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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 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

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ZiLOG, Inc.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

Quicklogic Corporation,

Defendant. /

No. C-03-03725 JW 

PATENT SCHEDULING ORDER 

The Court conducted a Case Management Conference on September 11, 2006. Present

were Albert Bedecarre of Quinn Emanuel for ZiLOG, and G. Hopkins Guy III of Orrick for

QuickLogic. The Court orders as follows: 

A. Initial Disclosures

1. No later than September 21, 2006, ZiLOG must 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 November 6, 2006, QuickLogic 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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3. No later than 30 days after the Court issues its Claim Construction Ruling, ZiLOG must

serve on all parties its Final Infringement Contentions pursuant to Patent L.R. 3-6(a).

4. No later than 20 days after service of the Final Infringement Contentions, QuickLogic

must serve on all parties Final Invalidity Contentions pursuant to Patent L.R. 3-6(b).

B. Claim Construction Proceedings

5. No later than November 16, 2006, all parties must serve on all other parties Proposed

Terms and Claim Elements for Construction pursuant to Patent L.R. 4-1.

6. No later than December 6, 2006, all parties must serve on all other parties Preliminary

Claim Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence pursuant to Patent L.R. 4-2.

7. No later than January 6, 2006, the parties must file a Joint Claim Construction Statement

and Prehearing Statement pursuant to Patent L.R. 4-3. The statement shall be presented in the

following chart format:

Disputed Term Plaintiff’s Proposed

Construction

Defendant’s Proposed

Construction

The parties shall express their proposed construction in a manner suitable for incorporation into a

jury instruction. 

8. Pursuant to Patent L.R. 4-4, all discovery, including depositions of expert witnesses,

relating to claim construction must be completed by February 6, 2007.

9. The Court will hold a Claim Construction Hearing on February 9, 2007 from 9 AM to 12

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.

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

schedule:

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a. Opening Brief: ZiLOG must serve and file its opening brief and supporting

evidence on or before January 4, 2007. Accompanying the brief must be a proposed jury

instruction which incorporates the language which the party contends should be adopted in

construing the claims.

b. Responsive Brief: QuickLogic must serve and file its responsive brief and

supporting evidence on or before January 19, 2007. Accompanying the brief must be a

proposed jury instruction which incorporates the language which the party contends should

be adopted in construing the claims.

c. Reply Brief: ZiLOG must serve and file any reply brief and supporting

evidence on or before January 26, 2007.

C. Further Case Management Order

11. 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. 

D. Procedure Regarding Dispositive Motions in Patent Cases

12. 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 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

13. 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

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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: September 14, 2006 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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

Albert P. Bedecarre albedecarre@quinnemanuel.com

David Eiseman davideiseman@quinnemanuel.com

David A. Perlson davidperlson@quinnemanuel.com

Emily Christina O'Brien emilyobrien@quinnemanuel.com

George Hopkins Guy hopguy@orrick.com

Monte M.F. Cooper mcooper@orrick.com

Dated: September 14, 2006 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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