Thorne Research et al v. Atlantic Pro-Nutrients
| Thorne Research and Softgel Formulators |
| Atlantic Pro-Nutrients |
| 2:2013cv00784 |
| August 22, 2013 |
| US District Court for the District of Utah |
| Central Office |
| Salt Lake |
| Ted Stewart |
| Patent |
| 35 U.S.C. ยง 0271 |
| Plaintiff |
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MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER-granting in part and denying in part 467 Motion ; Motions terminated: 467 Defendant's MOTION for Review of Taxation of Costs re 466 Costs Taxed and Memorandum in Support filed by Atlantic Pro-Nutrients. Defendant is awarded an additional $3,137.75 in costs, which shall be included in the judgment. Signed by Judge Ted Stewart on 8/14/20. (jrj)
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MEMORANDUM DECISION denying 396 Motion for Attorney Fees; denying 404 Motion for New Trial; denying 406 Motion for New Trial; denying 410 Motion for New Trial; granting 413 Motion to Alter Judgment; denying 415 Motio n to Strike. The Judgment will be amended to state, "IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Defendant's accused products are not infringing claims 1 and 5 of the '888 patent, and claims 1 and 5 of the '888 patent are invalid." Signed by Judge Ted Stewart on 5/29/2018. (jwt)
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MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER denying 368 Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law and Preclusion of Argument Regarding Damages. Defendant made the Motion in writing at the conclusion of Plaintiffs' case-in-chief on February 19, 2018. See order for further details. Signed by Judge Ted Stewart on 2/28/18. (jlw)
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372
MEMORANDUM DECISION denying 370 Plaintiffs' Request for Additional Jury Instruction. Signed by Judge Ted Stewart on 2/20/18. (jlw)
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MEMORANDUM DECISION granting in part and denying in part 352 Motion to Modify Court's Proposed Curative Jury Instruction. Plaintiffs' Request for a Curative Instruction is granted. The court will provide the following in struction: In opening statements, counsel for Xymogen suggested to you that you were entitled to draw certain conclusions or inferences from the fact that Dr. William Judy, the co-inventor of the 888 patent, will testify by deposition, rather th an in person. There are many legitimate reasons a party may not present a witness live testimony at trial. Under some circumstances, if a witness cannot be present to testify from the witness stand, the witness testimony may be presented, under oath, in the form of a deposition. Sometime before this trial, attorneys representing the parties in this case questioned this witness under oath. A court reporter was present and recorded the testimony. Some of the questions from the witnesses deposition will now be presented to you. This deposition testimony is entitled to the same consideration, and is to be judged by you as to credibility and weight and otherwise considered by you insofar as possible, in the same way as if the witness had been present, and had testified from the witness stand in court. You are instructed to disregard the comments made by counsel to the extent that those comments are in conflict with this instruction. Signed by Judge Ted Stewart on 2/14/18. (jlw)
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MEMORANDUM DECISION granting 343 Motion to Designate Privileged Document: First, the Court finds that Defendant failed to take reasonable steps to prevent disclosure. Defendant asserts that the document was disclosed when ch oosing which exhibits to include on its exhibit list. Defendant states that one of its counsel, Mr. Fields, made a notation that Defendant should object to the introduction of this document should Plaintiffs attempt to introduce it. This resulted in counsels staff including this exhibit as a trial exhibit. Defendant argues that Mr. Fields did not realize that the document had already been returned and, thus, had reason to believe that Plaintiffs might attempt to introduce it at trial. The Court finds that this explanation fails to show that Defendant took reasonable steps to prevent disclosure. Defendant claims that counsel did not realize that Plaintiffs no longer had possession of the document. This claim, however, is belied by the record wherein Plaintiffs clearly stated that they had destroyed all copies of the document at Xymogens request.6 Indeed, the Court had to request Defendant produce the document for in camera review because Plaintiffs could not provide a copy with their mo tion.7 Thus, even a cursory review of the docket would have informed counsel that Plaintiffs did not have a copy of the document. Moreover, counsels belief that Plaintiffs may still have a copy of the document does not explain why Defendant listed th e document on its exhibit list and produced the document a second time. Second, the Court finds that Defendant did not take reasonable steps to rectify its disclosure. Defendant disclosed the exhibit on January 19, 2018. It was not until Febru ary 11, 2018, that Defendant attempted to rectify its error. And this was only done after counsel for Plaintiffs pointed out that the document had been disclosed.8 A reasonably diligent attorney should have discovered the disclosure earlier. Thi rd, the scope of discovery weighs in favor of waiver. This is not a situation where a party inadvertently disclosed privileged material while producing thousands of documents in discovery. Defendants specifically disclosed the document on its trial e xhibit list and indicated that it would seek introduction of the document at trial. Fourth, the Court considers the extent of the disclosure. Plaintiffs indicate that counsel has relied on the document in preparing for depositions and has furthe r prepared to use it for trial. These facts weigh in favor of finding that the privilege has been waived. Finally, the Court considers fairness. Key to the courts consideration of this factor is the relevancy of the documents.9 As stated in the Motion, the information contained in the document is relevant to at least two issues at trial. Thus, this factor too, favors a finding of waiver. Signed by Judge Ted Stewart on 2/13/18. (jlw)
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MEMORANDUM DECISION and Order Granting Plaintiffs' 273 Motion in Limine to Exclude Untimely Disclosed Witnesses. Signed by Judge Ted Stewart on 2/9/2018. (jwt)
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MEMORANDUM DECISION denying 251 Motion to Amend Final Infringement Contentions. Signed by Judge Ted Stewart on 2/2/18. (jlw)
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MEMORANDUM DECISION and order Sustaining 170 Xymogens Evidentiary Objections in Response to Plaintiffs Reply Memorandum. Signed by Judge Ted Stewart on 1/30/17. (jlw)
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MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER Modifying Deadlines Under the Local Patent Rules and Granting Limited Expert Discovery. Signed by Judge Ted Stewart on 9/26/2016. (eat)
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MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER Overruling 142 and 143 Objections to Magistrate Judge's Order 139 ; and Ordering that motions for summary judgment on infringement and patent invalidity shall be filed by June 6, 2016. Signed by Judge Ted Stewart on 5/9/2016. (eat)
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MEMORANDUM DECISION granting 73 Motion to Compeldenying 110 Motion ; denying 123 Motion for Leave to File. Signed by Magistrate Judge Paul M. Warner on 03/22/16. (jlw)
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MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER granting in part and denying in part 130 Plaintiffs Motion for Clarification. Signed by Judge Ted Stewart on 2/29/2016. (jds)
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MEMORANDUM DECISION and ORDER granting 90 Motion for Clarification; denying 101 Motion for Reconsideration. Signed by Judge Ted Stewart on 11/9/2015. (blh)
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MEMORANDUM DECISION and ORDER on Claim Construction granting in part and denying in part 54 Motion to Determine Markman Issues; granting in part and denying in part 55 Motion to Determine Markman Issues. Signed by Judge Ted Stewart on 10/8/2015. (blh)
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