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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
IN RE CHANBOND, LLC,
PATENT LITIGATION
C.A. No. 15-842-RGA
CONSOLIDATED
[color=red]JURY TRIAL DEMANDED[/red]
STATUS REPORT AND JOINT, PROPOSED, REVISED SCHEDULE
Pursuant to the Court’s May 17, 2017 Docket Order continuing the stay in this action
while the parties discussed a revised schedule, attached as Exhibit A is the parties’ joint,
proposed, Revised Scheduling Order.
In addition, for the Court’s information, on May 25, 2017, the PTAB issued its Final
Decision regarding the IPR that RPX had filed against asserted U.S. Patent No. 7,941,822.
The PTAB denied the petition on each of the considered grounds, holding that RPX failed to
demonstrate that any ’822 claim was unpatentable. A copy of the PTAB’s Final Decision is
attached hereto as Exhibit B.
June 15, 2017
BAYARD, P.A. MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT &TUNNELL LLP
_/s/ Stephen B. Brauerman__________ _ /s/ Jennifer Ying_____________
Richard D. Kirk (#922) Jack B. Blumenfeld (#1014)
Stephen B. Brauerman (#4952) Jennifer Ying (#5550)
Sara E. Bussiere (#5725) 1201 North Market Street
222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 900 P.O. Box 1347
Wilmington, DE 19801 Wilmington, DE 19899
rkirk@bayardlaw.com (302) 658-9200
sbrauerman@bayardlaw.com jblumenfeld@mnat.com
sbussiere@bayardlaw.com jying@mnat.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff Attorneys for Defendants
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EXHIBIT A
Case 1:15-cv-00842-RGA Document 112-1 Filed 06/15/17 Page 1 of 4 PageID #: 7900
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
IN RE CHANBOND, LLC,
PATENT LITIGATION
C.A. No. 15-842-RGA
Consolidated
(PROPOSED) REVISIONS TO SCHEDULE (D.I. 15 C.A. NO. 15-842-RGA)
Event Current Date Parties’ Proposed Date
Plaintiff to reduce
number of asserted
claims to 18 across all
asserted patents
N/A Sep. 26, 2017
Defendants to reduce
number of prior
references against all
patents to no more than
18. Defendants also to
identify the prior art
combinations (if any) on
an asserted claim by
asserted claim basis,
with no more than 4
total combinations per
claim For example, a
combination listed in the
alternative as “A and/or
B and/or C” constitutes
four combinations, i.e., A
and B, A and C, A and B
and C, and B and C.
N/A Oct. 17, 2017
Close of fact discovery
April 10, 2017 Nov. 10, 2017
Opening Expert Reports
for party that bears
burden of proof
May 10, 2017 Dec. 18, 2017
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Event Current Date Parties’ Proposed Date
Rebuttal Expert Reports June 13, 2017 Feb. 16, 2018
Reply Expert Reports July 14, 2017 March 9, 2018
Close of Expert
Discovery
August 11, 2017 May 16, 2018
Opening SJ/Daubert
Briefs
August 30, 2017 June 15, 2018
Answering SJ/Daubert
Briefs
September 22, 2017 July 16, 2018
Reply SJ/Daubert Briefs October 6, 2017 August 6, 2018
Trial scheduling
conference, with parties
to submit a joint status
report with their
proposal(s) one week in
advance.
Plaintiff’s Proposal1
Plaintiff to include
proposal regarding trial
consolidation at least in
view of identical
accused products and
common factual
questions across
defendants, per 35
U.S.C. § 299.
Sep. 8, 2017 June __, 2018
SJ/Daubert Hearing November 2017 Aug. __, 2018
Pre-trial Conference Jan. 5, 2018 Oct. __, 2018 at 9:00 am
First 5-day jury trial Jan. 22, 2018 Nov. __, 2018[color=red][/color]
1 Defendants believe consolidation for trial is not appropriate, for at least the reason that the
parties cannot be properly consolidated under 35 U.S.C. § 299 and Fed. R. Civ. P. 20.
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Dated: June 12, 2017
BAYARD, P.A.
/s/
Stephen B. Brauerman (No. 4952)
Sara E. Bussiere (No. 5725)
BAYARD, P.A.
222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 900
P.O. Box 25130
Wilmington, Delaware 19899
(302) 655-5000
sbrauerman@bayardlaw.com
sbussiere@bayardlaw.com
Counsel for Plaintiff ChanBond, LLC
MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT &TUNNELL LLP
/s/
Jack B. Blumenfeld (#1014)
Jennifer Ying
1201 N. Market Street
P.O. Box 1347
Wilmington, DE 19899-1347
(302) 658-9200
jblumenfeld@mnat.com
jying@mnat.com
Attorneys for Defendants
Of Counsel:
Mark S. Raskin
Robert A. Whitman
Michael S. DeVincenzo
John F. Petrsoric
MISHCON DE REYA NEW YORK LLP
Two Park Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Of Counsel:
Michael Brody
mbrody@winston.com
Jonathan Retsky
jretsky@winston.com
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
35 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
312-558-5600
Krishnan Padmanabhan
kpadmanabhan@winston.com
Anup Misra
amisra@winston.com
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
212-294-4700
James Lin
jalin@winston.com
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
275 Middlefield Rd.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
650-858-6500
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EXHIBIT B
Case 1:15-cv-00842-RGA Document 112-2 Filed 06/15/17 Page 1 of 40 PageID #: 7904
Trials@uspto.gov Paper No. 28
571-272-7822 Entered: May 25, 2017
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
