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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND SCHEDULE 1 Case No. 3:14- 00238 VC

FENWICK 

&

WEST LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO 

MICHAEL J. SACKSTEDER (CSB No. 191605)

msacksteder@fenwick.com 

DAVID D. SCHUMANN (CSB No. 22936) 

dschumann@fenwick.com 

LAUREN E. WHITTEMORE (CSB No. 255432) 

lwhittemore@fenwick.com 

FENWICK & WEST LLP 

555 California Street, 12th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415.875.2300 

Facsimile: 415.281.1350 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SYMANTEC CORPORATION 

LEWIS EMERY HUDNELL, III

lewis@hudnelllaw.com 

HUDNELL LAW GROUP P.C. 

375 Park Avenue, Suite 2607 

New York, NY 10152 

Telephone: (347) 855-4772 

Facsimile: (347) 772-3034 

Attorneys for Defendants 

RPOST HOLDINGS, INC. AND 

RPOST COMMUNICATIONS 

LIMITED 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO COURTHOUSE 

SYMANTEC CORPORATION,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

RPOST HOLDINGS INC. and RPOST 

COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED, 

 Defendants.

Case No.: 3:14- 00238 VC 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO EXTEND SCHEDULE

Plaintiff Symantec Corporation and Defendants RPost Holdings Inc. and RPost 

Communications Limited (collectively “RPost”) hereby stipulate and agree, subject to the Court’s 

availability and approval, as follows: 

WHEREAS, on June 11, 2014, this Court issued an order reassigning this case to Judge 

Chhabria and relating it to case no 13-cv-05227. 

WHEREAS, the parties’ prior scheduling order includes a claim construction briefing 

schedule prior to dispositive motions. 

WHEREAS, this Court’s June 3, 2014 Standing Order indicates that the Court will only 

conduct claim construction in conjunction with a dispositive motion. 

AS MODIFIED

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND SCHEDUILE 2 Case No. 3:14- 00238 VC

FENWICK 

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WEST LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO 

WHEREAS, defendants RPost Holdings Inc. and RPost Communications Limited 

(collectively, “RPost”) had not yet asserted infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,504,628, 

8,468,199, 8,209,389, 8,224,913 and 7,966,372 (“the RPost patents”) at the time the parties 

provided the prior scheduling order to Judge Seeborg. 

WHEREAS, RPost filed an answer on June 23, 2014 which asserts counterclaims of 

infringement of the RPost patents. 

WHEREAS, the parties have conferred and RPost seeks to extend the time to serve 

infringement contentions by one week until June 30, 2014 while Symantec seeks to extend the 

time to serve invalidity contentions to the full 45 days permitted under the Patent Local Rules. 

WHEREAS, the following proposed schedule generally follows the schedules set out in 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Local Rules of this Court, the Patent Local Rules and 

this Court’s standing orders. The parties have exchanged initial disclosures and RPost filed its 

answer to Symantec’s First Amended Complaint on June 23, 2014. 

WHEREFOR, the parties hereby stipulate to the following schedule, subject to the Court’s 

availability and approval: 

Proposed Date Current Date Event 

n/a May 29, 2014 Last day for Symantec to serve Infringement Contentions 

and comply with Patent L.R. 3-1 and 3-2 for U.S. Patent No. 

6,442,686 (“’686 patent”)

June 30, 2014 June 23, 2014 Last day for RPost to serve Infringement Contentions and 

comply with Patent L.R. 3-1 and 3-2 for U.S. Patent Nos. 

8,504,628, 8,468,199, 8,209,389, 8,224,913 and 7,966,372 

(“the RPost patents”)

July 11, 2014 

(45 days after 

Patent L.R. 3-1 

and 3-2 

disclosures)

July 11, 2014 Last day for RPost to serve Invalidity Contentions and 

comply with Patent L.R. 3-3 and 3-4 for the ’686 patent 

August 14, 2014 

(45 days after 

Patent L.R. 3-1 

and 3-2 

disclosures)

July 7, 2014 Last day for Symantec to serve Invalidity Contentions and 

comply with Patent L.R. 3-3 and 3-4 for the RPost patents 

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND SCHEDUILE 3 Case No. 3:14- 00238 VC

FENWICK 

&

WEST LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO 

August 28, 2014 

(14 days after 

Symantec’s 

Patent L.R. 3-3 

and 3-4 

disclosures and 

48 days after 

RPost’s Patent 

L.R. 3-3 and 3-4 

disclosures)

August 15, 2014 Last day for simultaneous exchange of proposed terms and 

claim elements for construction and comply with Patent L.R. 

4-1 for all patents 

September 4, 

2014 

(7 days after 

Patent L.R. 4-1 

disclosures)

August 1, 2014 Last day for the parties to meet and confer regarding the 

proposed terms for all patents 

September 18, 

2014 

(14 days after the 

deadline to meet 

and confer 

regarding 

proposed terms)

August 15, 2014 Last day for parties to exchange Proposed Claim 

Constructions and provide preliminary identification of 

extrinsic evidence and comply with Patent L.R. 4-2 for all 

patents 

September 25, 

2014 

(7 days after 

Patent L.R. 4-2 

disclosures)

September 2, 

2014 

Last day for parties to meet and confer regarding narrowing 

issues and finalizing preparation of Joint Claim Construction 

and Prehearing Statement for all patents 

October 9, 2014, 

2014 

(14 days after 

parties meet and 

confer regarding 

narrowing issues 

and finalizing 

Joint Claim 

Construction and 

Prehearing 

Statement)

September 9, 

2014 

Last day for parties to file Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement and comply with Patent L.R. 4-3 for all 

patents 

December 8, 

2014 

(60 days after 

Patent L.R. 4-3 

Joint Claim 

Construction 

Chart)

October 9, 2014 Last day to take discovery relating to claim construction and 

comply with Patent L.R. 4-4 for all patents 

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND SCHEDUILE 4 Case No. 3:14- 00238 VC

FENWICK 

&

WEST LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO 

January 7, 2015 

(30 days after last 

day to take 

discovery 

relating to claim 

construction and 

comply with 

Patent L.R. 4-4)

n/a Last day to identify expert witnesses for all patents 

March 6, 2015 

(58 days after last 

day to identify 

expert witnesses)

March 6, 2015 Close of Fact Discovery for all patents (except for discovery 

under Patent L.R. 3-7) 

April 15, 2015 

(40 days after 

close of fact 

discovery)

n/a Parties with the burden of proof designate expert

witnesses (non-claim construction issues) and serve 

expert reports for all patents 

May 15, 2015 

(30 days after 

service of initial 

expert reports)

n/a Parties designate rebuttal expert witnesses (non-claim

construction issues) and serve rebuttal expert reports for all 

patents 

June 15, 2015 

(31 days after 

service of initial 

expert reports)

n/a Close of Expert Discovery (except for discovery under

Patent L.R. 3-6(a)) for all patents 

July 15, 2015 

(30 days after 

close of expert 

discovery)

October 24, 2014Last day for parties to file opening claim construction brief 

and supporting evidence and comply with Patent L.R. 4-5(a) 

and for parties to file dispositive motions for all patents 

August 5, 2015

(21 days after 

service of claim 

construction and 

dispositive 

motion briefs)

November 7, 

2014 Last day for parties to file response claim construction brief 

and supporting evidence and comply with Patent L.R. 4-5(b) 

and for parties to file oppositions to dispositive motions for 

all patents 

August 19, 2015 

(14 days after 

service of 

responsive 

claim 

construction brief 

and 

oppositions to 

dispositive 

motions)

November 14, 

2014 Last day for parties to file reply claim construction brief and 

rebuttal evidence and comply with Patent L.R. 4-5(c) and for 

parties to file reply briefs in support of dispositive motions 

for all patents 

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND SCHEDUILE 5 Case No. 3:14- 00238 VC

FENWICK 

&

WEST LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO 

September 2, 

2015 

(14 days after 

filing of claim 

construction and 

summary 

judgment 

reply briefs or to 

be determined 

based upon the 

Court’s 

availability) 

November 21, 

2014 

Technology Tutorial for the Court and Claim

Construction Prehearing Conference for all patents 

September 16, 

2015 

(14 days after 

Technology 

Tutorial or 

to be determined 

based upon the 

Court’s 

availability) 

December 5, 

2014 

Claim Construction Hearing pursuant to Patent L.R. 4-6

and hearing regarding dispositive motions for all patents 

To be determined 

by the Court (30 

days after claim 

construction 

order)

n/a Last day to amend contentions under Patent L.R. 3-6(a)for 

all patents 

To be determined 

by the Court (60 

days after claim 

construction 

order)

n/a Last day to make advice of counsel disclosures pursuant

to Patent L.R. 3-7 for all patents 

To be 

determined by 

the Court (90 

days after claim 

construction 

order)

n/a Close of discovery under Patent L.R. 3-7 and Expert

Discovery under Patent L.R. 3-6(a)for all patents 

To be determined 

by the Court 

n/a Final Pretrial Conference and hearing on motions in

Limine

To be determined 

by the Court 

n/a Trial

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

November 25, 

2014

December 9, 

2014

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND SCHEDUILE 6 Case No. 3:14- 00238 VC

FENWICK 

&

WEST LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO 

Dated: June 25, 2014 FENWICK & WEST LLP

By: /s/ Michael J. Sacksteder 

Michael J. Sacksteder 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Symantec Corporation 

Dated: June 25, 2014 HUDNELL LAW GROUP 

By: /s/ Lewis E. Hudnell, III 

Lewis E. Hudnell, III 

Attorneys for Defendants 

RPost Holdings, Inc. and 

RPost Communications Limited 

ATTORNEY ATTESTATION 

I, Michael J. Sacksteder, attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been 

obtained from any signatories indicated by a “conformed” signature (/s/) within this e-filed 

document. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that 

the foregoing is true and correct. 

Dated: June 25, 2014 FENWICK & WEST LLP 

By: /s/ Michael J. Sacksteder 

Michael J. Sacksteder 

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND SCHEDULE 7 Case No. 3:14- 00238 VC

FENWICK 

&

WEST LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO 

ORDER ON THE FOREGOING STIPULATION 

The Court, having reviewed the above stipulation and finding good cause therefor, renders 

this stipulation a binding ORDER of this Court. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: __________________ __________________________________ 

 Honorable Vince Chhabria 

United States District Judge 

Northern District of California 

June 27, 2014

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Vince Chhabria

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