Edwards Lifesciences Corporation v. Meril Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Case No. 19-cv-06593-HSG CORPORATION, et al., ORDER ON MOTIONS IN LIMINE Plaintiffs, AND DAUBERT MOTIONS 9 v. Re: Dkt. Nos. 247, 250, 316, 317, 318, 322, 10 MERIL LIFE SCIENCES PVT. LTD., et al., 323 11 Defendants. 12 Plaintiff Edwards Lifesciences (“Edwards”) brought this patent infringement, trademark infringement, and unfair competition lawsuit against Defendant Meril Life Sciences (“Meril”) on October 14, 2019. Dkt. No. 1. Pending before the Court are various motions in limine (or “MIL”). Also before the Court are Meril’s motions to preclude portions of the testimony of Nimesh Desai, M.D., Ph.D., and Joseph Bavaria, M.D., the medical experts for Edwards, as well as the testimony of Michael Wagner, the damages expert for Edwards. Dkt. Nos. 247, 250. The Court rules on these motions as described below and will continue to issue rulings on the remaining MILs on a rolling basis. I. BACKGROUND …