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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

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD W. BERGER, ET AL., No. C-05-2523 CRB (JCS)

Plaintiff(s),

NOTICE OF REFERENCE;

v. ORDER TO MEET AND CONFER

 ROSSIGNOL SKI COMPANY, ET AL.,

Defendant(s).

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TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

The above matter has been referred to Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero for resolution of

Defendant’s Motion to Compel Plaintiffs to Fully Respond to Rossignol’s Interrogatories Nos. 1-13

and Request for Production Nos. 1-25 (the “Motion”) and all future discovery matters.

It appears that counsel have not made adequate efforts resolve this matter without the need

for Court intervention. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that no later than ten (10) days

from the date of this Order, lead trial counsel for Plaintiffs and lead trial counsel for Defendant shall

meet and confer in person regarding the subject matter of the Motion in an effort to resolve the

matter(s). Counsel shall provide a detailed Joint Letter to the Court no later than March 20,

2006. This Joint Letter shall include a description of every issue in dispute and, with respect to each

such issue, a detailed summary of each party’s final substantive position and its final proposed

compromise on each issue. After reviewing the Joint Letter, the Court will determine what

additional briefing and/or hearings, if any, are necessary.

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In addition, the Court hereby ORDERS that no further motions to compel be filed unless

counsel have complied with this Court’s rules regarding in-person, meet-and-confer procedures, as

described below.

LAW AND MOTION HEARING PROCEDURES

Civil law and motion is heard on Friday mornings, at 9:30 a.m., Courtroom A, 15th Floor, 

United States District Court, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94102.

Motions to compel may be noticed without reserving a hearing date, subject to the Court's

availability. 

In the event of an emergency during a discovery event, the parties may contact the Court

directly and request a telephonic hearing.

With respect to all other future motions to compel, the following procedures apply:

1) In the event that any party believes that there is a legitimate discovery dispute at

which meet-and-confer efforts have failed (whether by telephone, letter, or meeting of

counsel other than lead trial counsel), that party shall request an in-person, meet-andconfer session attended by lead trial counsel for each side. Upon request, such a

meeting shall occur within ten (10) business days.

2) The location of the meet-and-confer sessions shall alternate. The first meet-andconfer session, as set forth above, will be at the offices of counsel for Defendant. If

new discovery disputes arise and another meet-and-confer session of lead trial

counsel is requested, that meet-and-confer session shall occur at the office of counsel

for Plaintiffs. (If there are any further disputes, the location of the meet-and-confer

sessions will alternate.) Within five (5) business days of the lead trial counsels’

meet-and-confer session, the parties will provide a detailed Joint Letter to the Court

that must include a description of every issue in dispute, and with respect to each

such issue, a detailed summary of each party’s final substantive position and their

final proposed compromise on each issue. The Court will then determine what

additional briefing and/or hearings are necessary.

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Any party seeking an award of attorney’s fees or other expenses in connection with this

motion shall file a motion in accordance with Civil Local Rule 37-1(e). 

A party or counsel has a continuing duty to supplement the initial disclosure when required

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(e)(1).

Law and motion matters may be submitted without argument upon stipulation of the parties

and notification of the Court no later than 4:30 p.m. the day before the hearing. Pursuant to Civil

L. R. 7-7(e), filed motions may be withdrawn without leave of the Court, within seven (7) days of

the date for service of the opposition. Thereafter, leave of the Court must be sought.

COURTESY COPIES

All documents shall be filed in compliance with the Civil Local Rules. Documents not filed

in compliance with those rules will not be considered by the Court.

BEFORE NOON ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING THE ELECTRONIC

FILING, THE PARTIES ARE REQUIRED TO LODGE DIRECTLY WITH CHAMBERS ONE

PAPER COPY OF EACH DOCUMENT, WHICH IS TO BE DESIGNATED "JCS’S CHAMBERS'

COPY." All filings of documents relating to motions referred to Magistrate Judge Spero shall list

the civil case number and the district court judge’s initials followed by the designation “(JCS)”.

The failure of counsel or a party to abide by this Order may result in sanctions pursuant to

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(f).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 10, 2006 

JOSEPH C. SPERO

United States Magistrate Judge

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