Legal Opinion
Fuji MacH. Mfg. Co., Ltd. v. Hover-Davis, Inc.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided November 7, 1997No. 96-CV-6087LPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, Chief Judge.
In the instant case, plaintiff Fuji Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (“Fuji”) contends that defendant Hover-Davis, Inc. (“Hover-Davis”) willfully infringed a patent held by Fuji. Hover-Davis now moves to bifurcate the liability and damages phases of trial and to stay discovery regarding the opinions previously rendered by its patent counsel.
The decision whether to bifurcate the liability and damages phases of a patent infringement action is left to the discretion of the trial court. Fed.R.Civ.P., Rule 42(b); Lis v. Robert Packer Hospital, 579 F.2d 819,…
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