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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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ORDER, page 1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ELANTECH DEVICES CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

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SYNAPTICS, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: C 06-1839 PVT

FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE ORDER

On June 24, 2008, the parties appeared before Magistrate Judge Patricia V. Trumbull for a

Case Management Conference. Based on the parties’ Joint Case Management Statement, and the

discussions held at the Case Management Conference, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the court adopts the parties’ statement of disputed factual

and legal issues as set forth in the Joint Case Management Statement filed herein on June 17, 2008

(at docket no. 354).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following modifications are made to the presumptive

limits on discovery set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure:

1. The limit set by Rule 30(d)(2) for the duration of a deposition to a single day of seven

(7) hours, absent a court order or stipulation, shall be modified to permit Elantech and

Synaptics each to take a total of 100 hours of deposition testimony, up to 35 hours of

which may consist of testimony taken pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6). This limit on

deposition testimony shall not apply to depositions of expert witnesses identified by

each party pursuant to Rule 26(b).

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This is the last date for hearing dispositive motions. Any such motions must be noticed 1

in compliance with Civil Local Rule 7-2(a).

In light of the fact a significant portion of this case is on appeal to the Federal Circuit,

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the court finds it appropriate to schedule a trial setting conference rather than setting a specific trial date

at this time.

ORDER, page 2

2. The limit set by Rule 33 on the number of interrogatories that may be propounded

shall be modified to permit a total of 45 interrogatories to be propounded by each

party.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the prior referral of discovery to Magistrate Judge Spero is

deemed vacated as of the date this case was transferred to Magistrate Judge Trumbull.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties are referred to the court’s mediation program. 

The parties shall promptly contact the court’s ADR department to make the appropriate

arrangements. If the parties wish, they may by mutual agreement opt for private mediation. In either

event, the mediation must be completed no later than September 26, 2008.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to the parties’ agreement, the court hereby

bifurcates discovery and trial on damages until after the trial on liability issues. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following schedule shall apply to this case:

PHASE 1 – LIABILITY

Fact Discovery Cutoff. ................................................ 10/31/08

Designation of Experts with Reports. ..................................... 11/21/08

Designation of Rebuttal Experts with Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/12/08

Expert Discovery Cutoff. ...................................... 1/9/09

Deadline(s) for Filing Discovery Motions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See Civil Local Rule 26-2

Last Day for Dispositive Motion Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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10:00 a.m. on 2/24/09

Trial Setting Conference ..............................

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2:00 p.m. on 3/17/09

PHASE 2 – DAMAGES

Further Case Management Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00 p.m. on 6/2/09

Dated: 6/26/08

 

PATRICIA V. TRUMBULL

United States Magistrate Judge

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