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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:183 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

SAN JOSE DIVISION

Avago Technologies General IP Ltd., et al., 

Plaintiffs,

 v.

Elan Microelectronics Corporation, et al.,

Defendants. /

NO. C 04-05385 JW 

ORDER OVERRULING OBJECTIONS TO

MAGISTRATE'S ORDER

On July 20, 2007, the Magistrate Judge Lloyd granted in part and denied in part Avago's

Motion to Strike Portions of Defendant's Expert Report. (hereafter, "Order," Docket Item No. 352),

Judge Lloyd struck three different portions of the Expert Report of Professor Berthold K.P. Horn. 

Before the Court is Elan's Objections to Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd's Order. (hereafter,

"Objections," Docket Item No. 355.) 

A party may object to a non-dispositive pretrial order of a magistrate judge within ten days

after service of the order. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a). The magistrate judge's order will be upheld unless

it is "clearly erroneous or contrary to law." Id.; 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A). A magistrate judge's

factual determinations are subject to the "clearly erroneous" standard. Maisonville v F2. Am., Inc.,

902 F.2d 746, 748 (9th Cir. 1990). 

Judge Lloyd's Order first struck paragraphs 87-90, on the ground that they asserted an

invalidity theory not originally included in Elan's Final Invalidity Contentions ("FICs"). The theory,

that the '804 patent is invalid for lack of written description, was included in an amended version of 

Elan's FICs. However, Judge Lloyd found that Elan had not sought leave of court to include that

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 Elan does not contend that, as a factual matter, the pinpoint citations included in its FICs

fully disclose Elan's arguments regarding how each claim element is met by the prior art. (See

Objections at 6.) Accordingly, the Court does not consider this argument. 

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theory by amendment, as required. (Order at 2-3.) Upon review of Elan's previous motion for leave

to amend its FICs (see Docket Item No. 205), and the order granting that motion (see Docket Item

No. 252), the Court finds that Judge Lloyd’s finding is not clearly erroneous. 

Paragraph 54 and Exhibit 15 were stricken because they discuss portions of prior art

references not identified in Elan's claim charts as required by Patent Local Rule 3-3(c). (Order at 3-

4). Elan contends that merely identifying the prior art reference is sufficient to satisfy the rule.1

(Objections at 6.) This is incorrect: rule 3-3(c) requires that invalidity contentions disclose

"specifically in each alleged item of prior art each element of each claim found." 

Further, Paragraphs 15-16 were stricken because they discuss a prior art reference not

disclosed in Elan's FICs. Judge Lloyd found that the expert report did not merely use the

undisclosed reference to explain other invalidating prior art, but also relied on the undisclosed

reference itself. Upon review of the expert report, the Court finds that Judge Lloyd’s finding is not

clearly erroneous. Accordingly, the Court OVERRULES Elan's objections. 

Dated: August 22, 2007 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Alan J. Heinrich aheinrich@irell.com

David Craig McPhie dmcphie@irell.com

Elizabeth Hannah Rader erader@akingump.com

Gary C. Ma gma@akingump.com

Hsin-Yi Cindy Feng cfeng@akingump.com

Jonathan Philip Steinsapir jsteinsapir@irell.com

Morgan Chu mchu@irell.com

Richard Elgar Lyon rlyon@irell.com

Samuel Kai Lu slu@064;irell.com

Sang Hui Michael Kim mkim@akingump.com

Yitai Hu yhu@akingump.com

Dated: August 22, 2007 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/JW Chambers Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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