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rejecting argument that references were admissible as background material; stating that "courts have rejected such attempts to elude patent local rules by defining material as 'background' or 'context'"
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No. C -12-00852(EDL)
09-19-2012
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. BIOSEARCH TECHNOLOGIES INC., et al., Defendants.
ORDER REGARDING ATTENDANCE
AT SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE
At the request of counsel, a settlement conference will be held on Monday, September 24 at 1:30 p.m. with Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte. As set forth in Judge Laporte's Settlement Conference Order, "lead trial counsel shall appear at the Settlement Conference with the parties and with the person or persons having full authority to negotiate and to settle the case." Eurofins is Ordered to comply with this Order by bringing a business person of a higher level than the individual who has attended previous settlement conferences on behalf of Eurofins.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE
United States Magistrate Judge