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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:501 Copyright Infringement

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MICROSOFT CORPORATION,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

A&S ELECTRONICS, INC., et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 15-cv-03570-YGR 

CASE MANAGEMENT AND 

PRETRIAL ORDER 

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

The Court hereby sets the following trial and pretrial dates: 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: Monday, April 25, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. 

REFERRED TO ADR FOR PRIVATE MEDIATION TO 

BE COMPLETED BY: April 17, 2016 

LAST DAY TO JOIN PARTIES OR AMEND PLEADINGS: December 31, 2015 

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: May 31, 2016 

DISCLOSURE OF EXPERTS (RETAINED/NONRETAINED): Opening: June 1, 2016 

Rebuttal: June 15, 2016 

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: July 1, 2016 

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS1 / DAUBERT MOTIONS To BE 

HEARD BY: August 25, 2016 

COMPLIANCE HEARING (SEE PAGE 2) Friday, October 7, 2016 at 9:01 a.m. 

JOINT PRETRIAL CONFERENCE STATEMENT: October 14, 2016 

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Friday, October 28, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. 

TRIAL DATE AND LENGTH: Monday, November 14, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. 

for 5 days 

(Bench Trial) 

 

1 See Standing Order regarding Pre-filing Conference Requirements for motions for summary 

judgment. 

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Pursuant to the Court’s Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases at Section 2, trial counsel shall meet 

and confer at least twenty-one (21) days in advance of the Pretrial Conference. The compliance 

hearing on Friday, October 7, 2016 at 9:01 a.m. is intended to confirm that counsel have reviewed 

the Court’s Pretrial Setting Instructions and are in compliance therewith. The compliance hearing 

shall be held in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in Courtroom 1. 

Five (5) business days prior to the date of the compliance hearing, the parties shall file a one-page 

JOINT STATEMENT confirming they have complied with this requirement or explaining their 

failure to comply. If compliance is complete, the parties need not appear and the compliance 

hearing will be taken off calendar. Telephonic appearances will be allowed if the parties have 

submitted a joint statement in a timely fashion. Failure to do so may result in sanctions. 

 As set forth above, the parties are REFERRED to private mediation. The parties shall provide the 

Court with the name of an agreed-upon mediator by December 4, 2015 by filing a JOINT Notice. 

A compliance hearing regarding shall be held on Friday, December 11, 2015 on the Court's 

9:01a.m. calendar, in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in courtroom 

1. By December 4, 2015, the parties shall file either the JOINT Notice or a one-page JOINT 

STATEMENT setting forth an explanation for their failure to comply. If compliance is complete, 

the parties need not appear and the compliance hearing will be taken off calendar. Telephonic 

appearances will be allowed if the parties have submitted a joint statement in a timely fashion. 

 The parties must comply with both the Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases and Standing 

Order for Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases for additional deadlines and procedures. All 

Standing Orders are available on the Court’s website at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/ygrorders. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 18, 2015 

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

United States District Court Judge 

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