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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALTERA CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

v.

PACT XPP TECHNOLOGIES, AG,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-02868-JD 

ORDER RE COURT-APPOINTED 

EXPERTS

The Court intends to appoint one or more experts pursuant to Rule 706 of the Federal 

Rules of Evidence. See Monolithic Power Sys., Inc. v. O2 Micro Int’l Ltd., 558 F.3d 1341, 1346-

48 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (noting that district courts in this circuit enjoy “wide latitude” to make these 

appointments). Any such expert will testify at trial, and the Court plans to disclose their 

independent status to the jury, as permitted by Rule 706(d). The Court may also ask the expert or 

experts for advice throughout the case, but any substantive communications would be in the 

presence of the parties.

Any party that believes that the Court should not appoint any Rule 706 experts may submit 

a statement of no more than two pages by February 13, 2015, explaining why. In the event that 

the Court is unpersuaded by any such statement, the Court will then ask the parties to nominate 

candidates.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 5, 2015

______________________________________

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

Case 3:14-cv-02868-JD Document 87 Filed 02/05/15 Page 1 of 1