Volterra Semiconductor Corporation v. Primarion, Inc. et al
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ORDER STRIKING INTERVENING RIGHTS DEFENSE FROM DEFENDANTS' SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT, AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES AND COUNTERCLAIMS. Signed by Judge Joseph C. Spero on April 3, 2012 (jcslc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/3/2012).
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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VOLTERRA SEMICONDUCTOR
CORPORATION,
Case No. C-08-05129 JCS
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v.
ORDER STRIKING INTERVENING
RIGHTS DEFENSE FROM
DEFENDANTS’ SECOND AMENDED
ANSWER, AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES
AND COUNTERCLAIMS
PRIMARION, INC., ET AL.,
Defendants.
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For the Northern District of California
United States District Court
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Plaintiff,
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On December 22, 2011, the Court granted in part Defendants’ motion to amend their answer
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to assert an intervening rights affirmative defense. See Docket No. 1649 (Defendants’ Motion for
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Leave (1) to Amend Their Answer to Assert a Defense of Intervening Rights, (2) to Move for
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Summary Judgment on Their Intervening Rights Defense, and (3) to Move to Set Aside the Parties’
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Stipulations and for Reconsideration of Summary Judgment of Infringement), Docket No. 1681
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(minute order of December 22, 2011 hearing). On the record, the Court explained that it was
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permitting Defendants to amend their answer at this late stage of the case only because of a change
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in the law, namely, the Federal Circuit’s decision in Marine Polymer Techs., Inc. v. Hemcon, Inc.,
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--- F.3d ---, No. 2010-1548, 2011 WL 4435986 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 26, 2011). Subsequently, the
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Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, reversed the panel decision in the Marine Polymer case. See Docket
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No. 1728. Therefore, the Court STRIKES Defendants’ intervening rights defense (asserted as
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Defendants’ Ninth Affirmative Defense in the Second Amended Answer, Affirmative Defenses, and
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Counterclaims, docket no. 1693).
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: April 3, 2012
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_______________________________
JOSEPH C. SPERO
United States Magistrate Judge
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For the Northern District of California
United States District Court
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