Humetrix, Inc., a California Corporation Bettina Experton, Doctor v. Gemplus S.C.A., a French Corporation Guy Guistini, and Marc Lassus Bruno Lassus, Doctor Inovaction S.A.R.L., a French Corporation Pierre Andrei Max Micoud, Doctor, Humetrix, Inc., a California Corporation, and Bettina Experton, Doctor v. Gemplus S.C.A., a French Corporation Marc Lassus Bruno Lassus, Doctor Guy Guistini Pierre Andrei Max Micoud, Doctor, and Inovaction S.A.R.L., a French Corporation

268 F.3d 910 (9th Cir. 2001) HUMETRIX, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION; BETTINA EXPERTON, DOCTOR, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, v. GEMPLUS S.C.A., A FRENCH CORPORATION; GUY GUISTINI, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, AND MARC LASSUS; BRUNO LASSUS, DOCTOR; INOVACTION S.A.R.L., A FRENCH CORPORATION; PIERRE ANDREI; MAX MICOUD, DOCTOR, DEFENDANTS. HUMETRIX, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, AND BETTINA EXPERTON, DOCTOR, PLAINTIFF, v. GEMPLUS S.C.A., A FRENCH CORPORATION; MARC LASSUS; BRUNO LASSUS, DOCTOR; GUY GUISTINI; PIERRE ANDREI; MAX MICOUD, DOCTOR, DEFENDANTS, AND INOVACTION S.A.R.L., A FRENCH CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. Nos. 99-56068, 00-55636 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued March 6, 2001 Submitted September 21, 2001 Filed October 4, 2001 [Copyrighted Material Omitted][Copyrighted Material Omitted] Peter W. Davis, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Oakland, California; Andrew L. Deutsch, Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe, New York, New York, for the defendants-appellants. Sarah R. Wolff, Sachnoff & Weaver, Chicago, Illinois, for the plaintiffs-appellees. Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Barbara C. Biddle and Jeffrey…