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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NETWORK APPLIANCE INC,

Plaintiff,

 v.

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC,

Defendant. /

No. C-07-06053 (EDL)

ORDER REGARDING CLAIM

CONSTRUCTION 

The Court has reviewed the parties’ joint report regarding proposed terms for claim

construction (Docket No. 79). IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties shall submit briefing on

terms one through fourteen for the upcoming claim construction. The Court will not construe

proposed terms fifteen through twenty at this time. The Court notes that some terms of the first

fourteen numbered consist of two or more phrases that are not precisely identical and relies on the

parties’ good faith that such terms really may each be treated as one term for purposes of claim

construction.

It is FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall meet and confer about how much time they

anticipate needing at the upcoming tutorial and claim construction hearings and how they propose to

conduct them. The Court prefers to have experts available for questions by the Court at the claim

construction hearing, but is open to the parties’ proposals. The Court also prefers to hear both

parties’ arguments about each term before moving on to a subsequent term. The parties shall notify

the Court about these hearing logistics no later than July 14, 2008. The parties may also request a

case management conference if they believe that one would be helpful in advance of the claim

construction hearing. Finally, if the parties believe that good cause exists for seeking page

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extensions for the claim construction briefs, they should make such a request in a timely fashion.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 17, 2008 

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE

United States Magistrate Judge

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