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

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRILLIANT INSTRUMENTS, INC.,

Plaintiff(s),

v.

 GUIDETECH, INC.,

Defendant(s).

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No. C 09-05517 CW (JCS)

NOTICE OF REFERENCE; ORDER TO

MEET AND CONFER AND FILE JOINT

LETTER

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

The above matter has been referred to Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero for resolution of 

Motion to Shorten Time on Motion to Compel Production of Documents, and Motion to Compel

Production of Documents from Guidetech, LLC (the “Motions”), and all future discovery matters.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that lead trial counsel for both parties shall meet and confer in

person in Courtroom A, 15th Floor, on January 11, 2011 at 9:00 a.m.

In the event that counsel are unable to resolve the matters at issue in the Motion, lead trial

counsel shall provide a detailed Joint Letter to the Court, not to exceed ten (10) pages without leave

of Court, within two (2) calendar days of their meet-and-confer session. This Joint Letter shall

include a description of every issue in dispute and, with respect to each such issue, a detailed

summary of each party’s final substantive position and its final proposed compromise on each issue. 

LAW AND MOTION HEARING PROCEDURES

Civil law and motion is heard on Friday mornings, at 9:30 a.m., Courtroom A, 15th Floor, 

United States District Court, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94102.

In the event a future discovery dispute arises, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that before filing

any discovery motion before this Court, the parties must comply with the following:

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1. Lead trial counsel for both parties must meet and confer in person regarding the

matter(s) at issue. This meeting shall occur after other efforts to resolve the dispute,

such as telephone, e-mail, teleconference, or correspondence, have been unsuccessful. 

Once those efforts have proved unsuccessful, any party may demand a meeting of

lead trial counsel to resolve a discovery matter. Such a meeting shall occur within ten

(10) calendar days of the demand. The locations of the meetings shall alternate. The

first meeting shall be at a location selected by counsel for Plaintiff(s). If there are any

future disputes, the next such meeting shall be held at a location to be determined by

counsel for Defendant(s), etc.

2. Within five (5) calendar days of the in-person meeting between lead trial counsel

referred to above, the parties shall jointly file a detailed letter with the Court, not to

exceed ten (10) pages without leave of Court, which will include the matters that

remain in dispute, a detailed substantive description of each side’s position on each

such issue, and a description of each side’s proposed compromise on each such issue. 

In the absence of permission from the Court, the letter may not exceed five (5) pages.

3. After the Court has received the joint letter, the Court will determine what future

proceedings, if any, are necessary.

In the event that the parties continue to be unable to resolve the matters regarding the timing

and scope of discovery, the Court will consider what future actions are necessary. These actions

may include the following: (1) sanctions against a party failing to cooperate in the discovery process

and meet and confer in good faith, as required by this Order, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,

and the Local Rules of this Court; and/or (2) requiring the Chief Executive Officers of each party to

attend the in-person, meet-and-confer sessions described above. The Court is not entering either of

these matters as an Order of the Court at this time, and fully expects counsel to meet their

obligations under this Order and under the Local Rules.

Regardless of whether the Court reschedules a hearing date, all opposition and reply papers

shall be timely filed according to the originally noticed hearing date, pursuant to Civil L. R. 7-3.

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A party or counsel has a continuing duty to supplement the initial disclosure when required

under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(e)(1).

All filings of documents relating to motions referred to the undersigned shall list the civil

case number and the district court judge’s initials followed by the designation “(JCS)”.

ELECTRONIC FILING AND COURTESY COPIES

Please refer to Civil L. R. 5-4 and General Order No. 45 for the Northern District of

California for information relating to electronic filing procedures and requirements. 

BEFORE NOON ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING THE ELECTRONIC

FILING, THE PARTIES ARE REQUIRED TO LODGE DIRECTLY WITH CHAMBERS ONE

PAPER COPY OF EACH DOCUMENT, WHICH IS TO BE DESIGNATED "JCS’S CHAMBERS'

COPY." 

The failure of counsel or a party to abide by this Order may result in sanctions pursuant to

Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(f).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 6, 2011 

JOSEPH C. SPERO

United States Magistrate Judge

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