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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1114 Trademark 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

FITBUG LIMITED,

Plaintiff,

v.

FITBIT INC,

Defendant.

NO. C 13-01418 SC

JURY TRIAL PREPARATION

ORDER

JURY TRIAL PREPARATION FOR JUDGE CONTI

A. Required Submissions

No later than fourteen (14) calendar days before trial, each party shall e-file with this

court, serve upon all other parties, and provide to the court two courtesy copies directly to

chambers of the following materials. Unless otherwise noted, these materials shall be printed

in thirteen point time new roman font. 

(1) A JOINT agreed upon, brief statement of the case to be read to the jury prior to

trial.

(2) Proposed Voir Dire questions.

(3) A trial brief.

(4) A list of exhibits conforming substantially to the form attached as Appendix A. 

Upon request of a party, any party shall make the original of any exhibit available for

inspection and/or copying.

(5) A list of witnesses, including expert witnesses, in the expected order of their

presentation. The witness list shall also include:

(a) a brief statement as to the content of the witness' testimony;

(b) an estimate of the time of the witness' testimony, on both direct and

cross examination; 

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(c) any expert testimony shall strictly comply with FRCP Rule 26(a).

(d) any Daubert objections to the testimony of any expert or witness should

be raised with the Court by motion ten (10) days before trial, or

objection is WAIVED.

No witnesses other than those on said list shall be allowed to testify, except upon express

order of this court.

(6) A statement designating all excerpts from depositions (specifying the witness'

name, with page and line references), answers to interrogatories, and responses to requests

for admission to be offered at trial for any purpose other than impeachment or rebuttal.

(7) JOINT jury instructions (see section C. infra).

(8) A proposed form of verdict.

(9) Motions in Limine will be heard at the pretrial conference. Motions in limine are

to be filed and served no later than ten (10) days prior to the pretrial conference, oppositions

are to be filed and served no later than five (5) days prior to the pretrial conference.

B. Exhibit Binders

Exhibits that can be reduced to 8.5" by 11" form (i.e. written documents, photographs,

etc.) should be placed in three-ring binders with each exhibit tabbed on the side. A copy of

the exhibit list should be placed in the front of the binder. Binders should be clearly labeled

on the outside as to which party's exhibits and what exhibit numbers they contain. The

parties should prepare three (3) sets of binders: one for the Judge, one for the witness to refer

to, and one for the clerk to act as the original. The original copy should have an exhibit

marker affixed to the first page of each exhibit in the lower right hand corner. These binders

are to be delivered directly to Judge Conti's Chambers no later than three (3) days before the

date of trial. They are not to be filed in the clerk's office.

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C. Proposed Jury Instructions

No later than fourteen (14) calendar days before the trial date, the parties shall e-file

and provide the Court with two courtesy copies of the JOINT proposed jury instructions. 

The parties are ordered to meet, confer, and prepare said complete set of jury instructions. 

This complete set of all proposed instructions upon which the parties agree must include all

standard instructions regarding the role of jurors, organization of the jury, communication

with the court, etc. Failure to submit an agreed upon instruction on a matter of law as to

which there is no substantial ground for difference of opinion may be considered a sufficient

ground for the imposition of sanctions on counsel.

In addition, the parties shall e-mail a complete set of instructions in Word format to

Judge Conti’s proposed order mail box, scPO@cand.uscourts.gov.

Each individual proposed instruction shall be concise and free from argument, and

typewritten on separate pages. Each proposed instruction should include the heading

centered at the top of the first page of the instruction. 

JURY INSTRUCTION NO. ____ 

The set shall include two (2) separate copies of the proposed instructions. Each

instruction in the first copy should include a title briefly stating the general subject matter of

the instruction and should be free from citation to supporting authority or other extraneous

references. Each instruction in the second copy should include citations to supporting

authority whenever available, but should be identical to instruction in the first copy in all

other respects. With each set of instructions, the parties shall include an index to the

proposed instructions. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated:January 2, 2015 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXHIBIT MARKERS, EXHIBIT LIST, AND TRANSCRIPTS

EXHIBIT MARKERS

Counsel should fill in the appropriate markers leaving the "Date Entered" and

"Deputy Clerk" lines blank.

Plaintiff's exhibits should be denoted as: 1, 2, 3, etc. Defendant's exhibits should be

denoted as: A, B, C, etc.

EXHIBIT LIST

Counsel are to supply all the requested information with the exception of the two

"Date Boxes."

COLOR OF EXHIBIT BINDERS

Plaintiff's exhibit binders must be black and Defendant's exhibit binders must be

white.

TRANSCRIPTS

Should a daily transcript and/or realtime reporting be desired, arrangements must be

made with the Courtroom Deputy at least fourteen (14) days before the scheduled trial date.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

 CASE NO. DATE v. 

EXHIBIT LIST

( ) Plaintiff ( ) Defendant

EXHIBIT

NUMBER

MARKED ADMITTED DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

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Case No. Case No. 

PLTF Exhibit No. 1 DEFT Exhibit No. A 

Date Entered Date Entered 

Signature Signature 

Case No. Case No. 

PLTF Exhibit No. 2 DEFT Exhibit No. B 

Date Entered Date Entered 

Signature Signature 

Case No. Case No. 

PLTF Exhibit No. 3 DEFT Exhibit No. C 

Date Entered Date Entered 

Signature Signature 

Case No. Case No. 

PLTF Exhibit No. 4 DEFT Exhibit No. D 

Date Entered Date Entered 

Signature Signature 

Case No. Case No. 

PLTF Exhibit No. 5 DEFT Exhibit No. E 

Date Entered Date Entered 

Signature Signature 

Case No. Case No. 

PLTF Exhibit No. 6 DEFT Exhibit No. F 

Date Entered Date Entered 

Signature Signature 

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