Tag: 30(b)(6)

Court Addresses What a Lay Corporate Witness Designee Do to Prepare for a 30(b)(6) Deposition in a Patent and Admonishes Parties to Cooperate in Discovery or Sanctions Will Be Assessed

Plaintiff Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Bayer”) and Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc. (“Dow”) (collectively “plaintiffs”) sought specific relief after an emergency status conference had been held at their request.  The relief sought included (1) an extension of the statutory 30-month stay based on defendants’ discovery cooperation failure; (2) to […]

Discovery of Accused Contributory and Vicarious Infringer’s Tax Returns and General Financial Information Denied for Lack of Assertion of Theory to Recover its Profits

Introduction With a recent order that issued from the Southern District of Georgia, Savannah Division, Coach, Inc. and Coach Services, Inc. (collectively “Coach”) continue to add to the body of case law from Georgia federal courts on trademark and copyright issues.[1]     On December 19, 2012, in an […]