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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

EPL HOLDINGS, LLC,

Plaintiff,

v.

APPLE, INC,

Defendant.

Case No. 12-cv-04306-JST 

NOTICE REGARDING TECHNOLOGY

TUTORIAL AND CLAIMS 

CONSTRUCTION HEARING

If the parties have not already done so, they are ordered to meet and confer forthwith 

regarding the format, scope and content of both the technology tutorial and the claim construction 

hearing. The topics to be addressed in their discussions include, but are not limited to, the division 

of time between the parties, the permissible subjects of discussion at each hearing, whether experts 

will testify, and what audio-visual equipment, if any, will be needed by the parties. The parties are 

further ordered to exchange copies of any audio-visual material they intend to use in court, and to 

bring any disputes regarding the format, scope, or content of the tutorial to the Court’s attention 

not later than 1:00 P.M. on January 6, and to bring any disputes regarding the claims construction 

hearing to the Court’s attention not later than 3:00 P.M. on January 8.

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The Court agrees with the parties’ proposal that EPL present the entirety of its tutorial 

presentation first, follows by Apple’s presentation. The Court will reserve no more than two-and-

 

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The Court notes that, in the September 23 claim construction and prehearing statement, the 

parties disagreed about whether Apple will call an expert witness to testify at the claims 

construction hearing, in part because of a dispute over whether EPL had adequate notice of the 

substance of the witness’s testimony. ECF No. 78. The parties subsequently stipulated to permit 

this witness to be deposed. See ECF No. 80. The Court assumes that the parties resolved their 

dispute.

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one-half hours, including a brief recess, on its calendar for the tutorial. At the claim construction 

hearing, the Court prefers that the parties each present their respective views regarding each 

disputed claim term one term at a time. The Court will reserve no more than three hours on its 

calendar for the claims construction hearing, including a brief recess. The time set for hearing 

may elapse before the parties have addressed each disputed term, and so the parties are encouraged 

to prioritize discussion of those terms whose construction is most likely to be significant to the 

disposition of this case, and to be succinct in their arguments at hearing.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 3, 2014

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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