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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION INNOVATIVE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Plaintiff, v. ACER INC. AND ACER AMERICA CORP. Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 2:13-cv-522-JRG (CONSOLIDATED - Lead Case)

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

DOCKET CONTROL ORDER In accordance with the scheduling conference held in this case, it is hereby ORDERED that the following schedule of deadlines is in effect until further order of this Court: March 9, 2015 February 23, 2015 February 18, 2015 *Jury Selection 9:00 a.m. in Marshall, Texas *Pretrial Conference 9:00 a.m in Marshall, Texas *Notify Court of Agreements Reached During Meet and Confer The parties are ordered to meet and confer on any outstanding objections or motions in limine. The parties shall advise the Court of any agreements reached no later than 1:00 p.m. three (3) business days before the pretrial conference. February 16, 2015 February 9, 2015 *File Joint Pretrial Order, Joint Proposed Jury Instructions, Joint Proposed Verdict Form, and Responses to Motions in Limine *File Notice of Request for Daily Transcript or Real Time Reporting. If a daily transcript or real time reporting of court proceedings is requested for trial, the party or parties making said request shall file a notice with the Court and e-mail the Court Reporter, Shelly Holmes, at shelly_holmes@txed.uscourts.gov.

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February 2, 2015

File Motions in Limine The parties shall limit their motions in limine to issues that if improperly introduced at trial would be so prejudicial that the Court could not alleviate the prejudice by giving appropriate instructions to the jury.

February 2, 2015 January 26, 2015 January 12, 2015 December 15, 2014

Serve Objections to Rebuttal Pretrial Disclosures Serve Objections to Pretrial Disclosures; and Serve Rebuttal Pretrial Disclosures Serve Pretrial Disclosures (Witness List, Deposition Designations, and Exhibit List) by the Party with the Burden of Proof *File Dispositive Motions or Motions to Strike Expert Testimony (including Daubert Motions) No dispositive motion or motion to strike expert testimony (including a Daubert motion) may be filed after this date without leave of the Court.

December 15, 2014 November 24, 2014 October 27, 2014 October 27, 2014 October 20, 2014 August 25, 2014

Deadline to Complete Expert Discovery Serve Disclosures for Rebuttal Expert Witnesses Deadline to Complete Fact Discovery and File Motions to Compel Discovery Serve Disclosures for Expert Witnesses by the Party with the Burden of Proof *Deadline to File Letter Briefs Regarding Dispositive Motions Deadline to Complete Mediation The parties are responsible for ensuring that a mediation report is filed no later than 5 days after the conclusion of mediation. See L.R. App. H.

August 18, 2014 July 28, 2014 July 14, 2014 July 7, 2014

Comply with P.R. 3-7 (Opinion of Counsel Defenses) *Claim Construction Hearing 1:30 p.m. in Marshall, Texas *Comply with P.R. 4-5(d) (Joint Claim Construction Chart) *Comply with P.R. 4-5(c) (Reply Claim Construction Brief)

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June 30, 2014 June 16, 2014 June 16, 2014

Comply with P.R. 4-5(b) (Responsive Claim Construction Brief) Comply with P.R. 4-5(a) (Opening Claim Construction Brief) and Submit Technical Tutorials (if any) Deadline to Substantially Complete Document Production and Exchange Privilege Logs Counsel are expected to make good faith efforts to produce all required documents as soon as they are available and not wait until the substantial completion deadline.

June 2, 2014 May 27, 2014 May 12, 2014

Comply with P.R. 4-4 (Deadline to Complete Claim Construction Discovery) File Response to Amended Pleadings *File Amended Pleadings It is not necessary to seek leave of Court to amend pleadings prior to this deadline unless the amendment seeks to assert additional patents.

May 5, 2014 April 14, 2014 March 24, 2014 February 14, 2014 January 24, 2014 January 17, 2014

Comply with P.R. 4-3 (Joint Claim Construction Statement) Comply with P.R. 4-2 (Exchange Preliminary Claim Constructions) Comply with P.R. 4-1 (Exchange Proposed Claim Terms) Comply with P.R. 3-3 & 3-4 (Invalidity Contentions) *File Proposed Protective Order and Comply with Paragraphs 1 & 3 of the Discovery Order (Initial and Additional Disclosures) *File Proposed Docket Control Order, Proposed Discovery Order, and Notice of Mediator

(*) indicates a deadline that cannot be changed without showing good cause. Good cause is not shown merely by indicating that the parties agree that the deadline should be changed. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS Notice of Mediator: The parties are to jointly file a notice that identifies the agreed upon mediator or indicates that no agreement was reached. If the parties do not reach an agreement, the Court will appoint a mediator. The parties should not file a list of mediators to be considered by the Court. Summary Judgment Motions: Prior to filing any summary judgment motion, the parties must submit letter briefs seeking permission to file the motion. The opening letter brief in each of -3A/75852849.4

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those matters shall be no longer than five (5) pages and shall be filed with the Court no later than the deadline for filing letter briefs. Answering letter briefs in each of those matters shall be no longer than five (5) pages and filed with the Court no later than fourteen (14) days thereafter. Reply briefs in each of those matters shall be no longer than three (3) pages and filed with the Court no later than five (5) days thereafter. The Court may decide the question on the submissions or hold a hearing or telephone conference to hear arguments and to determine whether the filing of any motion will be permitted. Letter briefs shall be filed without exhibits. Any requests to submit letter briefs after the deadlines outlined above must show good cause. Indefiniteness: In lieu of early motions for summary judgment, the parties are directed to include any arguments related to the issue of indefiniteness in their Markman briefing, subject to the local rules normal page limits. Motions for Continuance: The following excuses will not warrant a continuance nor justify a failure to comply with the discovery deadline: (a) (b) The fact that there are motions for summary judgment or motions to dismiss pending; The fact that one or more of the attorneys is set for trial in another court on the same day, unless the other setting was made prior to the date of this order or was made as a special provision for the parties in the other case; The failure to complete discovery prior to trial, unless the parties can demonstrate that it was impossible to complete discovery despite their good faith effort to do so.

(c)

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/s/ Jeffrey R. Bragalone Jeffrey R. Bragalone (lead attorney) Texas Bar No. 02855775 Patrick J. Conroy Texas Bar No. 24012448 Justin B. Kimble Texas Bar No. 24036909 T. William Kennedy, Jr. Texas Bar No. 24055771 Daniel F. Olejko Pennsylvania Bar No. 205512 Bragalone Conroy PC 2200 Ross Avenue Suite 4500W Dallas, TX 75201 Tel: (214) 785-6670 Fax: (214) 785-6680 jbragalone@bcpc-law.com pconroy@bcpc-law.com jkimble@bcpc-law.com bkennedy@bcpc-law.com dolejko@bcpc-law.com T. John Ward Jr. Texas Bar No. 00794818 Claire Abernathy Henry Texas Bar No. 24053063 Ward & Smith Law Firm 1127 Judson Road, Suite 220 Longview, TX 75601 Tel: (903) 757-6400 Fax: (903) 757.2323 jw@wsfirm.com claire@wsfirm.com Attorneys for Plaintiff INNOVATIVE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC

/s/ Sean H. Hsu TIMOTHY BICKHAM Lead Attorney (pro hac vice) tbickham@steptoe.com STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington DC 20036 (202) 429-5517 (202) 429-3902 (fax) JEFFREY J. COX State Bar No. 04947530 jcox@hdbdlaw.com SEAN N. HSU State Bar No. 24056952 shsu@hdbdlaw.com HARTLINE DACUS BARGER DREYER LLP 6688 North Central Expressway, Suite 1000 Dallas, Texas 75206 (214) 369-2100 (214) 369-2118 (fax) ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS HUAWEI DEVICE USA INC.; HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.; AND HUAWEI INVESTMENT & HOLDING CO., LTD.

/s/ Kevin Jones Hsiang (James) Lin Kevin Jones Michael C. Ting

/s/ Richard A. Cederoth Harry L. Gillam, Jr. Texas State Bar No. 07921800 GILLAM & SMITH, L.L.P. -5-

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TECHKNOWLEDGE LAW GROUP LLP 1521 Diamond Street San Francisco, CA 94131 Tel: (415) 816-9525 Email: jlin@techknowledgelaw.com Eric H. Findlay State Bar No. 00789886 Brian Craft State Bar No. 04972020 Findlay Craft, LLP 6760 Old Jacksonville Hwy, Suite 101 Tyler, TX 75703 Telephone: (903) 534-1100 Facsimile: (903) 534-1137 efindlay@findlaycraft.com bcraft@findlaycraft.com Attorneys for Defendants ACER INC. and ACER AMERICA CORP.

303 South Washington Avenue Marshall, Texas 75670 Telephone: (903) 934-8450 Facsimile: (903) 9349257 gil@gillamsmithlaw.com David T. Pritikin dpritikin@sidley.com Richard A. Cederoth rcederoth@sidley.com Douglas I. Lewis dilewis@sidley.com Ellen S. Robbins erobbins@sidley.com SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP One South Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60603 Telephone: 312-853-7000 Facsimile: 312-853-7036 Nabeel U. Khan Texas State Bar No. 24074530 nkhan@sidley.com SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 717 North Harwood, Suite 3400 Dallas, Texas 75201 Telephone: 214-981-3300 Facsimile: 214-981-3400 Attorneys for Defendant MICROSOFT CORPORATION

/s/ Susan Baker Manning______ E. Leon Carter Texas Bar No. 03914300 lcarter@carterscholer.com John S. Torkelson Texas Bar No. 00795154 jtorkelson@carterscholer.com Joshua Bennett Texas Bar No. 24059444 jbennett@carterscholer.com

/s/ Peter J. Chassman Peter J. Chassman Texas Bar No. 00787233 Email: pchassman@winston.com Phillip D. Price Texas Bar No. 24060442 Email: pprice@winston.com Winston & Strawn LLP 1111 Louisiana, 25th Floor Houston, Texas 77002 Telephone: (713) 651-2600 Facsimile: (713) 651-2700 -6-

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CARTER SCHOLER STAFFORD ARNETT HAMADA & MOCKLER, PLLC 8150 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1950 Dallas, Texas 75206 Telephone: 214.550.8188 Facsimile: 214.550.8185 Susan Baker Manning (lead counsel, pro hac vice) susan.manning@bingham.com John A. Polito john.polito@bingham.com Monica A. Hernandez (pro hac vice) monica.hernandez@bingham.com BINGHAM McCUTCHEN LLP 2020 K Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20006-1806, U.S.A. Telephone: 202.373.6000 Facsimile: 202.373.6001 Attorneys for Defendants BLACKBERRY LIMITED AND BLACKBERRY CORPORATION /s/ Peter J. Wied Harry L. Gillam, Jr. Texas State Bar No. 07921800 GILLAM & SMITH, L.L.P. 303 South Washington Avenue Marshall, Texas 75670 Telephone: (903) 934-8450 Facsimile: (903) 934-9257 gil@gillamsmithlaw.com Terry D. Garnett tgarnett@goodwinprocter.com Peter J. Wied pwied@goodwinprocter.com GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 601 S Figueroa Street 41st Floor Los Angeles, California 90017 Tel: 213.426.2500 Fax: 213.623.1673

Kimball R. Anderson Illinois Bar No. 00049980 Email: kanderson@winston.com Winston & Strawn LLP 35 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60601-9703 Telephone: (312) 558-5858 Facsimile: (312) 558-5700 Deron R. Dacus Texas State Bar No. 00790553 Email: ddacus@dacusfirm.com The Dacus Firm, P.C. 821 ESE Loop 323, Suite 430 Tyler, Texas 75701 Telephone: (903) 705-1117 Facsimile: (903) 705-1117 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT, DELL INC.

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Attorneys for Defendant HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY

SIGNED this 19th day of December, 2011. So ORDERED and SIGNED this 23rd day of January, 2014.

____________________________________ RODNEY GILSTRAP UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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