UNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURTMIDDLEDISTRICTOFFLORIDAORLANDO DIVISION

Plaintiff,

v.Case No.

Defendant.

/

CaseManagementReportinPatentCases

The parties have agreed on the following dates and discovery plan pursuant toFed.R.Civ.P.26(f)andLocalRule3.05©:

DEADLINEOREVENT(withCourt recommended time frame) / AGREEDDATE
MandatoryInitialDisclosures(pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(1) as amendedeffectiveDecember1, 2000) [nolaterthandateofPreliminary PretrialConference]
Certificate of Interested Persons andCorporateDisclosureStatement[within 1 weekofaboveifnotalreadycompleted]
MotionstoAddPartiesorAmendPleadings[3monthsafterCMRmeeting]
DisclosureofInfringementContentions[1 month after CMR meeting]
DisclosureofNon-InfringementandInvalidityContentions[ within 1 monthofabove]
Initial Identification of Disputed Claim Terms [within 1 month of above]
DEADLINEOREVENT(withCourt recommended time frame) / AGREEDDATE
ProposedClaimTermConstructions[within 1 monthofabove]
JointClaimConstructionStatement[within 2 weeksofabove]
TechnologyTutorialConference[within 2 – 4 weeksofabove]
(if requested, insert date; otherwise, leave blank)
Plaintiff’sClaimConstructionBrief[within 1 monthofabove]
Defendant’sResponseBrief [within 1 monthofabove]
JointPre-HearingStatement[within 1 weekofabove]
ClaimConstructionHearing[within 3 weeksofabove]
DisclosureofIntenttoRelyonAdviceofCounselas a Defense;Amendment of Infringement, Non-InfringementandInvalidityContentions;andDisclosureofExpert Reports on Issues Where thePartyBearstheBurdenofProof
[nosoonerthan 3 monthsandnolater than 5 months of above]
DisclosureofRebuttalExpertReports[within 1 monthofabove]
FactDiscoveryDeadline[within 2 monthsofAmendments]
ExpertDiscoveryDeadline[within 1 monthofabove]
DispositiveMotions
[within 2 monthsofaboveandatleast 4 – 5 months prior to trial]
DEADLINEOREVENT(withCourt recommended time frame) / AGREEDDATE
Parties’DeadlinetoMeetandConferIn PersontoPrepareJointFinalPretrial Statement [10 days prior todeadlineforthefinalpretrialstatement]
Parties’DeadlineforFilingJointFinalPretrialStatement(IncludingVoirDireQuestions, a SingleSetof Jointly-ProposedJuryInstructionsandVerdictForm(),WitnessLists,ExhibitListswithObjectionsonApprovedForm); TrialBriefs
Parties’DeadlineforFilingAll OtherMotionsIncludingMotions InLimine[Allrequeststolimitevidenceshallbeincludedin a singlemotionnottoexceed25pageswithoutleaveofCourt. Responsesarelimitedto20pageswithoutleaveofCourt.
FinalPretrialConference[Courtwillset a dateapproximately 3 weeksbeforetrial]
TrialTermBegins[LocalRulessetgoaloftrialwiithin 2 yearsinallTrack Two cases; trial term must not belessthan 4 monthsafterdispositivemotionsdeadline(unlessfilingofsuchiswaived.]
EstimatedLengthofTrial [trialdays]
Jury / Non-Jury
MediationDeadline:
Mediator:Address:
Telephone:[Absentarbitration,mediationismandatory; either 2 -3 months afterCMRmeetingorjustafterdiscoverydeadline]
AllPartiesConsenttoProceedBeforeMagistrateJudge / Yes No LikelytoAgreeinFuture

I.Meeting of Parties in Person

Leadcounselmustmeetinpersonandnotbytelephoneabsentanorderpermittingotherwise.CounselwillmeetintheMiddleDistrictofFlorida,unlesscounselagreeonadifferentlocation.PursuanttoLocalRule3.05(c)(2)(B)or(c)(3)(A),ameetingwasheldinpersonon (date)at (time)andwasattendedby:

NameCounselfor(ifapplicable)

II.Pre-DiscoveryInitial Disclosures of Core Information Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(1)(A) - (D) Disclosures

Fed.R.Civ.P.26,asamendedeffectiveDecember1,2010,providesthatthesedisclosuresaremandatoryinTrackTwoandTrackThreecases,exceptasstipulatedbythepartiesorotherwiseorderedbytheCourt(theamendmenttoRule26supersedesMiddleDistrictofFloridaLocalRule3.05,totheextentthatRule3.05optsoutofthemandatory discovery requirements):

Theparties

haveexchanged

agreetoexchange(checkone)information

described in Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(1)(A) - (D) by(date).

Belowis a descriptionofinformationdisclosedorscheduledfordisclosure.

III.Electronic Discovery

TheCourtwillenteraseparateOrderregardingelectronicdiscovery.ThepartiesmaymovetomodifytheCourt’sstandardOrderbyseparatemotionwithintwo(2)weeksofitsissuance.

IV.AgreedDiscoveryPlanforPlaintiffsandDefendants

A.Certificate of Interested PersonsandCorporateDisclosureStatement

ThisCourthaspreviouslyorderedeachparty,governmentalparty,intervenor,non-partymovant,andRule69garnisheetofileand serveaCertificateofInterestedPersonsandCorporateDisclosureStatementusingamandatoryform.NopartymayseekdiscoveryfromanysourcebeforefilingandservingaCertificateofInterestedPersonsandCorporateDisclosureStatement.Amotion,memorandum,response,orotherpaper“includingemergencymotion”issubjecttobeingdeniedorstrickenunlessthefilingpartyhaspreviouslyfiledandserveditsCertificateofInterestedPersonsandCorporateDisclosureStatement.Anypartywhohasnotalreadyfiledandservedtherequiredcertificateisrequiredtodosoimmediately.

EverypartythathasappearedinthisactiontodatehasfiledandservedaCertificateofInterestedPersonsandCorporateDisclosureStatement,whichremainscurrent:

Yes

No

AmendedCertificatewillbefiledby(party) on or beforedate).

B.DiscoveryNotFiled

ThepartiesshallnotfilediscoverymaterialswiththeClerkexceptasprovidedinLocalRule3.03.TheCourtencouragestheexchangeofdiscoveryrequestsondiskette.SeeLocal Rule 3.03 (f). The parties further agree as follows:

C.LimitsonDiscovery

AbsentleaveofCourt,thepartiesmaytakenomorethantendepositionsperside(notperparty).Fed.R.Civ.P.30(a)(2)(A);Fed.R.Civ.P.31(a)(2)(A);LocalRule3.02(b). AbsentleaveofCourt,thepartiesmayservenomorethantwenty-fiveinterrogatories,includingsub-parts.Fed.R.Civ.P.33(a);LocalRule3.03(a).AbsentleaveofCourtorstipulationofthepartieseachdepositionislimitedtoonedayofsevenhours.Fed.R.Civ.P.30(d)(2).Thepartiesmayagreebystipulationonotherlimitsondiscovery.TheCourtwillconsidertheparties’agreeddates,deadlines,andotherlimitsinenteringtheschedulingorder.Fed.R.Civ.P.29.Inadditiontothe deadlinesintheabovetable,thepartieshaveagreedtofurtherlimitdiscoveryasfollows:

1.Depositions

2.Interrogatories

3.DocumentRequests

4.RequeststoAdmit

5.SupplementationofDiscovery

D.DiscoveryDeadline

Eachpartyshalltimelyservediscoveryrequestssothattherulesallowforaresponsepriortothediscoverydeadline.TheCourtmaydenyasuntimelyallmotionstocompelfiledafterthediscoverydeadline. Inaddition,thepartiesagreeasfollows:

E.DisclosureofExpertTestimony

Onorbeforethedatessetforthintheabovetableforthedisclosureofexpertreports,thepartiesagreetofullycomplywithFed.R.Civ.P.26(a)(2)and26(e).Experttestimonyondirectexaminationattrialwillbelimitedtotheopinions,basis,reasons,data,andotherinformationdisclosedinthewrittenexpertreportdisclosedpursuanttothisorder.Failuretodisclosesuchinformationmayresultintheexclusionofallorpartofthetestimonyoftheexpertwitness.Thepartiesagreeonthefollowingadditionalmatterspertainingtothedisclosureofexperttestimony:

F.ConfidentialityAgreements

TheCourtwillenteraseparateOrderregardingelectronicdiscovery.ThepartiesmaymovetomodifytheCourt’sstandardOrderbyseparatemotionwithintwo(2)weeksofitsissuance.

G.Other Matters Regarding Discovery

VI.Settlement and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

A.Settlement

Thepartiesagreethatsettlementis

likely

unlikely(checkone)

Thepartiesrequest a settlementconference before a UnitedStatesMagistrateJudge

yesnolikely to request in future

B.Arbitration

TheLocalRulesnolongerdesignatecases for automatic arbitration, but thepartiesmayelectarbitrationinanycase. Do the parties agree to arbitrate?

yesnolikelytoagreeinfuture

Binding

Non-Binding

C.Mediation

Absent arbitration or a Court order to thecontrary,thepartiesineverycasewillparticipateinCourt-annexedmediationasdetailedinChapterNineoftheCourt’sLocalRules. Thepartieshaveagreedon a mediator from the Court’s approved list ofmediatorsassetforthinthetableabove,andhaveagreedtothedatestatedinthetableaboveasthelastdateformediation.ThelistofmediatorsisavailablefromtheClerkandispostedontheCourt=swebsiteat

D.OtherAlternativeDisputeResolution

Thepartiesintendtopursuethefollowing other methods of alternative disputeresolution:

Date:

SignatureofCounsel(withinformationrequiredbyLocalRule1.05(d))andSignatureofUnrepresentedParties.