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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 15:1126 Patent Infringement

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Case No.: 14-CV-05411-LHK

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SOFTVAULT SYSTEMS INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

SENSUS USA INC,

Defendant.

Case No.: 14-CV-05411-LHK 

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

Plaintiff’s Attorney: P.J. O’Mahoney

Defendant’s Attorney: Marc Peters

An initial case management conference was held on March 25, 2015. A further case 

management conference is set for July 8, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. The parties shall file their joint case 

management statement by July 1, 2015.

The Court adopts the parties’ proposed discovery limits set forth in their joint case 

management statement as follows:

 Each party is limited to 25 interrogatories.

 Each party is limited to 50 requests for admissions, not including requests for admission 

for the purpose of authenticating documents.

 Each party is limited to 75 requests for production.

 Each party is limited to 7 total hours of expert witness deposition testimony for each expert 

retained by the opposing party. However, should an expert issue more than one expert 

report, the opposing party is entitled to 7 additional hours of expert witness deposition 

testimony for each additional expert report issued by the particular expert.

 Each party is limited to 10 total fact witness depositions and 70 total hours of fact witness 

deposition testimony. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6) depositions are included in 

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the 70 total hours. All 30(b)(6) testimony is limited to 14 hours per side regardless of the 

number of 30(b)(6) topics or witnesses.

 In no event shall any single deposition of a witness exceed 7 hours on the record, with the 

exception of an expert witness who may be deposed for 7 hours per report provided, and 

30(b)(6) witnesses who may be deposed pursuant to the 14 hour limitation above. 

The Court set the following case schedule:

Exchange of Initial Disclosures 4/17/2015

Disclosure of Asserted Claims and 

Infringement Contentions

5/1/2015

Invalidity Contentions 6/12/2015

Parties Exchange Proposed Claim Terms for

Construction

6/26/2015

Last Day to Meet and Confer on Proposed

Terms

7/10/2015

Parties Exchange Preliminary Claim 

Constructions and Identify Supporting Evidence 

and Experts

7/17/2015

Last Day to Meet and Confer on Narrowing 

Issues and Joint Claim Construction and 

Prehearing Statement

7/31/2015

Parties File Joint Claim Construction and

Prehearing Statement

8/14/2015

Close of Claim Construction Discovery 8/28/2015

Claim Construction Opening Briefs Due 9/25/2015

Claim Construction Responsive Briefs Due 10/16/2015

Claim Construction Reply Briefs Due 10/30/2015

Technology Tutorial 12/3/2015, at 1:30 p.m.

Claim Construction Hearing 12/10/2015, at 1:30 p.m.

Last Day to Amend Pleadings / Add Parties 1/15/2016

Fact Discovery Cutoff 5/6/2016

Parties Serve Initial Expert Reports 6/10/2016

Parties Serve Rebuttal Expert Reports 7/13/2016

Close Expert Discovery 8/12/2016

Last Day to File Dispositive Motions 9/1/2016

Hearing on Dispositive Motions 10/13/2016, at 1:30 p.m.

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Final Pretrial Conference 12/22/2016, at 1:30 p.m.

Jury Trial 1/16/2017, at 9 a.m.

Length of Trial 5 days

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 25, 2015

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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