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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF

TEXAS WACO DIVISION

NEONODE SMARTPHONE LLC, 

Plaintiffs, 

v.

6:20-cv-00507-ADA

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. 

and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS 

AMERICA, INC., 

Defendants.

ORDER AMENDING SCHEDULE 

Pursuant to Rule 16, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court ORDERS that

the following jointly agreed upon schedule will govern deadlines up to and including the 

trial of this matter:

Deadline Item

Oct. 14, 2024 Fact Discovery opens.

Nov. 5, 2024 Deadline to serve Initial Disclosures per Rule 26(a).

Nov. 5, 2024 Deadline to file Answer to Complaint.

Nov. 22, 2024 Deadline to add parties.

Dec. 20, 2024 Deadline to serve Final Infringement and Invalidity Contentions.

After this date, leave of Court is required for any amendment to

Infringement or Invalidity contentions. This deadline does not 

relieve the Parties of their obligation to seasonably amend if new 

information is identified after initial contentions.

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Jan. 31, 2025 Deadline to amend pleadings. A motion is not required unless the 

amendment adds patents or patent claims. (Note: This includes 

amendments in response to a 12(c) motion.) This deadline does 

not apply to amendments for plaintiff to amend to allege 

willfulness claims. The deadline for willfulness amendments is

one month before the deadline for close of fact discovery.

Apr. 11, 2025 Deadline for the first of two meet and confers to discuss

significantly narrowing the number of claims asserted and prior 

art references at issue. Unless the parties agree to the narrowing, 

they are ordered to contact the Court’s Law Clerk to arrange a 

teleconference with the Court to resolve the disputed issues.

May 23, 2025 Close of Fact Discovery.

May 30, 2025 Opening Expert Reports.

June 27, 2025 Rebuttal Expert Reports.

July 18, 2025 Close of Expert Discovery.

July 25, 2025 Deadline for the second of two meet and confer to discuss narrowing 

the number of claims asserted and prior art references at issue to

triable limits. To the extent it helps the parties determine these limits, 

the parties are encouraged to contact the Court’s Law Clerk for an 

estimate of the amount of trial time anticipated per side. The parties 

shall file a Joint Report within 5 business days regarding the results 

of the meet and confer.

Aug. 1, 2025 Dispositive motion deadline and Daubert motion deadline.

See General Issues Note #9 regarding providing copies of the briefing 

to the Court and the technical adviser (if appointed).

Deadline for parties desiring to consent to trial before the magistrate 

judge to submit Form AO 85, “Notice, Consent, And Reference Of

A Civil Action To A Magistrate Judge,” available at 

https://www.uscourts.gov/forms/civil-forms/notice-consent-andreference-civil-action-magistrate-judge.

Aug. 15, 2025 Serve Pretrial Disclosures (jury instructions, exhibits lists, witness 

lists, deposition designations).

Aug. 29, 2025 Parties to jointly email the Court’s law clerk (See OGP at 1) to

confirm their pretrial conference and trial dates.

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Aug. 29, 2025 Serve objections to pretrial disclosures/rebuttal disclosures.

Sept. 5, 2025 Serve objections to rebuttal disclosures; file motions in limine. 

Sept. 12, 2025 File Joint Pretrial Order and Pretrial Submissions (jury instructions,

exhibits lists, witness lists, discovery and deposition designations); 

file oppositions to motions in limine

From this date onwards, the parties are obligated to notify the Court 

of any changes to the asserted patents or claims. Such notification

shall be filed on the docket within seven (7) days of the change and 

shall include a complete listing of all asserted patents and claims. If a 

change to the asserted patents or claims requires leave of court (for 

example, if a party is moving for leave to assert additional claims), 

notification shall not be required until the Court grants leave, at 

which point the notification must be filed within seven (7) days. 

Sept. 19, 2025 File Notice of Request for Daily Transcript or Real Time Reporting. 

If a daily transcript or real time reporting of court proceedings is

requested for trial, the party or parties making said request shall file a 

notice with the Court and e-mail the Court Reporter, Kristie 

Davis at kmdaviscsr@yahoo.com.

Deadline to file replies to motions in limine. 

Sept. 26, 2025 Deadline to meet and confer regarding remaining objections and

disputes on motions in limine. 

Sept 30, 2025 File joint notice identifying remaining objections to pretrial

disclosures and disputes on motions in limine. 

Oct. 3, 2025 Final Pretrial Conference. Held in person unless otherwise requested.

Jury Selection/Trial. 

So ORDERED this 21st of November 2024. 

Oct. 24, 2025 

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