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Parties Involved:
G.P.P., Inc.
Counter Claimant
Guardian Innovative Solutions
Defendant
Guardian Protection Products, Inc.
Counter Defendant

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CASE NO. 1:20-CV-01680-SKO 

CALVIN E. DAVIS, State Bar No. 101640 

AARON P. RUDIN, State Bar No. 223004 

REBECCA KRIKORIAN, State Bar No. 334882 

GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP 

633 West Fifth Street, 52nd Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: (213) 576-5000 

Facsimile: (213) 680-4470 

Email: cdavis@grsm.com 

arudin@grsm.com 

rkrikorian@grsm.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff/ CounterDefendant 

Guardian Protection Products, Inc. 

DYLAN J. LIDDIARD, State Bar No. 203055 

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, California 94304 

Telephone: (650) 493-9300 

Facsimile: (866) 974-7329 

Email: dliddiard@wsgr.com 

JOHN P. FLYNN, State Bar No. 141094 

COLLEEN BAL, State Bar No. 167637 

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

One Market Plaza 

Spear Tower, Suite 3300 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 947-2000 

Facsimile: (866) 974-7329 

Email: jflynn@wsgr.com 

cbal@wsgr.com

Attorneys for Defendant/Counterclaimant 

G.P.P., Inc. 

DYLAN G. SAVAGE, State Bar No. 

310452 

CASSIE L. BLACK (pro hac vice) 

SAMANTHA ARNOLD (pro hac vice) 

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & 

ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

1301 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor 

New York, NY 10019 

Telephone: (212) 999-5800 

Facsimile: (866) 974-7329 

Email: dsavage@wsgr.com 

 cblack@wsgr.com 

 sarnold@wsgr.com 

STUART A. WILLIAMS (pro hac vice 

forthcoming) 

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & 

ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

375 Southpointe Boulevard 

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 15317 

Telephone: (917) 288-5094 

Facsimile: (866) 974-7329 

Email: swilliams@wsgr.com 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

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CASE NO. 1:20-CV-01680-SKO -2- 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

GUARDIAN PROTECTION PRODUCTS, 

INC., a Delaware corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

G.P.P., INC. d/b/a GUARDIAN 

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, a Pennsylvania 

corporation, 

Defendant. 

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CASE NO. 1:20-CV-01680-SKO 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER 

Complaint filed: November 24, 2020 

Counterclaim filed: February 22, 2021 

Pre-Trial Conference: June 18, 2025, at 2:30 

p.m. 

Trial: August 12, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. 

G.P.P., INC. d/b/a GUARDIAN 

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, a Pennsylvania 

corporation, 

Counterclaimant, 

vs. 

GUARDIAN PROTECTION PRODUCTS, 

INC., a Delaware corporation, 

Counter-defendant. 

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(Doc. 60) 

Pursuant to the Court’s modified Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 54] and L.R. 143, 

Plaintiff/Counterdefendant Guardian Protection Products, Inc. (“Guardian”) and 

Defendant/Counterclaimant G.P.P. Inc. d/b/a Guardian Innovative Solutions (“GIS”) hereby 

submit the following stipulation and proposed order to further modify the Scheduling Order. 

WHEREAS, on April 16, 2021, this Court issued a Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 30] in this 

matter; 

WHEREAS, on October 14, 2021 the parties submitted a Stipulation and Proposed Order 

to modify the scheduling order [Dkt. No. 40], and on October 15, 2021 the Court modified the 

Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 41]; 

WHEREAS, following a week-long trial, on December 13, 2021, this Court issued a final 

judgment [Dkt. No. 499] in the related case entitled G.P.P., Inc. d/b/a Guardian Innovative 

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CASE NO. 1:20-CV-01680-SKO -3- 

Solutions v. Guardian Protections Products, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:15-cv-00321-SKO (the 

“Related Case”); 

WHEREAS, on February 3, 2022, the parties submitted a Further Stipulation and 

Proposed Order to modify the scheduling order based largely on the status of the Related Case 

[Dkt. No. 42], and on February 4, 2022, the Court modified the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 43]; 

WHEREAS, on August 3, 2022, the parties submitted a Further Stipulation and Proposed 

Order to modify the scheduling order based largely on the status of the Related Case [Dkt. No. 

44], and on August 5, 2022, the Court modified the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 46]; 

WHEREAS, on January 30, 2023, the parties submitted a Further Stipulation and Proposed 

Order to modify the scheduling order based largely on the status of the Related Case [Dkt. No. 

48], and on January 31, 2023, the Court modified the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 49]; 

WHEREAS, on August 22, 2023, the parties submitted a Further Stipulation and 

Proposed Order to modify the scheduling order [Dkt. No. 50], and on August 24, 2023, the Court 

modified the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 51]; 

WHEREAS, on April 17, 2024, the parties submitted a Further Stipulation and Proposed 

Order to modify the scheduling order [Dkt. No. 53], and on April 18, 2024, the Court modified 

the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 54] as follows: 

Event Continued Date 

Non-Expert Discovery September 13, 2024 

Expert Disclosures September 27, 2024 

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures October 11, 2024 

Expert Discovery October 25, 2024 

Non-Dispositive Motion Filing October 25, 2024 

Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing December 4, 2024 

Dispositive Motion Filing February 7, 2025 

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CASE NO. 1:20-CV-01680-SKO -4- 

Dispositive Motion Hearing March 19, 2025 

Deadline to Request Settlement 

Conference 

May 14, 2025, or 90 days before 

trial, whichever is later 

Pretrial Conference June 18, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. 

Trial August 12, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. 

WHEREAS, the parties have submitted expert disclosures and expert rebuttal disclosures 

in this matter; 

WHEREAS, the parties have been attempting to complete expert discovery within the 

continued date; 

WHEREAS, due to limited expert availability, absent an extension, the parties would be 

required to complete expert depositions after the continued date of October 25, 2024; 

WHEREAS, the parties are seeking an extension to allow for the completion of expert 

discovery and the filing of non-dispositive motions; 

WHEREAS, the parties are not seeking to modify the dispositive motion or trial dates as 

established in the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 54]; 

WHEREAS, the parties believe that the extensions requested herein are reasonable and 

necessary in order to provide the parties with adequate time to complete expert discovery and 

prepare any non-dispositive motions without unnecessarily straining the resources of both parties 

and their counsel; 

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and REQUESTED by the parties that 

the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 54] be further modified as follows: 

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CASE NO. 1:20-CV-01680-SKO -5- 

Event Continued Date 

Expert Discovery November 15, 2024 

Non-Dispositive Motion Filing November 15, 2024 

Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing December 18, 2024 

Dispositive Motion Filing February 7, 2025 

Dispositive Motion Hearing March 19, 2025 

Deadline to Request Settlement 

Conference 

May 14, 2025, or 90 days before 

trial, whichever is later 

Pretrial Conference June 18, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. 

Trial August 12, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October 16, 2024 GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, 

LLP 

By: /s/ Aaron P. Rudin Calvin E. Davis 

Aaron P. Rudin 

Rebecca Krikorian 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and CounterDefendant 

GUARDIAN PROTECTION PRODUCTS, 

INC. 

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CASE NO. 1:20-CV-01680-SKO -6- 

Dated: October 16, 2024 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

 Professional Corporation 

By: /s/ Dylan G. Savage 

 Dylan G. Savage 

 Attorneys for Defendant and Counter-

 Claimant G.P.P., INC. d/b/a GUARDIAN 

 INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS 

 (as authorized on October 15, 2024) 

 

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CASE NO. 1:20-CV-01680-SKO -7- 

ORDER

Finding good cause therefore (see Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4)), the parties’ stipulation (Doc. 

60) is hereby approved. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Scheduling Order 

(Doc. 54) is MODIFIED as follows: 

 

Event Continued Date 

Expert Discovery November 15, 2024 

Non-Dispositive Motion Filing November 15, 2024 

Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing January 8, 20251

Dispositive Motion Filing February 7, 2025 

Dispositive Motion Hearing March 19, 2025 

Deadline to Request Settlement 

Conference 

May 14, 2025 

Pretrial Conference June 18, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. 

Trial August 12, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 16, 2024 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

1 Pursuant to Local Rule 230(c), and in order to accommodate the federal holidays, the hearing date has been 

continued.

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