Micro Motion Inc v. Endress+Hauser Inc.

1:98-cv-00036

Overview

Case Number 1:98-cv-00036

Filing Date 1998-01-09

Status Terminated

Termination Date 2001-11-06

Court District Court, D. Colorado (cod)

Presiding Judge Edward W. Nottingham

Nature of Suit 830 Patent

Jurisdiction Type Federal Question

Cause of Action 35:271 Patent Infringement

Jury Demand Both

Parties

Defendant

Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG

Represented By

5 Attorneys Listed

R. J. Zayed

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Tel: +1 (612) 492-6711

Fax: +1 (612) 573-6650

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500

Kurt L. Glitzenstein

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Tel: +1 (617) 521-7042

Fax: +1 (617) 542-8906

1 Marina Park Drive, Boston, MA 02210

John C. Adkisson

Fish & Richardson, P.C., P.A.-Minnesota

Tel: +1 (612) 335-5070

60 South Sixth Street, 3300 Dain Rauscher Plaza

Gilbert H. Hennessey

Fish & Richardson-Massachusetts

Tel: +1 (617) 542-5070

Fish & Richardson-Massachusetts, 225 Franklin Street

Chad Allen Hanson

Intellectual Property Litigation

Tel: +1 (763) 505-2030

710 Medtronic Parkway, #LC300

Endress+Hauser Inc.

Represented By

8 Attorneys Listed

R. J. Zayed

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Tel: +1 (612) 492-6711

Fax: +1 (612) 573-6650

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500

Michael A. Williams

Michael A. Williams, LLC

Tel: +1 (303) 785-7999

Michael A. Williams, LLC, 950 Seventeenth Street

Michael Brian Carroll

Sherman & Howard LLC

Tel: +1 (303) 299-8474

Fax: +1 (303) 298-0940

Sherman & Howard LLC, 675 Fifteenth Street

Kurt L. Glitzenstein

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Tel: +1 (617) 521-7042

Fax: +1 (617) 542-8906

1 Marina Park Drive, Boston, MA 02210

John Andrew Dragseth

Fish & Richardson, P.C., P.A.-Minnesota

Tel: +1 (612) 335-5070

60 South Sixth Street, 3300 Dain Rauscher Plaza

John C. Adkisson

Fish & Richardson, P.C., P.A.-Minnesota

Tel: +1 (612) 335-5070

60 South Sixth Street, 3300 Dain Rauscher Plaza

Gilbert H. Hennessey

Fish & Richardson-Massachusetts

Tel: +1 (617) 542-5070

Fish & Richardson-Massachusetts, 225 Franklin Street

Chad Allen Hanson

Intellectual Property Litigation

Tel: +1 (763) 505-2030

710 Medtronic Parkway, #LC300

Plaintiff

Micro Motion, Incorporated

Represented By

15 Attorneys Listed

William Edward Murane

Holland & Hart LLP

Tel: +1 (303) 295-8248

P. O. Box 8749, 555 17th Street

Ronan P. Harty

Davis, Polk & Wardwell

Tel: +1 (212) 450-4000

Davis, Polk & Wardwell, 450 Lexington Avenue

Rebecca Winters

Davis, Polk & Wardwell

Tel: +1 (212) 450-4000

Davis, Polk & Wardwell, 450 Lexington Avenue

Matthew L. Moore

Davis, Polk & Wardwell

Tel: +1 (212) 450-4000

Davis, Polk & Wardwell, 450 Lexington Avenue

Lee F. Johnston

Haynes & Boone LLP

Tel: +1 (720) 484-3724

Fax: +1 (303) 382-6210

675 15th Street, Suite 2200

Kristi Tumminello Prinzo

Davis, Polk & Wardwell

Tel: +1 (212) 450-4000

Davis, Polk & Wardwell, 450 Lexington Avenue

Kimo S. Peluso

Stillman, Friedman & Shaw, PC

Tel: +1 (212) 223-0200

425 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022

Julie Michele Lake

Merck & Company, Inc.

Tel: +1 (732) 594-4000

Fax: +1 (732) 594-4720

P.O. Box 2000, Rahway, NJ 07065-0900

John Michael Hintz

Maynard Nexsen, PC

Tel: +1 (646) 609-9284

The Fred F. French Building, 551 Fifth Avenue

Jesse J. Jenner

Ropes & Gray LLP

Tel: +1 (212) 596-9000

1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036-8704

James Edward Hartley

Holland & Hart LLP

Tel: +1 (303) 245-2075

1800 Broadway, One Boulder Plaza

Gregg I. Anderson

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Tel: +1 (571) 272-0918

Fax: +1 (571) 273-0918

1961 Stout Street, Byron Rogers Federal Building

Gerald Joseph Flattman

Fish & Neave, LLP-New York

Tel: +1 (212) 596-9000

1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

Eric Huang

Fish & Neave, LLP-New York

Tel: +1 (212) 596-9000

1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

Arthur J. Burke

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Tel: +1 (212) 450-4352

Fax: +1 (212) 450-5538

450 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017-3904

Counter Claimant

Endress+Hauser, Inc.

Represented By

0 Attorneys Listed

No attorneys available

Counter Defendant

Flowtec

Represented By

0 Attorneys Listed

No attorneys available

Court & Judges

Court

District Court, D. Colorado (cod)

Presiding Judge

Edward W. Nottingham

Patents Involved

No asserted patent numbers detected in initial docket filings yet.

Docket Entries

COMPLAINT (Summons(es) issued); jury demand (former empl) (Entered: 01/12/1998)

1998-01-09

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FILING FEE PAID: on 1/9/98 in the amount of $ 150.00, receipt # 192824. (former empl)

1998-01-09

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MEMORANDUM by Judge Edward W. Nottingham re: service and initial procedure (former empl) (Entered: 01/16/1998)

1998-01-15

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ORDER FOR RULE 16 CONFERENCE and Ntc of Settings by Judge Edward W. Nottingham ; Rule 16 conference set for 2:00 4/3/98 ; Discovery ddl set for 10/23/98 ;Dispo motion ddl set 11/2/98 ; Status conference set for 2:45 9/4/98 ; Pretrial Conference set for 2:00 1/8/99 (cc: all counsel) (former empl) (Entered: 02/03/1998)

1998-02-02

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Micro Motion Inc v. Endress+Hauser Inc.

Overview

Parties

Defendant

Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG Follow

Represented By

Endress+Hauser Inc. Follow

Represented By

Plaintiff

Micro Motion, Incorporated Follow

Represented By

Counter Claimant

Endress+Hauser, Inc. Follow

Represented By

Counter Defendant

Flowtec Follow

Represented By

Court & Judges

Patents Involved

Docket Entries

COMPLAINT (Summons(es) issued); jury demand (former empl) (Entered: 01/12/1998)

FILING FEE PAID: on 1/9/98 in the amount of $ 150.00, receipt # 192824. (former empl)

MEMORANDUM by Judge Edward W. Nottingham re: service and initial procedure (former empl) (Entered: 01/16/1998)

ORDER for stlmt to Magistrate Judge Watanabe; by Judge Edward W. Nottingham (cc: to counsel) (former empl) Modified on 06/30/1999 (Entered: 02/03/1998)

REPLY TO First Amd COUNTERCLAIM [53-1] by counter-defendant Micro Motion Inc (former empl) (Entered: 12/03/1998)

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Coan ; mag conference set for 10:00 12/11/98 ; settlement conf set for 1:00 4/27/98 (cc: all counsel) ; entry date : 2/12/98 (former empl) (Entered: 02/12/1998)

MOTION by plaintiff to vacate order and ntc of setting and order setting stlmt conf (former empl) (Entered: 02/23/1998)

MINUTE ORDER : by Judge Edward W. Nottingham denying motion to vacate order and ntc of setting and order setting stlmt conf [6-1] (cc: all counsel) ; entry date : 2/24/98 (former empl) (Entered: 02/24/1998)

COURTROOM MINUTES by Judge Edward W. Nottingham ; rule 16 conf held on 4/3/98 ct to issue new scheduling order and pla to serve dft by 4/6/98 ; entry date : 4/6/98 Court Reporter: Lindblom (former empl) (Entered: 04/06/1998)

RETURN OF SERVICE of Summons and Complaint upon / by defendant Endress+Hauser Inc. on 4/6/98 (former empl) (Entered: 04/14/1998)

Entry of ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for defendant Endress+Hauser Inc. by Michael A. Williams, Michael Brian Carroll (former empl) (Entered: 04/28/1998)

CERTIFICATE of Service of Amd Order and Ntc of Settings by plaintiff (former empl) (Entered: 04/20/1998)

Unopposed MOTION by plaintiff to reschedule first stlmt conf (former empl) (Entered: 04/24/1998)

MOTION by defendant Endress+Hauser Inc. to extend time to answer to 5/18/98 (former empl) (Entered: 04/28/1998)

MINUTE ORDER : by Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Coan granting motion to reschedule first stlmt conf [12-1] ; settlement conf set for 1:00 6/23/98 (cc: all counsel) ; entry date : 4/27/98 (former empl) (Entered: 04/27/1998)

MINUTE ORDER : by Judge Edward W. Nottingham granting motion to extend time to answer to 5/18/98 [15-1] (cc: all counsel) ; entry date : 4/28/98 (former empl) (Entered: 04/28/1998)

ANSWER to complaint [1-1] and COUNTERCLAIM by defendant Endress+Hauser Inc. against plaintiff Micro Motion Inc (former empl) (Entered: 05/19/1998)

COURTROOM MINUTES by Judge Edward W. Nottingham ; rule 16 conf held on 5/21/98 parties to submit new scheduling order by 6/19/98 ; entry date : 5/22/98 Court Reporter: Lindblom (former empl) (Entered: 05/22/1998)

Stipulated MOTION by plaintiff, defendant to vacate stlmt conf (former empl) (Entered: 06/01/1998)

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Coan granting motion to vacate stlmt conf [19-1] ; settlement conf vacated 6/4/98 (cc: all counsel) ; entry date : 6/5/98 (former empl) (Entered: 06/05/1998)

Stipulated MOTION by plaintiff to extend date to answer or respond to cntclm to 6/30/98 (former empl) (Entered: 06/08/1998)

MINUTE ORDER : by Judge Edward W. Nottingham granting motion to extend date to answer or respond to cntclm to 6/30/98 [21-1] (cc: all counsel) ; entry date : 6/17/98 (former empl) (Entered: 06/17/1998)

NOTICE by defendant Endress+Hauser Inc. of attorney change of address (former empl) (Entered: 06/23/1998)

Consolidated MOTION by plaintiff to dismiss Endress Antitrust cntclm, and to strike Endress invalidity and unenforceability allegations, or in the alternative for more definite statement, and to sever, and stay antitrust cntclm (former empl) (Entered: 07/16/1998)

DEMAND for jury trial by defendant Endress+Hauser Inc. (former empl) (Entered: 07/16/1998)

Cross MOTION by defendant to sever, and to stay damages (former empl) (Entered: 07/16/1998)

DECLARATION of Kurt L. Glitzenstein by defendant motion to sever [27-1], motion to stay damages [27-2], motion response [27-1] (former empl) (Entered: 07/16/1998)

STATEMENT by defendant declaration [28-1] (original signature page attached) (former empl) (Entered: 07/17/1998)

Unopposed MOTION by plaintiff to extend time to 8/5/98 to respond to mtns to dism and sever and cross mtn to sever and stay (former empl) (Entered: 07/22/1998)

RESPONSE in Opposition by plaintiff to motion to sever [27-1], motion to stay damages [27-2] (former empl) (Entered: 08/06/1998)

Stipulated PROTECTIVE ORDER re: conf andproprietary info by Judge Edward W. Nottingham : (cc: all counsel) (former empl) (Entered: 08/11/1998)

MOTION by defendant for leave to file reply to cross mtn to sever and stay damages (former empl) (Entered: 08/21/1998)

Tendered Reply submitted by defendant motion for leave to file reply to cross mtn to sever and stay damages [34-1] (former empl)

Revised SCHEDULING ORDER Judge Edward W. Nottingham ; Discovery cutoff 12/11/98 ;dispositive motions due 12/21/98 (cc: all counsel) (former empl) (Entered: 08/26/1998)

REPLY by plaintiff Micro Motion Inc to response to cross motion to sever [27-1], motion to stay damages [27-2] (former empl) (Entered: 09/08/1998)

MOTION by defendant for leave to file first amended cntclms (former empl) (Entered: 09/16/1998)

Tendered First Amd Cntclms submitted by defendant motion for leave to file first amended cntclms [38-1] (former empl)

Certified Copy of TRANSCRIPT of proceedings of 9/4/98 at 9:37 am before Judge Nottingham of Mtn HRg Ct Ruling Only ( 7 pages) Prepared By: Lindblom (former empl) (Entered: 09/28/1998)

MOTION by plaintiff for leave to file an amended cmp with certificate of compliance with LR 7.1A (former empl) (Entered: 10/05/1998)

MOTION by defendant to extend time to respond to written disc to 10/16/98 (former empl) (Entered: 10/15/1998)

Joint MOTION by plaintiff, defendant to extend time to file joint claim constr stmt to 10/20/98 (former empl) (Entered: 10/15/1998)

NOTICE of Correction of Address on certif of mailing by defendant (former empl) (Entered: 10/15/1998)

Joint and Stipulated MOTION by plaintiff, defendant to extend time to exchange rebuttal exp wit repts to 10/30/98 (former empl) (Entered: 10/19/1998)

MINUTE ORDER : by Judge Edward W. Nottingham ; status conf reset for 3:30 11/12/98 (cc: all counsel) ; entry date : 10/20/98 (former empl) (Entered: 10/20/1998)

Unopposed MOTION by defendant for enlargement of time to exchange rebuttal technical exp witness rpts to 11/4/98 (gms) (Entered: 11/02/1998)

RESPONSE by defendant to motion for leave to file an amended cmp [40-1] (former empl) (Entered: 11/02/1998)

MINUTE ORDER : by Judge Edward W. Nottingham granting motion for enlargement of time to exchange rebuttal technical exp witness rpts to 11/4/98 [46-1] (cc: all counsel) ; entry date : 11/5/98 (former empl) (Entered: 11/05/1998)

REPLY by plaintiff to response to motion for leave to file an amended cmp [40-1] (former empl) (Entered: 11/12/1998)

Joint Claim Construction STATEMENT by plaintiff, defendant (former empl) (Entered: 11/13/1998)

AMENDED COMPLAINT [1-1] by plaintiff Micro Motion Inc; jury demand; adding Endress Hauser Flow (former empl) (Entered: 11/16/1998)

AMENDED COUNTERCLAIM [17-2] by counter-claimant Endress+Hauser Inc. terminating counter-claimant Endress+Hauser Inc.; adding Endress Hauser IND (former empl) (Entered: 11/16/1998)

MINUTE ORDER : by Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Coan ; settlement conf reset for 3:00 2/22/99 conf stlmt stms due 2/17/99 (cc: all counsel) ; entry date : 12/7/98 (former empl) (Entered: 12/07/1998)

ANSWER to complaint [52-1] and COUNTERCLAIM by defendant Endress+Hauser Inc. against plaintiff Micro Motion Inc; cntdft Flowtec (former empl) (Entered: 12/10/1998)

ANSWER to complaint [52-1] and COUNTERCLAIM by defendant Endress+Hauser Inc. against plaintiff Micro Motion Inc (former empl) (Entered: 12/10/1998)

REPLY TO COUNTERCLAIM [57-2] by counter-defendant Micro Motion Inc (former empl) (Entered: 01/05/1999)

REPLY TO COUNTERCLAIM [57-2] by counter-defendant Micro Motion Inc (former empl) (Entered: 01/05/1999)

Joint MOTION by plaintiff, defendant to extend damage expert report deadline to 2/5/99 (former empl) (Entered: 01/19/1999)

ORDER by Judge Edward W. Nottingham granting motion to extend damage expert report deadline to 2/5/99 [60-1] (cc: all counsel) ; entry date : 1/19/99 (former empl) (Entered: 01/19/1999)

MINUTE ORDER : by Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Coan terminating case referral to Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Coan, Case referred to Judge Michael J. Watanabe, ; settlement conf vacated (cc: all counsel) ; entry date : 1/28/99 (former empl) (Entered: 01/28/1999)

Joint MOTION by plaintiff, defendant to vacate stlmt conf (former empl) (Entered: 01/28/1999)

Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG

Endress+Hauser Inc.

Micro Motion, Incorporated

Endress+Hauser, Inc.

Flowtec