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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE: RAH COLOR TECHNOLOGIES 

LLC PATENT LITIGATION

This Order Relates to:

ALL CASES

Case No. 18-md-02874-SI 

MDL No. 2874

PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 2

On April 4, 2019, the Court held an initial case management conference in this case. At the 

conference, the Court set the following deadlines and issued the following orders.

1. Damages Discovery: The Court stays damages discovery until further notice; however, 

the parties shall comply with Patent Local Rules 3-8 and 3-9.

2. Stay as to Defendant Eastman Kodak Co.: The Court stays the case against Eastman 

Kodak Co. (Case No. 19-cv-00982-SI) pending finalization of the settlement or until further notice. 

3. Inter Partes Review: The Court will not stay any cases based on pending IPR proceedings 

for petitions for IPR filed after 2019, absent a showing of good cause. 

4. EFI’s Second Amended Complaint: The Court GRANTS Electronics For Imaging, Inc.

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(EFI) leave to file a second amended complaint. EFI shall do so no later than April 11, 2019.

5. Answering Complaints: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberger) and Dalim

Software GmbH (Dalim) shall answer or otherwise respond to RAH’s complaints against them no 

later than April 18, 2019. RAH shall answer or otherwise respond to EFI’s second amended 

complaint no later than April 25, 2019.

6. Initial Disclosures (Fed. R. Civ. P. 26): Rule 26 initial disclosures for parties who have 

not yet exchanged disclosures, including EFI, shall be exchanged no later than April 18, 2019.

7. Infringement Contentions (Patent L.R. 3-1 and 3-2): RAH Color Technologies LLC 

(RAH) shall serve its infringement contentions on Dalim and on Heidelberger no later than April 

18, 2019. RAH shall serve its infringement contentions on EFI no later than April 25, 2019.

8. Invalidity Contentions (Patent L.R. 3-3 and 3-4): The Court denies RAH’s proposal of a 

“validity first” schedule. Heidelberger, Dalim, and EFI (if RAH counterclaims for infringement 

against EFI) each shall serve their invalidity contentions no later than June 3, 2019.

9. Advice of Counsel (Patent L.R. 3-7): The parties must comply with Patent Local 

Rule 3-7 not later than thirty days after the Court issues its claim construction ruling relating to the 

patents subject to the advice of counsel.

10. Counterparties’ Liaison: The Court appoints James Valentine, counsel for Adobe and 

Dalim, as liaison counsel for the counterparties on administrative matters. 

11. Tutorial: The Court sets a preliminary tutorial for May 23, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. If the 

parties wish to raise any additional matters for the Court’s consideration at the time of the tutorial, 

they shall file a joint statement regarding such matters no later than May 16, 2019.

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12. Claim Construction: The Court segments the claim construction process in two, as

proposed by the Counterparties in the Joint Status Report. See Dkt. No. 44 at 33, 36-40. The

Court sets the following dates: 

A. Claim Construction Segment 1 (’704, ’909, ’251, ’260, and ’340 Patents),

involving Counterparties Xerox, Heidelberger, Kodak,1and EFI.

June 18, 2019: Patent L.R. 4-1 (Exchange of Proposed Terms for Construction)

July 9, 2019: Patent L.R. 4-2 (Exchange of Preliminary Claim Construction and ‘

Extrinsic Evidence)

August 5, 2019: Patent L.R. 4-3 (Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing 

Statement)

September 4, 2019: Patent L.R. 4-4 (Completion of Claim Construction Discovery)

September 19, 2019: Patent L.R. 4-5(a) (Plaintiff’s Opening Claim Construction 

Brief)

October 10, 2019: Patent L.R. 4-5(b) (Defendant’s Responsive Brief)

October 17, 2019: Patent L.R. 4-5(c) (Plaintiff’s Reply Brief)

November 13, 2019, at 10:00 a.m.: Patent L.R. 4-6 (Claim Construction Hearing)

B. Claim Construction Segment 2 (’008, ’444, ’761, ’897, and ’870 Patents),

involving all Counterparties.

July 18, 2019: Patent L.R. 4-1 (Exchange of Proposed Terms for Construction)

August 8, 2019: Patent L.R. 4-2 (Exchange of Preliminary Claim Construction and

Extrinsic Evidence)

September 3, 2019: Patent L.R. 4-3 (Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing 

 

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If Kodak does not in fact settle with RAH.

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Statement)

October 3, 2019: Patent L.R. 4-4 (Completion of Claim Construction Discovery)

October 18, 2019: Patent L.R. 4-5(a) (Plaintiff’s Opening Claim Construction Brief)

November 8, 2019: Patent L.R. 4-5(b) (Defendant’s Responsive Brief)

November 22, 2019: Patent L.R. 4-5(c) (Plaintiff’s Reply Brief)

December 12, 2019, at 10:00 a.m.: Patent L.R. 4-6 (Claim Construction Hearing)

13. Protective Order: As set forth in Patent L.R. 2-2, “[t]he Protective Order authorized by 

the Northern District of California shall govern discovery unless the Court enters a different 

protective order. The approved Protective Order can be found on the Court’s website.” This 

includes Section 8, regarding the prosecution bar. The parties shall continue to meet and confer 

regarding whether a different protective order is appropriate and may present an agreed upon 

protective order to the Court for consideration.

14. Special Master: The Court advised that should the discovery and/or disclosure disputes 

become frequent, a special master will be appointed. RAH’s counsel represented RAH did not think 

the disputes will be numerous; thus, the Court does not appoint a special master at this time. The 

Court will revisit this ruling in the future if needed.

15. Further Case Management Conference: Set for January 23, 2020, at 10:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 8, 2019

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SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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