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

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENU, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

BELKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-01429-JD 

AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER

The Court sets the following case management deadlines pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 16 and Civil Local Rule 16-10. The parties are advised to review and comply with the 

Court’s Standing Order for Civil Cases, Standing Order for Discovery in Civil Cases, and 

Standing Order for Civil Jury Trials. This order supersedes the prior scheduling order (Dkt. 

No. 66) issued in Kenu v. BHH LLC et al., Case No. 14-cv-04327-JD.

Event Deadline

Plaintiff Serves and Files Opening Claim Construction Brief 

and Any Supporting Evidence [Patent L.R. 4-5]

November 29, 2016

Defendant Serves and Files Responsive Claim Construction 

Brief and Any Supporting Evidence [Patent L.R. 4-5]

December 13, 2016

Plaintiff Serves and Files Any Reply Brief and Any Evidence 

Directly Rebutting the Supporting Evidence Contained in 

Defendant’s Responsive Claim Construction Brief [Patent L.R. 

4-5]

December 20, 2016

Parties’ Amended, Final Joint Claim Construction Statement if 

there has been any change in the parties’ claim construction 

positions [Standing Order for Patent Cases Before Judge James 

Donato ¶ 6 (June 20, 2014)]

December 20, 2016

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Event Deadline

Counsel Exchange Exhibits Re: Claim Construction Hearing 

[Standing Order for Patent Cases Before Judge James Donato 

¶ 12 (June 20, 2014)]

48 hours before Claim 

Construction Hearing

Claim Construction Hearing [Patent L.R. 4-6; Standing Order 

for Patent Cases Before Judge James Donato ¶¶ 10, 13 (June 

20, 2014)]

January 19, 2017 at 3 p.m.

Close of Fact Discovery February 22, 2017

Exchange of Expert Reports (From Party Having Burden of 

Proof)

March 15, 2017

Rebuttal of Expert Reports April 5, 2017

Close of Expert Discovery April 26, 2017

Deadline for filing dispositive motions, including Daubert 

motions

May 18, 2017

Pretrial Conference

September 14, 2017 at 

1:30 p.m.

Trial October 2, 2017

All dates set by the Court should be regarded as firm. Counsel may not modify these dates 

by stipulation without leave of court. Requests for continuances are disfavored, and scheduling 

conflicts that are created subsequent to the date of this order by any party, counsel or partycontrolled expert or witness will not be considered good cause for a continuance. Sanctions may 

issue for a failure to follow a scheduling or other pretrial order. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(f)(1)(C).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 8, 2016 

______________________________________

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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