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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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For the Northern District of California

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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

PHASE FOUR INDUSTRIES, IN,

Plaintiff,

 v.

MARATHON COACH, INC.,

Defendant.

 /

No. C-04-04801-JW

SCHEDULING ORDER PATENT CASES

The Court conducted a Case Management Conference on October 31, 2005. Alan Heimlich

appeared on behalf of Phase Four and Monaco. Brenna Legaard appeared on behalf of Marathon. The

Court orders as follows: 

A. Initial Disclosures

1. No later than November 8, 2005, Marathon shall serve on all parties a Disclosure of Asserted

Claims and Preliminary Infringement Contentions and must make available for inspection and copying the

documents described in Patent L.R. 3-2.

2. No later than December 23, 2005, Phase Four and Monaco shall serve on all parties 

Preliminary Invalidity Contentions and must produce and make available for inspection and copying the

documents described in Patent L.R. 3-4.

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B. Claim Construction Proceedings

3. No later than January 9, 2006, the parties shall exchange Proposed Terms and Claim Elements

and must make available for inspection and copying the documents described in Patent L.R. 4-1.

4. No later than January 23, 2006, the parties shall exchange Preliminary Claim Constructions

and Extrinsic Evidence and must make available for inspection and copying the documents described in

Patent L.R. 4-2.

5. The Court will hold a Claim Construction Hearing on February 10, 2006 from 9 a.m. to noon. 

At the hearing the Court will consider only intrinsic evidence to interpret the disputed claims, i.e., the claims

themselves, the written description portion of the specification and the prosecution history. Pertinent

portions of the intrinsic evidence should be highlighted and indexed to the disputed claim language. No

testimony will be allowed, unless the Court orders otherwise, based upon a timely motion noticed for

hearing at least 10 days prior to the Claim Hearing by any party wishing to present testimony. In addition,

unless the Court orders otherwise, the Court Reporter will make a digital video of the proceedings. Any

party wishing a copy of the transcript or digital video may contract the Court Reporter.

6. Notwithstanding Patent L.R. 4-5, the parties shall comply with the following briefing schedule:

All Claim Construction briefs are due on January 27, 2006. 

C. Further Case Management Order

7. At the conclusion of the Claim Construction Hearing, the Court will set a date and time for a

further Case Management Conference to schedule subsequent events in the case, including due date for

Final Infringement and Invalidity Contentions. The Court will issue a separate scheduling order for trial

purposes.

D. Procedure Regarding Dispositive Motions in Patent Cases

8. Prior to filing any dispositive motion, the moving party must first advise the Court and opposing

counsel of its intention to do so by filing and serving a request for a case management conference regarding

dispositive motion(s). The request must outline the undisputed factual basis and legal basis of the proposed

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motion(s) and a proposed briefing and hearing schedule. The Court may schedule a case management

conference to establish the schedule for briefing and hearing the motion(s) in an orderly and efficient manner

or may issue an order adopting the schedule proposed by the parties.

E. Electronic Storage of Exhibits

9. This Court has available a digital and video electronic evidence presentation system. The parties

are ordered to familiarize themselves with the system, and to meet and confer about whether the case will

involve voluminous documentation. If so, as the parties identify documentary material which is likely to be

used as trial exhibits, the parties are ordered to electronically store these materials in a fashion which will

facilitate displaying them electronically during the trial. The parties are reminded that Civil L.R. 30-2(b)

requires sequential numbering of exhibits during depositions and that numbering must be maintained for

those exhibits throughout the litigation. Each proposed exhibit shall be pre-marked for identification. All

exhibits shall be marked with numerals. The parties shall meet and confer on a division which will avoid

duplication (e.g., Plaintiff: 1-99,000; Defendant #1: 100,000-299,999; Defendant #2: 300,000-

500,000).

Dated: November 2, 2005 /s/ James Ware 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Alan Heimlich alanheimlich@heimlichlaw.com

Brenna Legaard brenna@chernofflaw.com

William O. Geny bill@chernofflaw.com

Dated: November 2, 2005 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By:__/s/ JW Chambers_______________

Ronald L. Davis

Courtroom Deputy

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