Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation v. Adobe Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING

CORPORATION, Case No. 18-cv-1553 YGR

PLAINTIFF,

PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 5 RE: SECOND

V. PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

ADOBE INC. F/K/A, ADOBE SYSTEMS

INCORPORATED

DEFENDANT.

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AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM

14 Having considered the filings to date and the arguments and other submissions at the 15 Pretrial Conference, held on January 24, 2020, for good cause shown the Court memorializes and 16 enters the following orders discussed at the pretrial conference: 17 1. Admission of Documents: The parties appear to disagree about whether there must be a 18 sponsoring witness with personal knowledge of the contents and meaning of a document in 19 order to lay a foundation for its admission. Although the Court will make admissibility 20 determinations based on the specific context of the testimony at issue, in general, the rules 21 need to be considered collectively rather than in a vacuum. Federal Rule of Evidence (“FRE”) 22…