Free Memorandum and Order - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC., a ;
Delaware corporation, ;
Plaintiff, ;
v. 3 C.A. No. 04—l37l—JJF
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR E
INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware :
corporation, and FAIRCHILD :
SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, a :
Delaware corporation, :
Defendants. E
MEMORANDUM ORDER
Pending before the Court is a Motion To Compel Power
Integrations To Provide “Pared Down" Infringement Contentions For
Trial (D.I. 291) filed by Defendants, Fairchild Semiconductor
International, Inc. and Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
(collectively, “Fairchild”). Fairchild contends that, contrary
to the Court’s order at the pretrial conference, Plaintiff, Power
Integrations, Inc. (“Power Integrations”) has failed to identify
the asserted claims, the accused products and how the accused
products will be grouped for purposes of the trial in this case.
Fairchild contends that Power Integrations has prejudiced its
ability to prepare for trial and requests the Court to limit
Power Integrations to one claim per patent and three or four
groups of products.

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In response, Power Integrations contends that based upon the
expert reports in this case, the parties have a “mutual
understanding" of what products are at issue and how they should
he grouped. Power Integrations also contends that it provided
Fairchild with an explicit stipulation that further narrowed the
claims at issue from 18 to l2, but Fairchild refused the
stipulation.
The Court's order at the pretrial conference was clear.
Power Integrations was required to pare down its claims and
specify its groups of products. Power Integrations has failed to
comply with the Court’s order and accuses Fairchild of
misrepresenting the record in this case and advancing outright
false statements in its Motion. As for the pared down claims and
groups of products, the Court will order Power Integrations to
select one claim per asserted patent to litigate at trial and to
specify three groups of products that will be at issue. Power
Integrations shall provide this information to Fairchild within
five (5) days of the date of this Order.
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
l. Defendants’ Motion To Compel Power Integrations To
Provide “Pared Down" Infringement Contentions For Trial (D.I.
291} is GRANTED.
2. Power Integrations shall be limited to one claim per
patent and three groups of accused products and shall identify
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the claims, accused products and groupings to Fairchild within
five (5) days of the date of this Order.
August ;§j§2006
Date TED TA DISTRICT U GE
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