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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 15:1126 Patent Infringement

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

E.DIGITAL CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

v.

NEST LABS, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 16-cv-00375-JST 

SCHEDULING ORDER

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

Procedure 16 and Civil Local Rule 16-10:

Event Deadline

Claim construction discovery cut-off September 30, 2016

Claim construction opening brief October 14, 2016

Claim construction responsive brief October 28, 2016

Claim construction reply brief November 4, 2016

Tutorial December 5, 2016 at 

2:00 p.m.

Claim construction hearing December 12, 2016 

at 1:30 p.m.

The Court also adopts the additional deadlines set forth in the parties’ Joint Case 

Management Statement, ECF No. 25-1. 

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Counsel may not modify these dates without leave of court. The parties shall comply with 

the Court’s standing orders, which are available at cand.uscourts.gov/jstorders.

The parties shall meet and confer regarding the format, scope, and content of both the 

tutorial and the claim construction hearing, including but not limited to the permissible subjects of 

discussion at each, whether experts will testify, and what audio-visual equipment, if any, will be 

needed by the parties. They also shall exchange copies of any audio-visual material at least ten 

court days before they intend to use it in court, and shall bring any disputes regarding the format, 

scope, or content of any tutorial or hearing to the Court’s attention at least five court days before 

the tutorial or hearing. The Court will deem as waived any objection raised less than five court 

days before the tutorial or hearing. The parties shall lodge hard copies of their presentation 

materials with the Court on the day of the tutorial or claim construction hearing.

The Court will reserve no more than two hours on its calendar for the tutorial, including a 

brief recess. The tutorial will not be reported by a court reporter.

At claim construction, the Court will construe only the terms the parties identify in their 

Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement as “most significant to the resolution of the 

case up to a maximum of 10.” Patent Local Rule 4-3(c). The Court will reserve no more than on 

two-and-one-half hours its calendar for the claim construction hearing, including a brief recess. 

The Court prefers that the parties proceed term-by-term, with each party providing its views on 

each term before moving on to the next. The Court’s use of time limits means that the parties may 

not have the opportunity to present oral argument on every term they have submitted for 

construction, and the parties should prioritize their presentations accordingly.

The parties must take all necessary steps to conduct discovery, compel discovery, hire 

counsel, retain experts, and manage their calendars so that they can complete discovery in a timely 

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manner and appear on the noticed and scheduled dates. All counsel must arrange their calendars 

to accommodate these dates, or arrange to substitute or associate in counsel who can. 

Dated: May 4, 2016

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JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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