Request for the Receipt of Evidence Without a Sponsoring Witness Granted in Part and Denied in Part In Inv. No. 337-TA-723
ALJ Rogers granted a joint request by the parties to offer into evidence without a sponsoring witness copies of the asserted patents, their prosecution histories, their assignment records, and the parties' Joint Statement of Proposed Claim Construction in In the Matter of Certain Inkjet Ink Cartridges with Printheads and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-723. Rogers denied the parties joint request to admit deposition designations and counter-designations as premature because the parties had not yet designated deposition testimony. Rogers further denied the parties joint request to admit discovery responses without a sponsoring witness and without a specific showing that each response is relevant and material. Rogers denied the request by APM to admit certain other documents because HP objected to their admission and Ground Rule 9.4.13 only allows admission without a sponsoring witness "[i]f all of the parties participating in the hearing stipulate." Finally, Rogers denied a joint request by the parties to admit any exhibit for which no party submits any objection because the request runs counter to the purpose of Ground Rule 9.4.13.
