We already knew from the Pacer of Feb 8 that the special master was to hear Barco’s Motion to Strike on Feb 27. Is it possible that the special master will still hear the motion on Feb 27 and that Judge Ware had it removed from his court calendar because he (Judge Ware) is not hearing it?

Pacer posted by Wolfe on Feb 14

ORDER REFERRING MOTION TO SPECIAL MASTER; VACATING
FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

Presently before the Court is Barco’s Motion to Strike Portions of TPL’s Infringement
Contentions. (See Docket Item No. 238 in No. C 08-5398 JW.) The Court refers this Motion to the Special Master. Accordingly, the hearing on the Motion set for February 27, 2012 is VACATED.
United States District Court For the Northern District of California The parties are also scheduled for a Further Case Management Conference on February 27, 2012. In light of the pending Claim Construction in these cases, the Court VACATES the February 27 Conference. The Court will set a new conference date in its Claim Construction Order.
Dated: February 13, 2012
JAMES WARE
United States District Chief Judge

Pacer posted by Wolf on Feb 8

There is presently pending a motion by plaintiff BARCO to
strike portions of defendant TPL’S infringement contentions. That motion is to be heard by
the Special Master on February 27, 2012. It appears to the Special Master’s satisfaction
that the SEAGATE documents which are the subject of this order may well be relevant to
the moving parties reply to the pending motion to strike. Accordingly, SEAGATE is ordered
to provide responsive documents on or before February 24, 2012. Should SEAGATE, in
good faith, discover that it cannot produce some subset of the documents which it is
ordered to produce within this time frame, it is to immediately confer with counsel for
PATRIOT SCIENTIFIC to see if an accommodation can be reached with regard to that
subset. Failing agreement, the parties are to immediately approach the Special Master for
resolution of any such issues and must do so sufficiently in advance of February 24, 2012
so as to allow for full production, if that is then required by the Special Master.

Dated: February 8, 2012 /s/ Thomas HR Denver

THOMAS HR DENVER