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

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Case Nos. 5:15-cv-02213-PSG; 5:15-cv-2546-PSG.

CASE SCHEDULING ORDER 

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United States District Court

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION

MCU CLOCKING SOLUTIONS, INC.,

 Plaintiff,

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FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.,

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Case Nos. 5:15-cv-02213-PSG; 5:15-cv02546-PSG

CASE SCHEDULING ORDER

MCU CLOCKING SOLUTIONS, INC.,

 Plaintiff,

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FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.,

 Defendant. 

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Based on the parties’ joint case management statement1and representations at yesterday’s 

case management conference,2

IT IS ORDERED that the parties’ proposed limits on discovery set forth in their joint case 

management statement shall apply to this case.3

 

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See Case No. 5:15-cv-02213-PSG, Docket No. 73.

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See Case No. 5:15-cv-02213-PSG, Docket No. 75.

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Case Nos. 5:15-cv-02213-PSG; 5:15-cv-2546-PSG.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall present discovery disputes to the court 

through an informal letter briefing process. The parties shall meet and confer and submit a joint 

letter to the court, not to exceed three pages per side. The court shall set a hearing, if necessary, or 

simply decide the matter on the papers. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall engage in private mediation within 90

days of the court’s claim construction order.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the court shall hold a further case management 

conference 15 after the court’s claim construction order. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following schedule and deadlines shall apply to this 

case:

Defendants’ preliminary invalidity contentions 

and accompanying document productions ....................................................September 3, 2015

Parties to exchange proposed terms

and claim elements for construction..................................................................October 1, 2015

Parties to exchange preliminary claim constructions

and identify supporting intrinsic and extrinsic evidence .................................October 23, 2015

Joint claim construction and prehearing statements........................................October 30, 2015

Parties to identify claim construction experts ...............................................November 6, 2015

Completion of claim construction delivery ................................................... December 4, 2015

MCU’s claim construction briefs ................................................................ December 14, 2015

Defendants’ responsive claim construction briefs........................................... January 11, 2016

MCU’s reply claim construction briefs........................................................... January 25, 2016

Provision of claim construction tutorial 

materials to parties and court......................................................................... February 16, 2016

Claim construction tutorial presentations...................................................... February 24, 2016

Claim construction hearings.......................................................................... February 27, 2016

 

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CASE SCHEDULING ORDER 

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Defendants to inform MCU whether they will

rely on advice of counsel as defense to willful 

infringement; date by which Defendants shall 

produce such opinions of counsel on which 

defendants intend to rely ...................................................................................... May 19, 2016

Amendment of pleadings with respect to willful 

infringement and inequitable conduct ........................................................... February 15, 2016

Close of fact discovery ......................................................................................... June 30, 2016

Initial Rule 26(a)(2) disclosure of expert testimony........................................... August 2, 2016

Expert disclosures contradicting or rebutting the expert 

disclosure of the other party on the same matter...........................................September 5, 2016

Reply expert disclosures....................................................................................October 6, 2016

Close of expert discovery ................................................................................October 20, 2016

Deadline for case dispositive motions and briefs........................................November 21, 2016

Answering briefs and response to 

case dispositive motions................................................................................ December 7, 2016

Reply briefs in support of case dispositive motions.................................... December 14, 2016

Pretrial order draft ............................................................................................... March 7, 2017

Joint proposed final pretrial order ......................................................................... April 6, 2017

Pretrial conference..........................................................................April 17, 2017 at 10:00 AM

Jury trial for first Defendant ................................................................May 1, 2017 at 9:30 AM

Jury trial for second Defendant .........................................................May 14, 2017 at 9:30 AM

SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 12, 2015

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PAUL S. GREWAL

United States Magistrate Judge

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