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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:501 Copyright Infringement

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING 

CORPORATION, ET AL., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 18-cv-01553-YGR 

CASE MANAGEMENT AND 

PRETRIAL ORDER 

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

The Court hereby sets the following trial and pretrial dates: 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: Monday, May 13, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. 

REFERRED TO ADR FOR PRIVATE MEDIATION TO BE 

COMPLETED BY: January 15, 2019 

LAST DAY TO JOIN PARTIES OR AMEND PLEADINGS: Only with Court Approval 

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: April 1, 2019 

DISCLOSURE OF EXPERT REPORTS: 

ALL EXPERTS, RETAINED AND NON-RETAINED 

MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN REPORTS COMPLIANT 

WITH FRCP 26(A)(2)(B): 

Opening: May 1, 2019 

Rebuttal: June 1, 2019 

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: June 21, 2019 

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS1 / DAUBERT MOTIONS TO BE 

HEARD: September 3, 2019 [filed by 7/30/19] 

COMPLIANCE HEARING (SEE PAGE 2) Monday, November 25, 2019 at 9:01 a.m. 

JOINT PRETRIAL CONFERENCE STATEMENT: December 6, 2019 

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Friday, December 20, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. 

 1 See Standing Order regarding Pre-filing Conference Requirements for Motions for 

Summary Judgment. 

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TRIAL DATE AND LENGTH: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. for 

(Jury Trial) 

Pursuant to the Court’s Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases at Section 2, trial counsel shall 

meet and confer in advance of the Pretrial Conference. The compliance hearing on Monday, 

November 25, 2019 at 9:01 a.m. is intended to confirm that counsel have reviewed the Court’s 

Pretrial Setting Instructions and are in compliance therewith. The compliance hearing shall be 

held in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in Courtroom 1. Five (5) 

business days prior to the date of the compliance hearing, the parties shall file a one-page JOINT 

STATEMENT confirming they have complied with this requirement or explaining their failure to 

comply. If compliance is complete, the parties need not appear and the compliance hearing will be 

taken off calendar. Telephonic appearances will be allowed if the parties have submitted a joint 

statement in a timely fashion. Failure to do so may result in sanctions. 

 As set forth above, the parties are REFERRED to private mediation. A compliance 

hearing shall be held on Friday, August 24, 2018 on the Court’s 9:01a.m. calendar, in the Federal 

Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in Courtroom 1. By August 17 2018, the 

parties shall file either a JOINT NOTICE, providing the Court with the name of an agreed-upon 

mediator and mediation date, or a one-page JOINT STATEMENT setting forth an explanation for 

their failure to comply. If compliance is complete, the parties need not appear and the compliance 

hearing will be taken off calendar. Telephonic appearances will be allowed if the parties have 

submitted a joint statement in a timely fashion. 

 The parties must comply with both the Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases and Standing 

Order for Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases for additional deadlines and procedures. All 

Standing Orders are available on the Court’s website at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/ygrorders. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 18, 2018 

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

United States District Judge 

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