction.

3. Claim language

as it appears in

the patent with

terms and phrases

to be construed in

bold.

Proposed

construction if

the parties

agree.

Plaintiff’s

proposed

construction

if parties

disagree.

Defendant’s

proposed

construction if

parties disagree.

Blank column

for Court to

enter its

construction.

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