ITC Excludes Expert Testimony for Violation of Ground Rules
In a recently issued order, ALJ Lord granted-in-part and denied-in-part Respondents’ motion in limine to exclude certain testimony of Complainants’ expert. Certain Radio Frequency Microneedle Dermatological Treatment Devices and...
ITC Does Not Strictly Enforce the Daubert Standard for Expert Testimony
In a recently issued pair of orders, ALJ Lord denied both Respondents’ and Complainants’ motions in limine to exclude certain expert testimony. Certain Radio Frequency Microneedle Dermatological Treatment Devices and Components...
Ground Rules Preclude New Rebuttal Expert Opinions
Shortly before the evidentiary hearing, ALJ Lord granted Complainant’s motion in limine and excluded certain testimony in the witness statement of Respondents’ expert as precluded by her ground rules governing expert testimony. In re...
ITC Refuses to Include in Exhibits An Email Not Timely Produced During Discovery
On April 8, 2019, ALJ Cheney issued an order denying the addition of an email to the exhibit list at the eve of the evidentiary hearing. Certain Strontium-Rubidium Radioisotope Infusion Systems, and Components Thereof Including Generators, Inv....
ITC Allows Respondent to Amend Response to Complaint to Include Defense of Inequitable Conduct
In a recently issued order, Chief ALJ Bullock granted Respondent’s motion to amend its Response to the Complaint almost nine months after the investigation had been instituted to include the defense of inequitable conduct in prosecuting the asserted patents....