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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Copyright Infringement

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE EXPERT REPORTS

CASE NO. 3:15-cv-01414-HSG

sf-3636453

MICHAEL A. JACOBS (CA SBN 111664)

MJacobs@mofo.com

ARTURO J. GONZÁLEZ (CA SBN 121490)

AGonzalez@mofo.com

ALEXANDRIA A. AMEZCUA (CA SBN 247507)

AAmezcua@mofo.com

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

425 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2482

Telephone: 415.268.7000

Facsimile: 415.268.7522

Attorneys for Defendant

VMWARE, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD., a 

Delaware corporation

Plaintiff,

v.

VMWARE, INC., a Delaware Corporation

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-01414-HSG

STIPULATION TO MODIFY EXPERT 

REPORT DEADLINES AND ORDER 

[CIVIL L.R. 6-2]

DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL

Trial Date: November 28, 2016

VMWARE, INC., a Delaware Corporation,

Counterclaimant,

v.

PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. a

Delaware Corporation,

Counterdefendant.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE EXPERT REPORTS

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STIPULATION

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2, Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant 

VMware, Inc. (“Defendant”) (collectively, the “Parties”) file this joint stipulation requesting that 

the Court issue an order modifying certain deadlines in order to streamline expert discovery 

relating to damages in this case. The parties accordingly stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS, the Court’s case management schedule requires opening expert disclosures 

by May 6, 2016 and rebuttal expert disclosures by May 27, 2016; 

WHEREAS, to allow the completion of fact discovery in this matter, the Parties believe a 

slight extension to the schedule for expert reports would be beneficial;

WHEREAS, the remedy of infringer’s profits includes issues on which Phoenix and 

VMware, respectively, bear the burden of proof; 

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to streamline the presentation of expert reports;

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that both VMware and Phoenix shall serve opening 

technical reports on the Opening Expert Disclosure date, and then a set of rebuttal technical 

reports, if appropriate, on the Rebuttal Expert Disclosure date;

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that Phoenix shall serve an opening expert report on all 

damages issues for which it bears the burden of proof on the Opening Expert Disclosure date, 

VMware shall serve a single expert report rebutting Phoenix’s damages report and offering 

opinions and analysis regarding damages issues for which VMware bears the burden of proof on 

the Rebuttal Expert Disclosure date, and Phoenix shall serve a reply report rebutting VMware’s 

damages report on the Reply Expert Disclosure date,

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate and agree to the following deadlines for 

expert reports:

 

Prior Deadline New Deadline

Opening Expert Disclosures.

For Phoenix: Phoenix’s opening damages 

report from Mr. Lynde, and technical expert 

reports from Mr. Zeidman and Mr. Polish. 

For VMware: VMware’s technical expert 

reports from Mr. Cullimore and Mr. Mowry.

May 6, 2016 May 13, 2016

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Prior Deadline New Deadline

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures. For Phoenix: 

rebuttal technical expert reports from Mr. 

Zeidman and Mr. Polish. For VMware: 

damages expert report rebutting Mr. Lynde 

and on issues for which it bears the burden of 

proof (i.e., for the remedy of infringer’s 

profits, deductible expenses and the portion 

of profit attributable to the copyrighted 

work) from Ms. Davis and rebuttal technical 

expert reports from Mr. Cullimore and Mr. 

Mowry.

May 27, 2016 June 10, 2016

Phoenix’s Reply Damages Expert Report

from Mr. Lynde rebutting VMware’s 

damages expert report.

-- June 27, 2016

Expert Discovery Cutoff June 24, 2016 July 8, 2016

Last Day to File Motion to Compel Expert 

Discovery

July 1, 2016 July 15, 2016

The parties have also mutually agreed to withdraw certain 30(b)(6) deposition topics. To 

the extent an expert relies upon information obtained from an employee who has not already been 

deposed in rendering their opinions that would have been the subject of one of the withdrawn 

30(b)(6) topics, the opposing party may have the opportunity to depose that employee, 

notwithstanding the fact discovery cut-off of April 29, 2016. Any such deposition would be 

limited solely to the information provided by the employee that the expert relied upon. Should a 

party request an additional fact witness deposition pursuant to this provision, the notice must be 

served no later than five days after service of the expert report that relies upon the employee 

information, or if it is not clear from the report, within five days of the deposition of that expert.

The Parties submit that the schedule modification proposed above would not change any 

other deadlines in this case or for the Court.

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Dated: April 8, 2016 COOLEY LLP

/s/ Whitty Somvichian

Whitty Somvichian

Attorneys for Plaintiff

PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 

Dated: April 8, 2016 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

/s/ Arturo J. González1

Arturo J. González

Attorneys for Defendant 

VMWARE, INC.

PURSUANT TO THE PARTIES’ STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 4/11/2016 

_______________________

By: 

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

 

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I, Arturo J. González, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file 

this Declaration. In compliance with Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3) I hereby attest that Whitty Somvichian 

has concurred in this filing.

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