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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, CASE NO. 

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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. 99)

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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. 99), 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 14, 2019, the Parties met and conferred in Magistrate Judge 

Spero’s courtroom to discuss certain discovery disputes; 

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 6, 2019, ZTE requested an in-person meeting of lead counsel to 

discuss certain discovery disputes, pursuant to Magistrate Judge Spero’s Standing Order ¶ 15 and 

Dkt. 81 at 2; 

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. AGIS Software agreed 

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to produce two deposition transcripts, and the Parties agreed to permit an exchange of amended 

Preliminary Claim Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence pursuant to Local Patent Rule 4-2 by 

August 23, 2019.1

 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, 2019.2

 

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

during the August 15, 2019 conference, the Parties have agreed that good cause exists to extend 

the discovery deadlines as described below;3

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 3, 2019; ZTE will serve amended Invalidity 

Contentions by September 24, 2019; the Parties will exchange amended Preliminary Claim 

Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence by August 23, 2019; and the following upcoming 

deadlines set forth in Scheduling Order (Dkt. 99) be modified as follows: 

Event Previous Deadlines Amended Deadlines 

Joint Claim Construction and 

Prehearing Statement 

August 21, 2019 September 6, 2019 

Exchange Expert Declarations 

in Support of Claim 

Construction, if Any

August 21, 2019 September 6, 2019 

Responsive Damages 

Contentions 

September 13, 2019 September 13, 2019 

(same) 

Complete Claim Construction 

Discovery

September 23, 2019 October 7, 2019 

Submit Opening Claim 

Construction Brief 

October 7, 2019 October 21, 2019 

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 AGIS Software produced the two deposition transcripts to ZTE on August 16, 2019.

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 The Parties intend to file a Joint Letter to the Court summarizing the agreements made at the 

conference by August 20, 2019, as required by Magistrate Judge Spero’s Order (Dkt. 81). 

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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. The Parties are nonetheless proceeding in order to comply with the deadlines set 

forth in the Court’s scheduling orders. 

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Submit Responsive Claim 

Construction Brief 

October 21, 2019 November 4, 2019 

Submit Reply Claim 

Construction Brief 

October 28, 2019 November 11, 2019 

Claim Construction Hearing December 4, 2019; 1:00 

p.m.

December 18, 2019; 1:00 

p.m.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

Dated: August 20, 2019 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ 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 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ZTE (USA) Inc. 

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Dated: August 20, 2019 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Alessandra C. Messing 

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 efiled document. 

/s/ Bradford C. Schulz 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED, 

Dated:8/21/2019 _______________________________________ 

The Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. 

U.S. District Court Judge 

Northern District of California 

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