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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 15:1126 Patent Infringement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANGIOSCORE, INC., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

TRIREME MEDICAL, INC., ET AL., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 12-cv-03393-YGR 

ORDER RE EVIDENTIARY RULING;

PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND 

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW FORMAT

 By this Order, the Court addresses two issues: (1) plaintiff’s evidentiary objections 

relating to two exhibits; and (2) the form of the parties’ proposed findings of fact and conclusions 

of law and responses thereto. Each is considered in turn, below: 

1. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS

At the conclusion of the bench trial in this case, plaintiff raised the question of whether two 

documents previously admitted into evidence should be admitted in their full form, or whether 

they should be admitted only with respect to particular pages discussed by witnesses during the 

trial. Specifically, plaintiff argues that only specified pages of defendants’ exhibits 1652/ 

plaintiff’s exhibit 325 (QT Vascular’s 2013 Annual Report) and defendants’ exhibit 

1746/plaintiff’s exhibit 45 (QT Vascular’s April 2014 Offer Document) should be admitted. 

Plaintiff contends that not every page of these documents has been authenticated by individuals 

with the requisite personal knowledge to do so. 

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 The Court finds plaintiff’s arguments unpersuasive. As an initial matter, documents were 

admitted into evidence throughout the trial without witnesses painstakingly authenticating each 

and every page. To impose a retroactive page-by-page authentication standard, after neither party 

complied with this standard throughout the trial, would simply not be fair. Moreover, the practical 

difficulty of imposing such a standard, particularly with respect to the documents at issue here, is 

readily apparent: the 2013 Annual Report is 116 pages long; the 2014 Offer Document is 461 

pages long, and the plaintiff never proffered annotated versions. 

 In addition, the Court finds that such documents have been sufficiently authenticated by 

witnesses with personal knowledge of them. Randolph Farwell, QT Vascular’s CFO, prepared the 

2014 Offer Document. Eitan Konstantino likewise testified that he was involved in the 

preparation of this document. Momi Brosh also discussed the document and its contents. In 

addition, Brosh discussed the 2013 Annual Report, and verified that Farwell approves reports such 

as the 2013 Annual Report. Farwell separately discussed certain of its contents. 

 Accordingly, both documents are ADMITTED in their entirety. Whether or not they provide 

persuasive evidence without the attendant testimony is an entirely separate issue not addressed 

herein. 

2. FORM OF FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

Having considered what format is most appropriate for the parties’ proposed findings of 

fact and conclusions of law, and for purposes of clarity, the Court confirms that the table format 

used in connection with the parties’ chronology submissions is preferable. With the reply 

briefing, the parties shall file responses thereto, which shall be presented in a column adjacent to 

each proposed finding. Both the proposed findings of fact and responses shall be supported by 

citation to the record and evidence. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 29, 2015 

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 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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