Novadaq Technologies v. Karl Storz GmbH & Co. K.G. et al

Filing 290

ORDER GRANTING-IN-PART MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION by Magistrate Judge Paul Singh Grewal granting-in-part 285 (psglc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/3/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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NOVADAQ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,

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Plaintiff,
v.

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ORDER GRANTING-IN-PART
MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION
(Re: Docket No. 285)

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KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. K.G., et al.,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff Novadaq Technologies, Inc. has filed several motions to exclude the testimony of
expert witnesses put forth by Defendant Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG and its American
counterpart Defendant Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc.1 Karl Storz moves for clarification,
objecting that these separately filed motions violate the court’s previous order that the parties each
should submit a single, twenty-five-page brief containing all of their motions in limine.2 Novadaq
points out in opposition that the court regularly hears noticed motions raising Daubert challenges
separately from other motions in limine, and Novadaq’s motions comport with that practice.3

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On balance, the court agrees with Novadaq. The parties may file Daubert challenges—and
only those challenges—as separate motions to exclude, subject to the notice and timing
requirements of the Local Rules. All other motions in limine must comply with the restrictions the

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See Docket Nos. 281, 283.

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See Docket No. 285; Docket No. 285-2 at 87:20-24.

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See Docket No. 287 at 2; see, e.g., Good Tech. Corp. v. AirWatch, LLC, Case No. 12-cv-5827,
Docket Nos. 231, 233; Good Tech. Corp. v. MobileIron, Inc., Case No. 12-cv-5826, Docket Nos.
293-4, 296, 358, 361.
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court issued earlier. The relief that Karl Storz seeks is DENIED.

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SO ORDERED.

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Dated: November 3, 2015

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PAUL S. GREWAL
United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court
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