UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

 EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN 

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, 

Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, 

v. 

VERSATA SOFTWARE, INC. f/k/a 

TRILOGY SOFTWARE, INC., 

VERSATA DEVELOPMENT 

GROUP, INC., AND VERSATA, INC. 

Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs. 

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Case No. 15-10628-MFL-EAS 

(Consolidated with 

Case No. 15-11264-MFL-EAS) 

Hon. Matthew F. Leitman 

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED 

JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND TIME 

TO FILE DAUBERT BRIEFING 

 

Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) and Versata Software, Inc., f/k/a Trilogy 

Software, Inc., Versata Development Group, Inc. and Versata, Inc. (“Versata”) 

jointly seek an extension of time for the parties to file responses and replies to 

Ford’s Motions to exclude the supplemental report of Versata’s damages experts 

(Craig Elson and Chris Bokhart) and the declaration of Seth Krauss on 

apportionment (Dkt. Nos. 568, 573) due to recent health issues suffered by Mr. 

Krauss. 

Mr. Krauss recently underwent major surgery and is still in the process of 

recovering, which is taking longer than anticipated. Versata requires Mr. Krauss’ 

input in order to finalize its response to Ford’s motion to exclude his declaration. 

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Moreover, Mr. Krauss wishes to participate in the preparation of the response to 

address the points raised by Ford. Accordingly, the parties agreed to extend the 

Daubert briefing schedule against Mr. Krauss’ declaration by one week. Given 

the intertwined nature of Mr. Krauss’ declaration with the supplemental damages 

report by Messrs. Elson and Bokhart, the parties also agreed to extend that 

Daubert briefing by one week. With the Court’s permission, this would put all 

three of Ford’s Daubert motions on the same briefing schedule. See January 17, 

2019 Order granting Joint Motion for Extension of Time (Dkt. No. 586). 

Thus, the parties respectfully request that the response deadline for Ford’s 

Daubert motions against Messrs. Elson and Bokhart (Dkt. No. 568) and the 

declaration of Seth Krauss (Dkt No. 573) be extended to February 1, 2019 and 

the deadline for replies be set to February 15, 2019. 

 

   

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Dated: January 24, 2019 

 

AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS, ALAVI &

MENSING P.C. 

/s/ Steven J. Mitby 

Amir Alavi 

Texas Bar No. 00793239 

aalavi@azalaw.com 

Steven J. Mitby 

Texas Bar No. 24037123 

smitby@azalaw.com 

Scott W. Clark 

Texas Bar No. 24007003 

sclark@azalaw.com 

Iftikhar Ahmed 

Texas Bar No. 24064795 

iftiahmed@azalaw.com 

Jane Robinson 

Texas Bar No. 24062970 

jrobinson@azalaw.com 

Kyung (Drew) Kim 

Texas Bar No. 24007482 

dkim@azalaw.com 

Kyril Talanov 

Texas Bar No. 24075139 

ktalanov@azalaw.com 

Masood Anjom 

Texas Bar No. 24055107 

manjom@azalaw.com 

Michael McBride 

Texas Bar No. 24065700 

mmcbride@azalaw.com 

Matthew Caldwell 

Michigan State Bar No. P79462 

mcaldwell@azalaw.com 

AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS, ALAVI &

MENSING P.C. 

1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2500 

Houston, TX 77010 

BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. 

/s/ John S. LeRoy 

John S. LeRoy 

jleroy@brookskushman.com 

Thomas A. Lewry 

tlewry@brookskushman.com 

Christopher C. Smith 

csmith@brookskushman.com 

Chanille Carswell 

ccarswell@brookskushman.com 

John P. Rondini 

jrondini@brookskushman.com 

Jonathan D. Nikkila 

jnikkila@brookskushman.com 

Amy Leshan 

aleshan@brookskushman.com 

BROOKS KUSHMAN, P.C. 

1000 Town Center, 22nd Floor 

Southfield, Michigan 48075 

Tel.: (248) 358-4400 

Fax: (248) 358-3351 

James P. Feeney 

DYKEMA GOSSETT, PLLC 

39577 Woodward Ave., Suite 

300 

Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 

Tel.: (248) 203-0841 

jfeeney@dykema.com 

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Telephone: 713-655-1101 

Facsimile: 713-655-0062 

Daniel K. Webb 

DWebb@winston.com 

Matthew R. Carter 

MCarter@winston.com 

WINSTON & STRAWN, LLP 

35 W. Wacker Drive 

Chicago, IL 60601 

Phone (312) 558-5600 

Facsimile (312) 558-5700 

Jaye Quadrozzi 

Rodger D. Young 

efiling@youngpc.com 

YOUNG & ASSOCIATES

27725 Stansbury Blvd., Suite 125 

Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334 

Telephone: 248-353-8620 

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS 

 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

 EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN 

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, 

Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, 

v. 

VERSATA SOFTWARE, INC. f/k/a 

TRILOGY SOFTWARE, INC., 

VERSATA DEVELOPMENT 

GROUP, INC., AND VERSATA, INC. 

Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs. 

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Case No. 15-10628-MFL-EAS 

(Consolidated with 

Case No. 15-11264-MFL-EAS) 

Hon. Matthew F. Leitman 

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED 

PROOF OF SERVICE 

Steven J. Mitby certifies that on January 24, 2019, he served the above Motion 

and this Proof of Service upon all counsel of record via electronic filing.

I declare under the penalty of perjury that the statements made above are 

true to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief. 

/s/ Steven J. Mitby 

AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS, 

ALAVI & MENSING, P.C. 

Steven J. Mitby 

1221 McKinney, Suite 2500 

Houston, Texas 77010 

(713) 655-1101 (Phone) 

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