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

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING SUN’S OPPOSITION TO SUN’S MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE CLAIM 

CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE BRIEFING AND COORDINATE RELATED DATES (L.R. 6-3) 

CASE NO. 06-CV-01988-CRB

ROBERT T. HASLAM (Bar No. 71134) 

PETER E. GRATZINGER (Bar No. 228764) 

ANUPAM SHARMA (Bar No. 229545) 

HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

275 Middlefield Road 

Menlo Park, CA 94025-3506 

Telephone: (650) 324-7000 

Facsimile: (650) 324-0638 

peter.gratzinger@hellerehrman.com 

ALAN H. BLANKENHEIMER (Bar No. 218713) 

JO DALE CAROTHERS (Bar No. 228703)

HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

4350 La Jolla Village Drive, 7th Floor 

San Diego, CA 92122-1246 

Telephone: (858) 450-8400 

Facsimile: (858) 450-8499 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant 

AZUL SYSTEMS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

AZUL SYSTEMS, INC., 

Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant, 

v. 

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC., 

Defendant and Counter-Plaintiff. 

 Case No.: 3:06-cv-01988-CRB (JCS) 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 

AZUL’S OPPOSITION TO SUN’S 

MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE CLAIM 

CONSTRUCTION BRIEFING AND 

COORDINATE RELATED DATES 

(Local Rule 6-3) 

DENYING

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING SUN’S OPPOSITION TO SUN’S MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE CLAIM 

CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE BRIEFING AND COORDINATE RELATED DATES (L.R. 6-3) 

CASE NO. 06-CV-01988-CRB

 Having considered the pleadings filed by Azul Systems, Inc., pursuant to Local Rule 

6-3, for leave to modify the case schedule, and good cause appearing therefore: 

 The Court hereby adopts the following amended schedule: 

 

Milestone Time Modification and Effect 

Sun’s Disclosure of Asserted Claims and 

Preliminary Infringement Contentions for 

the Three Patents 

January 30, 2007 (already served) 

Exchange of Proposed Claim Terms and 

Claim Elements for Construction of the 

Three 

February 16, 2007 

Exchange of Preliminary Claim 

Constructions and Preliminary 

Identification of Extrinsic Evidence for the 

Three Patents 

February 23, 2007 

Azul’s Disclosure of Preliminary Invalidity 

Contentions on the Three Patents 

March 2, 2007 

Deadline for Meet and Confer re Disputed 

Claim Terms on the Three Patents 

March 2, 2007 

Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing 

Statement on the Nine Patents, Limited to 

Two Claims and Five Terms Per Patent 

March 5, 2007 

Completion of Claim Construction 

Discovery for the Three Patents 

March 5, 2007 

Sun’s Opening Claim Construction Brief 

on the Nine Patents 

March 12, 2007 (17 days later than current 

date) 

Azul’s Responsive Claim Construction 

Brief on the Nine Patents 

March 28, 2007 (16 days later than current 

schedule) 

Sun’s Reply Claim Construction Brief on 

the Nine Patents 

April 3, 2007 (15 days later than current 

schedule) 

Claim Construction Tutorial on Nine 

Patents 

April 10, 2007 (14 days later than current 

schedule) 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING SUN’S OPPOSITION TO SUN’S MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE CLAIM 

CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE BRIEFING AND COORDINATE RELATED DATES (L.R. 6-3) 

CASE NO. 06-CV-01988-CRB

Milestone Time Modification and Effect 

Claim Construction Hearing on Nine 

Patents 

April 12, 2007 (14 days later than current 

schedule) 

Disclosure of Willfulness Opinion and 

Related Materials 

50 days after Claim construction Ruling per 

N.D. Cal. Local Rule 3-8 

Disclosure of Experts April 27, 2007 (14 days later than current 

schedule) 

Disclosure of Rebuttal Experts May 18, 2007 (14 days later than current 

schedule) 

Fact Discovery Cut-Off June 15, 2007 (14 days later than current 

schedule) 

Expert Reports (Burden of Proof) and 

Patent Law Experts 

June 29, 2007 (14 days later than current 

schedule) 

Rebuttal Expert Reports July 27, 2007 (14 days later than current 

schedule) 

Completion of Expert Depositions August 17, 2007 (14 days later than current 

schedule) 

Last Day to File Dispositive Motions September 7, 2007 (14 days later than 

current schedule) 

Hearing on Dispositive Motions (Subject to 

the Court’s Schedule) 

October 12, 2007 (14 days later than 

current schedule) 

Trial (Subject to the Court’s Schedule) December 2007 

Dated: February ___, 2007 

The Honorable Charles R. Breyer 

United States District Judge 

For the Northern District of California 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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DENIED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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