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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ORACLE AMERICA, INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

GOOGLE INC.,

Defendant. /

No. C 10-03561 WHA

SECOND CASE MANAGEMENT

ORDER AND REFERENCE

TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE FOR

MEDIATION/SETTLEMENT

After a case management conference, the Court enters the following order pursuant to

Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Civil Local Rule 16-10:

1. By AUGUST 6, 2015, Oracle shall file a formal motion to supplement its pleadings and

Google shall file a formal motion to preclude submitting the issue of willfulness to the

jury and to determine whether the Court should follow the ruling of Chief Judge

Hamilton in the Oracle v. SAP case. Both motions will be heard on the standard 35-day

track. The briefs on the willfulness issue should also address whether the Court, in the

exercise of its case management authority, can set a deadline for Oracle to elect statutory

vs. actual damages. 

2. By AUGUST 21, 2015, Dr. James Kearl shall provide his expert report and testimony from

the Apple v. Samsung case to counsel herein for evaluation. Any motions to disqualify

Dr. Kearl are due by SEPTEMBER 10, 2015.

3. The non-expert discovery cut-off date shall be DECEMBER 4, 2015.

4. Opening expert reports for issues on which a party has the burden of proof shall be due

DECEMBER 8, 2015.

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5. Opposition expert reports shall be due JANUARY 7, 2016.

6. The parties’ proposal (and therefore this order) made no allowance for reply reports.

7. The expert discovery cut-off date shall be JANUARY 21, 2016.

8. Dr. Kearl’s Rule 706 Report shall be due 21 CALENDAR DAYS after the last party report

on damages. His deposition shall then be within 14 CALENDAR DAYS. Any motions

directed to his report shall be due 28 CALENDAR DAYS after his report is filed. By

AUGUST 6, 2015, counsel for Dr. James Kearl shall submit advise the Court whether this

schedule will work for Dr. Kearl.

9. This matter is hereby REFERRED TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE PAUL SINGH GREWAL for

mandatory mediation/settlement.

10. The trial will be set at a later date. Due to other cases already set in 2016, the most likely

start dates will be March 28 or September 12, but counsel shall hold all dates in between

for the time being.

11. The parties should read and follow the procedures pertaining to damages reports, expert

testimony, motion practice, discovery disputes, extensions, and filing procedures detailed

in the initial Case Management Scheduling Order (Dkt. No. 56 ¶¶ 10–13, 17–21).

The Court will likely defer ruling on Google’s equitable defenses until after it has heard

the evidence at trial, given that new evidence may possibly bear on the issues of equitable

estoppel and laches. Google conceded at yesterday’s hearing that laches cannot bar an actual

damages claim brought within the three-year statute of limitations period, but argued that laches

could still bar recovery of its profits under 17 U.S.C. 504(b). The parties shall please submit

formal memoranda NOT TO EXCEED FIVE PAGES, double-spaced with no footnotes or

attachments, setting forth their positions on this issue by AUGUST 11, AT NOON.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 31, 2015. WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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