Scheduling Order For A Patent Case (Judge Forrest)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- X _______________________________________________ : _______________________________________________ : _______________________________________________ : Plaintiff(s), : : -v: _______________________________________________ : _______________________________________________ : _______________________________________________ : Defendant(s). : ---------------------------------------------------------------------- X KATHERINE B. FORREST, District Judge: ____ Civ. ______ (KBF) SCHEDULING ORDER FOR A PATENT CASE The parties propose the following schedule for this matter: 1. Any party claiming infringement shall complete disclosure of asserted claims, infringement contentions, and other items required by Rule 1(a) of this Court's Procedures for Patent Cases ("Patent Rules") not later than ________________________. [14 days after appearance] Any party claiming infringement shall complete the document production and disclosure required by the Court's Patent Rule 1(b) not later than ________________________. [14 days after item 1] Any party opposing a claim of patent infringement shall complete its invalidity contentions and all other requirements of the Court's Patent Rule 1(c) not later than ________________________. 1 [14 days after item 2] The parties shall (a) complete the document production and all other requirements of the Court's Patent Rule 1(d), and (b) exchange proposed claim terms for construction, preliminary constructions, and extrinsic evidence as required by the Court's Patent Rule 2(a) not later than ________________________. [14 days after item 3] 2. 3. 4. If there is no claim of infringement, but a party seeks a declaration of invalidity, that party shall complete disclosure of the material in item 3 no later than 14 days after the defendant serves its answer, or 14 days after the Initial Pretrial Conference, whichever is later. 1 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com 5. The parties shall submit their joint claim construction chart and prehearing statement as required by the Court's Patent Rule 2(b) not later than ________________________. [20 days after item 4(b)] The parties shall submit their claim construction briefs and other requirements of the Court's Patent Rule 2(c) pursuant to the following schedule: Opening: __________________ [20 days after item 5] Opp'n: __________________ [10 days after opening brief] Reply: __________________ [5 days after opposition brief] 6. 7. Close of all fact discovery: ___________________. [within 6 months of commencement of action unless good reason] Close of expert discovery: ___________________. [25 days after the close of fact discovery; may of course be ongoing throughout] The parties [do / do not ] anticipate making dispositive motions. The contemplated dispositive motion(s) is/are for: _________________________________________________________________. Proposed briefing schedule: Opening: __________________ [no later than item 8] Opp'n: __________________ Reply: __________________ [37 days after opening brief] Last dates to file. Motions may be brought at any time. 8. 9. 10. Trial [will / will not ] be before a jury. DO NOT FILL IN BELOW. THE COURT WILL SET ITEMS 11-15. 11. The next status conference in this matter is set for _________________ at ________. The parties shall appear for a Markman hearing on _________________ at ________. 12. American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com 13. All pretrial materials, including the Joint Pretrial Order ("JPTO") are due: ______________________. The Final Pretrial Conference ("FPTC") in this matter is set for ________________ at ________. Trial in this matter shall commence on _____________________. Trial is anticipated to take ______________ [days / weeks]. 14. 15. Settlement discussions must occur in parallel to this schedule (schedule will not be adjourned, except in very unusual situations, for settlement discussions). SO ORDERED. Dated: New York, New York ______________, 2017 __________________________________ KATHERINE B. FORREST United States District Judge American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com