Carl Zeiss X-Ray Microscopy, Inc. v. Sigray, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 CARL ZEISS X-RAY MICROSCOPY, Case No. 21-cv-01129-EJD
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9 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO STRIKE LATE-DISCLOSED v. WITNESSES 11 SIGRAY, INC., Re: ECF No. 248 12 Defendant. 13 Plaintiff Carl Zeiss X-Ray Microscopy, Inc. (“Zeiss”) brought this patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation case against Sigray, Inc. (“Sigray”). Zeiss alleges that Sigray misappropriated trade secrets generally related to x-ray microscopy and infringes U.S. Patent No. 7,057,187 (the “’187 Patent”) and U.S. Patent No. 7,400,704 (“’704 Patent”). Before the Court is Zeiss’s motion to strike Sigray’s witnesses, Dr. Jiaqi Jin, Dr. Charlotte Garing, Haibo Huang, Bernard Kozioziemski, and Dr. Francisco Machuca. Zeiss’s Mot. to Strike Late-Disclosed Witnesses (“Mot.”), ECF No. 248. For the reasons stated below, the Court GRANTS Zeiss’s motion to strike. I. BACKGROUND …