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

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John P. Schnurer, Bar No. 185725

JSchnurer@perkinscoie.com

Thomas N. Millikan, Bar No. 234430

TMillikan@perkinscoie.com

PERKINS COIE LLP

11988 El Camino Real, Suite 350

San Diego, CA 92130-2594

Telephone: 858.720.5700

Facsimile: 858.720.5799

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

Andrew J. Gray, IV 

agray@morganlewis.com

Corey R. Houmand

choumand@morganlewis.com

David L. Simson

dsimson@morganlewis.com 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

2 Palo Alto Square

3000 El Camino Real, Suite 700

Palo Alto, CA 94306-2121

Telephone: (650) 843-4000

Facsimile: (650) 843-4001

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

SILERGY CORPORATION, SILERGY 

TECHNOLOGY, COMPAL 

ELECTRONICS, INC., BIZCOM 

ELECTRONICS, INC., and DR. WEI CHEN,

Defendants.

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STIPULATED [PROPOSED] SCHEDULING 

ORDER

AS MODIFIED

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Pursuant to the Court’s March 3, 2015 Minute Entry Order (D.I. 113), Plaintiff Monolithic 

Power Systems, Inc. (“MPS”) and Defendants Silergy Corporation, Silergy Technology 

(collectively, “Silergy”), Compal Electronics, Inc., and Bizcom Electronics, Inc. (collectively, 

“Compal”) jointly submit and respectfully request that the Court enter the following deadlines for 

the remainder of the case:

Event Date

a. Parties Make Initial Disclosures

Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(C)

March 4, 2015

b. Disclosure of Asserted Claims and 

Infringement Contentions

(Patent L.R. 3-1, 3-2)

March 17, 2015

c. Invalidity Contentions

(Patent L.R. 3-3, 3-4)

45 days after service of Infringement 

Contentions

May 1, 2015

d. Exchange of Proposed Terms and

Claim Elements for Construction 

(Patent L.R. 4-1)

14 days after service of Invalidity 

Contentions

May 15, 2015 

e. Exchange of Preliminary Claim Constructions 

and Extrinsic Evidence (Patent L.R. 4-2)

21 days after exchange of proposed 

terms and claim elements

June 5, 2015

f. Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing 

Statement (Patent L.R. 4-3)

60 days after service of Invalidity 

Contentions

June 30, 2015

g. Completion of Claim Construction Discovery 

(Patent L.R. 4-4)

30 days after service and filing of Joint 

Claim Construction and Prehearing 

Statement

July 30, 2015

h. Claim Construction Briefing 

(Patent L.R. 4-5);

Claim Construction Hearing

(Patent L.R. 4-6);

Off calendar per Judge Chhabria’s 

Civil Standing Order No. 27

i. Disclosure of Advice of Counsel September 11, 2015

j. Close of Fact Discovery October 30, 2015

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Event Date

k. Parties With Burden of Proof Designate Expert 

Witnesses and Serve Expert Reports

October 16, 2015 (designate)

November 12, 2015 (reports)

l. Parties Designate Rebuttal Expert Witnesses 

and Serve Expert Reports

November 16, 2015 (designate)

December 11, 2015 (reports)

m. Close of Expert Discovery January 15, 2016

n. Last Day to File Dispositive Motions, Including 

Any Motions Addressing Daubert Issues

February 16, 2016

o. Hearing On Dispositive and Daubert Motions April 14, 2016

p. Last Day to Meet and Confer Regarding PreTrial Filings28 days before final pretrial conference

q. Pretrial Filings Due 10 days before final pretrial conference

r. Final Pretrial Conference June 27, 2016

s. Jury Selection For Trial July 13, 2016

t. Trial Begins July 18, 2016

DATED: March 10, 2015 PERKINS COIE LLP

By: /s/ John D. Esterhay

John P. Schnurer, Bar No. 185725

JSchnurer@perkinscoie.com

Thomas N. Millikan, Bar No. 234430

TMillikan@perkinscoie.com

Kevin J. Patariu, Bar No. 256755

KPatariu@perkinscoie.com

John D. Esterhay, Bar No. 282330

JEsterhay@perkinscoie.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

April 13, 2016, 10:00 a.m.

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DATED: March 10, 2015 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

By: /s/Andrew J. Gray, IV

Andrew J. Gray, IV

agray@morganlewis.com

Corey R Houmand

choumand@morganlewis.com

David L. Simson

dsimson@morganlewis.com 

Attorneys for Defendants

FILER’S ATTESTATION

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3) regarding signatures, I, John D. Esterhay, attest that 

concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other signatories. I 

declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed March 10, 2015, at San Diego, California.

 /s/ John D. Esterhay

John D. Esterhay

SCHEDULING ORDER

The Stipulated Scheduling Order is hereby adopted by the Court and the parties are ordered 

to comply with this Order.

Dated: __________, 2015 ________________________________________________

THE HONORABLE VINCE CHHABRIA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

AS MODIFIED March 11

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Vince Chhabria

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