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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Trademark

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC,

Plaintiff,

 v.

ABBYY SOFTWARE HOUSE, ET AL., 

Defendants.

AND ALL RELATED CASES.

 /

No. C 08-02912 JSW

ORDER RE PRIOR ART

REFERENCES AND CASE

MANAGEMENT

On July 2, 2010, during the case management conference, this Court entered an order

requiring Defendants to identify no more than 20 prior art references prior to claim

construction. Since the time of that order, the Court has received three letters from the parties

contesting that ruling. The Court has reviewed the parties’ joint case management statement,

heard the oral argument, and reviewed the submitted letters. For the reasons set forth during the

case management conference, the Court maintains the current schedule. The parties must meet

and confer to arrive a mutually-agreeably schedule by no later than July 16, 2010, which shall

include the date for Defendants to provide their best prior art references prior to the Markman

process. To the extent this Court’s claim construction order provides good cause, Defendants

shall be permitted to exchange prior art terms, while presumptively maintaining the same

number of overall terms at issue. 

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United States District Court

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To the extent the parties encounter difficult with determining precise interim dates and

deadlines in the claim construction process, including the deadline for Defendants to submit

their designated prior art references, the Court refers the parties to the Special Master for

assistance.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 9, 2010 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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