"Is this ruling an advantage for EDIG in the 'agreement reaching' process since discovery goes forward if no agreement is reached?"

IMO,(not that anyone cares) it is....

With that...

If the discovery does not stop on the 21st...where as I understand it....all discovery must be completed prior to the Markman, which IMO, would be an advantage as well. e.Digital would not have to file for a 2nd Markman for having insufficient information prior to it......where they did explained they would if need be.

The way I see it, e.Digital was seeking to not over burden the court or the defendants by implementing a 2 phase discovery process, where the more involved phase 2 would happen at a later date.....to which it all seems to have been ignored.

doni