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

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For the Northern District of California 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

SYMANTEC CORPORATION, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

RPOST HOLDINGS INC. and RPOST 

COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED, 

 Defendants. 

____________________________________/ 

No. C 14-00238 RS 

CASE MANAGEMENT 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

Pursuant to Rule 16(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the parties attended a 

Case Management Conference on May 15, 2014. After considering the Joint Case Management 

Statement submitted by the parties and consulting with the attorneys of record for the parties and 

good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. DISCOVERY. 

The parties’ stipulations concerning discovery of electronically stored information and 

limits on discovery set forth in the Joint Case Management Statement filed May 8, 2014 (Dkt. 

No. 41), are hereby incorporated by reference. As agreed to by the parties, the case will be 

governed by the Federal Circuit’s Model e-Discovery order. 

2. DISCOVERY DISPUTES. 

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Discovery disputes will be referred to a Magistrate Judge. After the parties have met and 

conferred, the parties shall prepare a joint letter of not more than 8 pages explaining the dispute. 

Up to 12 pages of attachments may be added. The joint letter must be electronically filed under 

the Civil Events category of "Motions and Related Filings >Motions--General > Discovery 

Letter Brief." The Magistrate Judge to whom the matter is assigned will advise the parties of 

how that Judge intends to proceed. The Magistrate Judge may issue a ruling, order more formal 

briefing, or set a telephone conference or a hearing. After a Magistrate Judge has been assigned, 

all further discovery matters shall be filed pursuant to that Judge’s procedures. 

3. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION AND FURTHER SCHEDULING. A technology 

tutorial shall be held on November 21, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. A Markman hearing will be held on 

December 5, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. Both proceedings will be held in Courtroom 3, 17th Floor, 

United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California. 

The case will proceed through claim construction as follows: 

Proposed Date Event 

May 6, 2014 Last day for the parties to exchange their Rule 26(a)(1) Initial 

Disclosures 

May 29, 2014 Last day for Symantec to serve Infringement Contentions and 

comply with Patent L.R. 3-1 and 3-2 

June 23, 2014 Last day for RPost Holdings and RPost Communications 

Limited to answer or otherwise respond to complaint 

June 23, 2014 Last day for RPost to serve Infringement Contentions and 

comply with Patent L.R. 3-1 and 3-2, if RPost asserts 

infringement 

July 7, 2014 Last day to amend pleadings as a matter of right 

July 7, 2014 Last day for Symantec to serve Invalidity Contentions and 

comply with Patent L.R. 3-3 and 3-4 

July 11, 2014 Last day for RPost to serve Invalidity Contentions and comply 

with Patent L.R. 3-3 and 3-4 

July 25, 2014 Last day for simultaneous exchange of proposed terms and 

claim elements for construction and comply with Patent L.R. 

4-1 for all patents-in-suit 

August 1, 2014 Last day for the parties to meet and confer regarding the 

proposed terms for all patents-in-suit 

August 15, 2014 Last day for parties to exchange Proposed Claim Constructions 

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and provide preliminary identification of extrinsic evidence 

and comply with Patent L.R. 4-2 for all patents-in-suit 

September 2, 2014 Last day for parties to meet and confer regarding narrowing 

issues and finalizing preparation of Joint Claim Construction 

and Prehearing Statement for all patents-in-suit 

September 9, 2014 Last day for parties to file Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement and comply with Patent L.R. 4-3 for all 

patents-in-suit 

October 9, 2014 Last day to take discovery relating to claim construction and 

comply with Patent L.R. 4-4 for all patents-in-suit 

October 24, 2014 Last day for Symantec to file opening claim construction brief 

and supporting evidence and comply with Patent L.R. 4-5(a) 

for ’686 patent 

October 24, 2014 Last day for RPost to file opening claim construction brief and 

supporting evidence and comply with Patent L.R. 4-5(a) for 

RPost patents-in-suit 

November 7, 2014 Last day for Symantec to file response claim construction brief 

and supporting evidence and comply with Patent L.R. 4-5(b) 

for RPost patents-in-suit 

November 7, 2014 Last day for RPost to file response claim construction brief and 

supporting evidence and comply with Patent L.R. 4-5(b) for 

’686 patent 

November 14, 2014 Last day for Symantec to file reply claim construction brief 

and rebuttal evidence and comply with Patent L.R. 4-5(c) for 

’686 patent 

November 14, 2014 Last day for RPost to file reply claim construction brief and 

rebuttal evidence and comply with Patent L.R. 4-5(c) for RPost 

patents-in-suit 

November 21, 2014 Technology Tutorial for the Court and Claim Construction 

Prehearing Conference 

December 5, 2014 Claim Construction Hearing pursuant to Patent L.R. 4-6 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 15, 2014 

 _______________________________ 

 RICHARD SEEBORG 

 United States District Judge 

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