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10 SONOS, INC.,
11 Plaintiff, No. C 20-06754 WHA
No. C 21-07559 WHA
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13 GOOGLE LLC, (Consolidated)
14 Defendant. ORDER RE TODAY’S HEARING
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16 As stated on the record during today’s hearing, the jury will decide whether the purported
17 design-around infringes unless the evidence is so clear that the Court can resolve the issue
18 under Rule 50 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. There will be no separate bench trial.
19 In addition, as stated on the record during today’s hearing, the ’615 patent is out of the
20 case. “It is a claimant’s burden to keep the district court clearly apprised of what parts of its
21 claim it wishes to pursue and which parts, if any, it wishes to reserve for another day.” Silicon
22 Graphics, Inc. v. ATI Techs., Inc., 607 F.3d 784, 801 (Fed. Cir. 2010). In the briefing on the
23 renewed motion to realign the parties, both sides provided charts setting out the claims to be
24 tried (Dkt. Nos. 477 at 3–4; 513 at 7). Neither side included claims related to the ’615 patent.
25 In other words, despite Google’s present assertions that there is a live case or controversy with
26 respect to invalidity of claims 18, 19, and 25 of the ’615 patent, Google did not include
27 invalidity of claims 18, 19, and 25 of the ’615 patent in its list of “remaining claims” (Dkt. No.
1 asserted in this action” (Dkt. No. 513 at 10). On March 29, 2023, the night before the hearing
2 on the renewed motion to realign and the final dispositive motions, Google withdrew its
3 opposition to the renewed motion to realign (Dkt. No. 555). But in doing so, it did not indicate
4 that it had changed its position on the ’615 patent. And, even if it had, it was too late.
5 Invalidity of claims 18, 19, and 25 of the °615 patent was abandoned long ago.
6 Finally, as stated in a companion order, this action is referred to Judge Thomas Hixson
7 for mediation (Dkt. No. 575).
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WILLIAM ALSUP
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