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Finisar Corporation v. DirecTV Group Inc The et al, No. 1:05-cv-00264 (E.D. Tex. May 2, 2006)

Granted
Daubert / Expert Challenges Motion to Strike
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division
Case No.
No. 1:05-cv-00264, Dkt. No. 158
Decided
May 2, 2006
Judge
Ron Clark, J.
Document
Order
Docket Entry
ORDER sustaining 94 Objection to the Expert Report of Larry R. Leibrock, PhD. He will not be allowed to testify as an expert
Length
5 pages

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SUSTAINING DIRECTVS’ OBJECTION TO DR. LARRY LEIBROCK Plaintiff Finisar Corporation (“Finisar”) filed suit against Defendants The DirecTV Group, Inc., DirecTV Holdings, LLC, DirecTV Enterprises, LLC, DirecTV Operations, LLC, DirecTV, Inc., and Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (collectively “DirecTV or Defendants”) claiming infringement of United States Patent No. 5,404,505 (“the `505 patent or `505"). DirecTV has moved to strike Finisar’s expert Dr. Larry Leibrock (“Leibrock”) [Doc. #94], alleging his report fails to comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2).

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