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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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

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

Case 3:10-cv-00032-WHA Document 16 Filed 01/14/10 Page 1 of 1