Free Status Report - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:07-cv-00057-IVIPT Document 154 Filed 05/12/2008 Page 1 of 3
0 A IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
VENETEC INTERNATIONAL, INC. )
Plaintiff )
_ ) C.A. No. 07-57 (MPT)
v. )
NEXUS MEDICAL, LLC g
Defendant. )
JOINT STATUS REPORT
Pursuant to the Court’s Order of February 1, 2008, the parties hereby submit this
Joint Status Report.
PLEADINGS
On January 29, 2007, Venetec filed this action against Nexus.
On July 25, 2007, Venetec filed a First Supplemental Complaint.
‘ On September 5, 2007, Venetec filed a Second Supplemental Complaint.
On April 10, 2008, Nexus filed an Amended Answer to Complaint and
Counterclaim.
DISCOVERY
l The fact discovery deadline is June 6, 2008. Venetec’s document production is
complete. Nexus’ document production is also complete.
Venetec has noticed four (4) more depositions to be taken before the close of
discovery. Nexus has noticed three (3) more depositions to be taken before the close of
discovery.
PENDING MOTIONS
There are no pending motions before this Court.

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» CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ISSUE IDENTIFICATION
Pursuant to the COLlI't,S Order, the parties are exchanging lists of claim
terms/phrases that they believe require construction, along with proposed constructions today.
SETTLEMENT
· To date, there have been no settlement discussions beyond preliminary inquiries
regarding whether a license is available. The parties do not expect any settlement to be reached
before the close of discovery.
MAY 19, 2008 STATUS CONFERENCE
‘ The parties agree there are no issues to report at the May 19, 2008 status
conference, and request that the conference be taken off the Court’s calendar.
MoRRrs,N1cHoLs, Ansar & TUNNELL LLP
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· J ack B. Blumenfeld (#1014)
Maryellen Noreika (#3 208)
1201 North Market Street
P.O. Box 1347
Wilmington, DE 19899-1347
(302) 658-9200
[email protected]
[email protected]
` Counsel for Venetec International, Inc.
Of Counsel:
Steven C. Cherny _
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000
New York, NY 10022-4834
(212) 906-1200
Maximilian A. Grant
Michael A. David
LATHAM & WArkrNs LLP
555 Eleventh Street
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 637-2200
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Moms JAMES LLP
/s/ QUcHem{7Q 3{errmann
, Richard K. Herrmann (#405)
Mary B. Matterer (#2696)
500 Delaware Avenue
Suite 1500
P.O. Box 2306
Wilmington, DE 19899-2306
(302) 888-6800
[email protected]
. mmatterer@morrisjamescom
Counsel for Nexus Medical, LLC
Of Counsel:
Robert T. Adams
Patrick A. Lujin
SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P.
2555 Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 474-6550
May 12, 2008
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