Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

E.D. Tex.

Life Technologies Corporation et al v. Biosearch Technologies, Inc., No. 2:09-cv-00283 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 29, 2011)

Granted in Part
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:09-cv-00283, Dkt. No. 172
Decided
March 29, 2011
Judge
Charles Everingham IV, M.J.
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Docket Entry
MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER - Parties are ORDERED to submit a protective order conforming to the ruling herein within seven days from the issuance of this order
Length
5 pages

From the Opinion

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Pending before the court is the parties’ joint motion for entry of a protective order in this case (Dkt. No. 104). The parties have agreed to the vast majority of the terms of the protective order. The parties, however, could not agree as to Paragraph 6, Section i. The parties’ disagreement regarding this paragraph relates to whether two of Plaintiffs’ in-house counsel will be screened from material deemed to be “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE COUNSEL’S EYES ONLY.” As explained below, the court, having carefully con…