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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION;

MOLECULAR PROBES, INC.; and THE

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

CALIFORNIA,

Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. 10-cv-2127 - IEG (NLS)

ORDER GRANTING JOINT

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE

AMENDED PRELIMINARY

INFRINGEMENT AND

INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS

[Doc. No. 94]

vs.

EBIOSCIENCE, INC.,

Defendant.

Before the Court is the parties’ joint motion for leave to file amended preliminary

infringement and invalidity contentions. [Doc. No. 94.] Though such amendment is disfavored, it

may be allowed “upon a showing of good cause.” See Southern District of California Patent Local

Rule 3.7; see also CBS Interactive, Inc. v. Etilize, Inc., 257 F.R.D. 195, 201 (N.D. Cal. 2009) (the

“good cause” requirement disallows such contentions “from becoming moving targets throughout

the lawsuit.”). The parties claim amendment is justified here to reflect the results of the United

States Patent and Trademark Office’s reexamination of two of the patents-in-suit, United States

Patent Nos. 6,927,069 and 6,423,551. [See Doc. No. 94 at 2.] The parties further submit that their

amendments “will not result in any new substantive contentions,” nor “introduce any new claims

or claim elements,” nor “assert any new prior art.” [Id.] Thus, to this limited extent, the Court

finds good cause shown and hereby GRANTS the parties’ motion as follows:

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1. The parties shall file amended preliminary infringement and invalidity contentions

no later than Friday, October 12, 2012;

2. The parties’ amended contentions shall not contain any new substantive

contentions, claims or claim elements, or prior art.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 5, 2012 _________________________________

IRMA E. GONZALEZ

United States District Judge

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