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

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JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER 

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Michael Liu Su (Cal. Bar No. 300590) 

michael.liu.su@finnegan.com 

FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, 

 GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP 

3300 Hillview Avenue 

Palo Alto, CA 94304 

Telephone: (650) 849-6600 

Facsimile: (650) 849-6666 

Lionel M. Lavenue (pro hac vice) 

lionel.lavenue@finnegan.com 

Bradford C. Schulz (pro hac vice) 

bradford.schulz@finnegan.com 

FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, 

 GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP 

Two Freedom Square 

11955 Freedom Drive 

Reston, VA 20190 

Telephone: (571) 203-2700 

Facsimile: (202) 408-4400 

Samhitha M. Medatia (pro hac vice) 

Samhitha.medatia@finnegan.com 

FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, 

 GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP 

271 17th Street, NW 

Suite 1400 

Atlanta, GA 30363 

Telephone: (404) 653-6400 

Facsimile: (202) 408-4400 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ZTE (USA) Inc. 

Peter Lambrianakos (pro hac vice) 

plambrianakos@brownrudnick.com 

Vincent J. Rubino, III (pro hac vice) 

vrubino@brownrudnick.com 

Alfred R. Fabricant (pro hac vice) 

afabricant@brownrudnick.com 

BROWN RUDNICK LLP 

Alessandra C. Messing (pro hac vice) 

amessing@brownrudnick.com 

7 Times Square 

New York, NY 10036 

Telephone: (212) 209-4800 

Facsimile: (212) 209-4801 

Sarah G. Hartman (Cal. Bar No. 281751) 

shartman@brownrudnick.com 

Arjun Sivakumar (Cal. Bar No. 297787) 

asivakumar@brownrudnick.com 

BROWN RUDNICK LLP 

2211 Michelson Drive, Seventh Floor 

Irvine, California 92612 

Telephone: (949) 752-7100 

Facsimile: (949) 252-1514 

Attorneys for Defendant AGIS SOFTWARE 

DEVELOPMENT LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

ZTE (USA) INC., 

Plaintiff(s),

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AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC, 

Defendant(s).

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Case Number: 4:18-cv-06185-HSG 

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

ORDER TO AMEND 

SCHEDULING ORDER (DKT. 102)

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO AMEND SCHEDULING 

ORDER 

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b), Civil Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12, and 

the Court’s Scheduling Order (Dkt. 102), Plaintiff ZTE (USA) Inc. (“ZTE”) and Defendant 

AGIS Software Development LLC (“AGIS Software”) (collectively, the “Parties”), hereby 

stipulate and agree as follows: 

WHEREAS, on April 15, 2019, the Court signed and entered an amended Scheduling 

Order (Dkt. 63), which modified the initial Scheduling Order (Dkt. 25); 

WHEREAS, on May 17, 2019, to allow the Parties time to confer regarding the Parties’ 

discovery disputes, the Court granted the Parties’ request to extend the deadline for Plaintiff’s 

Invalidity Contentions and Production from May 20, 2019 to June 3, 2019, and extend the 

Parties’ Exchange of Proposed Claim terms from June 3, 2019 to June 10, 2019 (Dkt. 73); 

WHEREAS, on June 21, 2019, to allow the Parties sufficient time to resolve their 

discovery disputes as agreed during the June 14, 2019 conference, the Court signed and entered 

an amended Scheduling Order (Dkt. 92), which modified the previous Scheduling Order (Dkt. 

73); 

WHEREAS, on August 12, 2019, to allow the Parties additional time to confer regarding 

the on-going discovery disputes and the Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement; the 

Court signed and entered an amended Scheduling Order (Dkt. 99), which modified the previous 

Scheduling Order (Dkt. 92); 

WHEREAS, on August 15, 2019, the Parties met and conferred in-person, pursuant to 

ZTE’s request and Magistrate Judge Spero’s Standing Order and Dkt. 81. The Parties further 

agreed that AGIS Software would serve amended Infringement Contentions to reflect the Parties’ 

agreements by September 3, 2019, and that ZTE would serve amended Invalidity Contentions 

within 21 days of receipt of AGIS Software’s amended Infringement Contentions, by September 

24, 2019. See Dkt. 101. 

WHEREAS, on September 4, 2019, the Parties agreed to extend the September 3, 2019 

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and September 24, 2019 deadlines by one week for serving the respective amended Infringement 

Contentions and amended Invalidity Contentions.1

WHEREAS, on September 4, 2019, the Parties further agreed to extend the deadlines for 

the Exchange of Expert Declarations in Support of the Claim Construction from September 6, 

2019 to October 21, 2019 and November 4, 2019 for each respective Opening Claim 

Construction Brief; and the Parties agreed to extend the Completion of Claim Construction 

Discovery from October 21, 2019 to December 6, 2019. 

WHEREAS, to allow the Parties time to resolve their discovery disputes as agreed 

during the August 15, 2019 conference, and to submit expert declarations with each Parties’ 

respective claim construction brief, the Parties have agreed that good cause exists to extend the 

deadlines as described below;2

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Plaintiff and 

Defendant, through their respective undersigned counsel, that AGIS Software will serve 

amended Infringement Contentions by September 10, 2019; ZTE will serve amended Invalidity 

Contentions by October 1, 2019; and the following upcoming deadlines set forth in Scheduling 

Order (Dkt. 102) be modified as follows: 

Event Previous Deadlines Amended Deadlines 

Joint Claim Construction and 

Prehearing Statement 

September 6, 2019 September 6, 2019 

(same) 

Exchange Expert Declarations 

in Support of Claim 

Construction, if Any 

September 6, 2019 October 21, 2019 for 

Opening Claim 

Construction Brief and 

November 4, 2019 for 

Responsive Claim 

Construction Brief 

Responsive Damages 

Contentions 

September 13, 2019 (same) September 13, 2019 

(same) 

Complete Claim Construction October 7, 2019 December 6, 2019 

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 The Parties intend to file an update to the to the August 20, 2019 Joint Letter to Magistrate 

Judge Spero (Dkt. 101) informing the Court of the parties’ agreement to amend these deadlines. 

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 The Parties note that, as Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. 41) is still pending, Defendant 

AGIS Software has not yet filed an answer to Plaintiff ZTE’s complaint or alleged infringement 

against ZTE. 

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Discovery

Submit Opening Claim 

Construction Brief 

October 21, 2019 October 21, 2019 

(same) 

Submit Responsive Claim 

Construction Brief 

November 4, 2019 November 4, 2019 

(same) 

Submit Reply Claim 

Construction Brief 

November 11, 2019 November 11, 2019 

(same) 

Claim Construction Hearing December 18, 2019; 1:00 

p.m.

December 18, 2019; 1:00 

p.m. 

(same) 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

Dated: September 4, 2019 Respectfully submitted, 

Bradford C. Schulz 

Michael Liu Su (Cal. Bar No. 300590) 

michael.liu.su@finnegan.com 

FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, 

 GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP 

3300 Hillview Avenue 

Palo Alto, CA 94304 

Telephone: (650) 849-6600 

Facsimile: (650) 849-6666 

Lionel M. Lavenue (pro hac vice) 

lionel.lavenue@finnegan.com 

Bradford C. Schulz (pro hac vice) 

bradford.schulz@finnegan.com 

FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, 

 GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP 

Two Freedom Square 

11955 Freedom Drive 

Reston, VA 20190 

Telephone: (571) 203-2700 

Facsimile: (202) 408-4400 

Samhitha M. Medatia (pro hac vice) 

Samhitha.medatia@finnegan.com 

FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, 

 GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP 

271 17th Street, NW 

Suite 1400 

Atlanta, GA 30363 

Telephone: (404) 653-6400 

Facsimile: (202) 408-4400 

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Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ZTE (USA) Inc. 

Dated: September 4, 2019 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Sarah G. Hartman 

Peter Lambrianakos (pro hac vice) 

plambrianakos@brownrudnick.com 

Vincent J. Rubino, III (pro hac vice) 

vrubino@brownrudnick.com 

Alfred R. Fabricant (pro hac vice) 

afabricant@brownrudnick.com 

Alessandra C. Messing (pro hac vice) 

amessing@brownrudnick.com 

Brown Rudnick LLP 

7 Times Square 

New York, NY 10036 

Telephone: (212) 209-4800 

Facsimile: (212) 209-4801 

Sarah G. Hartman (Cal. Bar No. 281751) 

shartman@brownrudnick.com 

Arjun Sivakumar (Cal. Bar No. 297787) 

asivakumar@brownrudnick.com 

Brown Rudnick LLP 

2211 Michelson Drive, Seventh Floor 

Irvine, California 92612 

Telephone: (949) 752-7100 

Facsimile: (949) 252-1514 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC 

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ATTESTATION 

I, Bradford C. Schulz, hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has 

been obtained from each of the other Signatories indicated by a confirmed signature (/s/) within 

this e-filed document. 

/s/ Bradford C. Schulz 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED, 

Dated: 9/5/2019 _______________________________________ 

The Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. 

U.S. District Court Judge 

Northern District of California 

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