The opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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SHOLEM WEISNER, :
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Plaintiff, : ORDER
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-against-
: 20 Civ. 2862 (AKH)
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:
GOOGLE LLC and SHMUEL NEMANOV. :
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Defendant and Involuntary Party.
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:
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ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN, U.S.D.J.:
The case management conference set for September 25, 2024 is cancelled. The
following is the procedure to be followed.
1. No later than October 10, 2024, the parties shall meet and prepare a four-
column table. At the meeting, the parties shall populate the first column
with all phrases in the patent(s) requiring construction in the opinion of any
of the parties.
2. No later than October 28, 2024, Plaintiff shall populate the second column
of the table with Plaintiff’s proposed construction of all phrases and
produce the table to Defendants.
3. No later than November 11, 2024, Defendants shall populate the third
column of the table with Defendants’ proposed construction. If the
Defendants differ, the defendants may propose particular versions.
4. No later than November 18, 2024, the Parties shall jointly file the table,
leaving a blank column for the Court’s rulings.
5. A Markman Hearing (Markman v. Westview Instr., Inc. 517 U.S. 370
(1998)) will be held on December 12, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. The Court will
then decide the proper construction of each phrase and, after that, discuss
the discovery program for the parties, or set a date for such discussions.
Until the Claims construction order, there will be no discovery.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: September 19, 2024 __/s/ Alvin K. Hellerstein___________
New York, New York ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN
United States District Judge