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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

APPLERA CORPORATION-APPLIED

BIOSYSTEMS GROUP, a Delaware

corporation,

Plaintiff,

 v.

ILLUMINA, INC., a Delaware corporation,

SOLEXA INC., a Delaware corporation,

and STEPHEN C. MACEVICZ, an

individual

Defendants. /

No. C 07-02845 WHA

ORDER RE DISCOVERY DISPUTES

The hearing on the pending motion to bifurcate will be held on APRIL 3, 2008, AT

8AM. The Court is weary of learning of the alleged discovery stonewalling. It is also

disappointed that counsel would let four months of stonewalling go by without making a

motion to compel, a fact which undercuts the allegation of stonewalling. To put an end to all

discovery issues once and for all, on the day of the bifurcation hearing, both lead counsel and

someone with decisional authority for each client shall meet and confer in person in the jury

room to discuss every outstanding discovery dispute. This will last all day except for the time

needed for the hearing on the motion for bifurcation and a 45 minute lunch break. It will end

at 5 PM. The end product shall be a handwritten and signed resolution and timetable on

agreed-on points and a list of all unresolved but discussed items. As to the latter, a letter

motion to compel must then be made within seven calendar days or else it will be deemed

waived. All agreed-on documents must be produced within fourteen calendar days of said

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meeting. The list of agreed-on items and unresolved items must be given to the judge at the

end of the day. Each lead counsel may be assisted by another lawyer or paralegal, for a total of

three per side counting the client representative. Bring all materials needed to carry out this

order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 29, 2008. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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