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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC. ET AL,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

 ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION ET

AL,

Defendant. /

No. C05-03117 MJJ

ORDER RE: DISPUTE OVER ROCHE’S

NON-RETAINED EXPERT WITNESSES

Before the Court is the parties’ dispute regarding Roche’s non-retained expert witnesses

identified in the parties’ Supplemental Case Management Statement. (Docket No. 508.) Having

considered the parties’ written arguments, the Court ORDERS as follows:

(1) The Court will not require the two non-retained expert witnesses to provide Rule 26

written expert reports. However, no later than Wednesday, October 31, 2007, Roche shall provide to

Abbott, by letter, a summary of the opinions that these two witnesses are expected to testify to at trial.

(2) Abbott is granted leave to reopen the depositions of, and conduct further questioning of,

the two non-retained expert witnesses. Such depositions shall be limited to a half-day each. To the

extent that these depositions are needed for the parties to fully brief the dispositive motions that will be

heard on December 12, 2007 by the Court, Abbott is granted leave to depose these two Roche witnesses

during the moratorium period on depositions agreed to by the parties.. The parties shall meet-and-confer

in good faith regarding the scheduling of these depositions. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 25, 2007 

MARTIN J. JENKINS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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