Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.P. v. U.S. Venture, Inc. et al

Filing 425

MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order. Signed by the Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer on 9/30/2018. Mailed notice. (lw, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
SUNOCO PARTNERS MARKETING &
TERMINALS L.P.,
Plaintiff,
v.
U.S. VENTURE, INC., U.S. OIL, and
TECHNICS, INC.,
Defendants.

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No. 15 C 8178
Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer

ORDER
For reasons set forth explained in an opinion to be issued before October 5, Plaintiff
Sunoco’s motion for partial summary judgment [354] is granted. Defendant U.S. Venture’s
cross motion for partial summary judgment [363] is granted in part, insofar as Venture’s systems
using Venture’s own software and Technics’ “Not First Pass” software do not infringe claim 1 of
the ‘671 patent. The motion is otherwise denied.
Defendants' motion to seal certain documents designated as confidential under the
terms of the protective order [406] is granted. As both parties have cited the testimony of
Norman Goddard on source code issues, Defendants’ motion to exclude that testimony [272] is
stricken as moot. Defendants’ motion to bifurcate and motion to strike the expert disclosure of
Rick Rys are trial motions whose disposition may be affected by the court’s summary judgment
rulings. Accordingly, those motions [268, 377] are stricken without prejudice.

ENTER:

Dated: September 30, 2018

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REBECCA R. PALLMEYER
United States District Judge