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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

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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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,

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

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER

(Doc. 72)

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,

Counterdefendant.

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Pursuant to the Court’s modified Scheduling Order set forth in its November 14, 2024 

Order (Doc. 69) 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 (Doc. 30) in this 

matter; 

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

to modify the scheduling order (Doc. 40), and on October 15, 2021 the Court modified the 

Scheduling Order (Doc. 41);

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

judgment (Doc. 499) in the related case entitled G.P.P., Inc. d/b/a Guardian Innovative 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

(Doc. 42), and on February 4, 2022, the Court modified the Scheduling Order (Doc. 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 (Doc. 44), 

and on August 5, 2022, the Court modified the Scheduling Order (Doc. 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 (Doc. 48), 

and on January 31, 2023, the Court modified the Scheduling Order (Doc. 49);

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

Proposed Order to modify the scheduling order (Doc. 50), and on August 24, 2023, the Court 

modified the Scheduling Order (Doc. 51);

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

Order to modify the scheduling order (Doc. 53), and on April 18, 2024, the Court modified the 

Scheduling Order (Doc. 54);

WHEREAS, on October 15, 2024, the parties submitted a Further Stipulation and 

Proposed Order to modify the scheduling order (Doc. 60), and on October 16, 2024, the Court 

modified the Scheduling Order (Doc. 61);

WHEREAS, on October 16, 2024, GIS filed a motion to extend fact discovery to permit 

additional fact discovery and to permit disclosure under the protective order (Doc. 62), and, on 

November 14, 2024, the Court granted GIS’ motion (Doc. 69), modifying the Scheduling Order 

as follows:

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Event Continued Date

Non-Expert Discovery December 20, 2024

Expert Disclosures January 8, 2025

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures January 22, 2025

Expert Discovery February 5, 2025

Non-Dispositive Motion Filing February 5, 2025

Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing March 12, 2025

Dispositive Motion Filing February 7, 2025

Dispositive Motion Hearing February 12, 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 worked in good faith to complete the remaining discovery, 

but due to certain scheduling matters and circumstances outside their control, those efforts 

remain ongoing;

WHEREAS, the parties are seeking a short extension to allow for the completion of the 

remaining discovery and corresponding adjustments to the filing of both non-dispositive and 

dispositive motions;

WHEREAS, the requested extension will not require, and the parties are not seeking, any 

modification of the trial dates as established in the Court’s November 14, 2024 Order (Doc. 69);

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

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

and prepare any associated motions; 

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

the Scheduling Order set out in this Court’s November 14, 2024 order (Doc. 69) be further 

modified as follows:

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Event Continued Date

Expert Disclosures January 21, 2025

Rebuttal Disclosures February 5, 2025

Expert Discovery February 19, 2025

Non-Dispositive Motion Filing February 19, 2025

Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing March 26, 2025

Dispositive Motion Filing February 26, 2025

Dispositive Motion Hearing April 2, 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: January 10, 2025 GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, 

LLP

By: /s/ Aaron P. Rudin

Calvin E. Davis

Aaron P. Rudin

Rebecca Krikorian

Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counterdefendant 

GUARDIAN PROTECTION PRODUCTS, 

INC.

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

Dated: January 10, 2025 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI

Professional Corporation

By: /s/ Dylan G. Savage

Dylan G. Savage

Attorneys for Defendant/Counterclaimant 

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

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

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ORDER

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

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

(Doc. 69) is MODIFIED as follows:

Event Continued Date

Expert Disclosures January 21, 2025

Rebuttal Disclosures February 5, 2025

Expert Discovery February 19, 2025

Non-Dispositive Motion Filing February 19, 2025

Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing March 26, 2025

Dispositive Motion Filing February 26, 2025

Dispositive Motion Hearing April 2, 2025

Deadline to Request Settlement 

Conference

May 14, 2025, or 90 days before 

trial, whichever is later

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

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 10, 2025 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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CASE NO. 1:20-CV-01680-SKO -8-

DECLARATION OF DYLAN G. SAVAGE

I, Dylan G. Savage, declare as follows:

1. I am an attorney at law duly authorized to practice before the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of California. I am a Partner with the law firm of Wilson 

Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati P.C. (“WSGR”), counsel of record for Defendant/Counterclaimant 

G.P.P. Inc., d/b/a Guardian Innovative Solutions (“GIS”) in the above captioned action. I am 

familiar with the facts and circumstances in the above-entitled matter as they relate to this 

Declaration, and if called upon, I could and would testify competently thereto. 

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

matter.

3. 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].

4. 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 

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

“Related Case”). 

5. 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]. 

6. 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].

7. 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].

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8. 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].

9. 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];

10. On October 15, 2024, the parties submitted a Further Stipulation and Proposed 

Order to modify the scheduling order [Dkt. No. 60], and on October 16, 2024, the Court 

modified the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 61];

11. On October 16, 2024, GIS filed a motion to extend fact discovery to permit 

additional fact discovery and to permit disclosure under the protective order [Dkt. No. 62], and, 

on November 14, 2024, the Court granted GIS’ motion [Dkt. No. 69], modifying the Scheduling 

Order as follows:

Event Continued Date

Non-Expert Discovery December 20, 2024

Expert Disclosures January 8, 2025

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures January 22, 2025

Expert Discovery February 5, 2025

Non-Dispositive Motion Filing February 5, 2025

Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing March 12, 2025

Dispositive Motion Filing February 7, 2025

Dispositive Motion Hearing February 12, 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.

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12. The parties have worked in good faith to complete the remaining discovery, but 

due to certain scheduling matters and circumstances outside their control, those efforts remain 

ongoing;

13. The parties are seeking a short extension to allow for the completion of the 

remaining discovery and corresponding adjustments to the filing of both non-dispositive and 

dispositive motions;

14. The requested extension will not require, and the parties are not seeking, any 

modification of the trial dates as established in the Court’s November 14, 2024 Order [Dkt. No. 

69];

15. The parties believe that the extensions requested herein are reasonable and 

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

and prepare any associated motions; 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct and that this Declaration was executed on January 8, 2025 in New 

York City, New York. 

Dated: January 8, 2025 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI

Professional Corporation

/s/ Dylan G. Savage

Dylan G. Savage

1301 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 999-5800

Facsimile: (866) 974-7329

Email: dsavage@wsgr.com

Attorneys for Defendant/Counterclaimant G.P.P., 

Inc. 

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