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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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ORDER, page 1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ZINUS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

SIMMONS BEDDING CO and

DREAMWELL LTD,

Defendants. __________________________________

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Case No.: C07-3012 PVT

CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE ORDER

On December 11, 2007, the parties appeared before Magistrate Judge Patricia V.

Trumbull for a Case Management Conference. Based on the parties’ Joint Case Management

Statement, and the discussions held at the Case Management Conference, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the court adopts the parties’ statement of disputed

factual and legal issues as set forth in the Case Management Conference Statement.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the deadline for joinder of any additional parties, or

other amendments to the pleadings, is sixty days after entry of this order.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the presumptive limits on discovery set forth in the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply in this case.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties have previously been ordered to participate

in a judicial settlement conference and have participated in a settlement conference in front of

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 1 A copy of Judge Trumbull’s standing order is also available on the court’s

website at www.cand.uscourts.gov by clicking first on the “Judges” button, then on Judge

Trumbull’s name, then on the “Magistrate Judge Trumbull's Standing Orders” link, and finally

on the bullet for “Mag Judge Trumbull's General Order for all purposes (01/5/06).”

ORDER, page 2

Judge Lloyd. The parties shall follow up with Judge Lloyd in setting a further settlement

conference as needed.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following schedule shall apply to this case:

Preliminary Infringement Contentions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 4, 2008

Preliminary Invalidity Contentions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 20, 2008

Exchange of Proposed Terms and Claim Elements for Construction . . . . . March 3, 2008

Exchange of Preliminary Claim Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence . March 17, 2008

Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 11, 2008 

Close of Claim Construction Discovery including Experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 12, 2008

Claim Construction Prehearing Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 20, 2008

Dreamwell’s Opening Claim Construction Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 26, 2008

Zinus’ Responsive Claim Construction Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 9, 2008

Dreamwell’s Reply Claim Construction Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 16, 2008

Claim Construction Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 8, 2008

Trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Zinus is granted leave to file a motion for

reconsideration of the Order denying Zinus’ Motion for Summary Judgment of NonInfringement.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties shall comply with the Standing Order for

Civil Practice in Cases Assigned for All Purposes to Magistrate Judge Patricia V. Trumbull (rev.

1/5/06), a copy of which is available from the clerk of the court,1

 with regard to the timing and

content of the Joint Pretrial Statement, and all other pretrial submissions.

Dated: December 12, 2007

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PATRICIA V. TRUMBULL

United States Magistrate Judge 

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