Finisar Corporation v. Source Photonics, Inc. et al

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NOTICE REGARDING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. Signed by Judge Alsup on January 14, 2010. (whalc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/14/2010)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 FINISAR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. SOURCE PHOTONICS, INC., a Delaware corporation, MRV COMMUNICATIONS, a Delaward corporation, NEOPHOTONICS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, and OPLINK COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendants. / No. C 10-00032 WHA IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

United States District Court

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For the Northern District of California

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NOTICE REGARDING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

In light of the large number of patents and claims asserted by plaintiff (the complaint asserts eleven different patents), the undersigned requests that counsel for all parties be prepared to address at the case management conference the advisability of using a court-appointed expert under Rule 706 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. This expert would testify at trial and possibly during claim construction and other hearings before trial. The court-appointed expert, however, would not act as a "law clerk" for the undersigned, but would fulfill the role envisioned by FRE 706. Plaintiff's counsel will ensure that this notice is supplied to counsel for each defendant.

Dated: January 14, 2010.

WILLIAM ALSUP UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE