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

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For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TESSERA, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. et al.,

Defendants. /

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS.

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No. C 05-4063 CW

ORDER REFERRING

CASE MANAGEMENT

SCHEDULE TO

SPECIAL MASTER

JUDGE LEGGE AND

SETTING SCHEDULE

FOR COURT

APPOINTED EXPERT

On March 13, 2007, the Court vacated the dates provided in the

case management schedule and ordered the parties to meet and confer

concerning a proposed revised case management schedule and, if

necessary, to address this matter with the Special Master. If the

parties were unable to reach agreement, they were ordered to submit

their proposed schedules and opinion concerning whether liability

and damages should be bifurcated.

The parties agree that liability and damages should not be

bifurcated, but they disagree on a proposed case management

schedule. The Court refers this matter to the Special Master. (A

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tutorial on the technology at issue for the benefit of the Court

and court appointed expert is not necessary and need not be

included in the scheduling order.) Judge Legge is to set a

scheduling order. The hearing on the motions for summary judgment

and claim construction can be scheduled for any Thursday at

2:00 p.m. The trial can be set for any Monday at 8:30 a.m., not

less than four months after the Markman/summary judgment hearing. 

In the March 13, 2007 order, the Court also instructed the

parties to show cause why an expert witness should not be appointed

by the Court to testify to the jury on the technology at issue

pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 706.1

 The Court has

considered the parties' papers and intends to proceed with a court

appointed expert. That court appointed expert will not testify to

the jury solely on the background of the technology at issue. 

Rather, the expert will testify on the ultimate merits of the

technical issues, i.e., the substantive issues in dispute such as

infringement and validity. The expert will not testify as to

damages. Nor will the expert testify at the claim construction

hearing on disputed issues of claim construction. 

Defendants request an additional thirty days for the parties

to attempt to agree on an expert. That request is granted. If the

parties are unable to agree on an expert, Plaintiff shall provide

Defendants with two nominees; Defendants shall provide Plaintiff

with four nominees. The parties will provide the Court, no later

than May 29, 2007, with commentary, no more than five pages for

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Plaintiff and ten pages for Defendants, on why the Court should

select one of their nominees, and not one of the opposing side's

nominees. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 4/12/07 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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Copy mailed to:

Honorable Charles Legge (Ret.)

JAMS

Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1500

San Francisco, CA 94111

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