TRISTRATA TECHNOLOGY, INC. v. NEOTERIC COSMETICS

No. CIV.A.96-227-JJF.

35 F.Supp.2d 370 (1998)

TRISTRATA TECHNOLOGY, INC., Plaintiff, v. NEOTERIC COSMETICS, INC., Murad Skin Research Laboratories, Inc., Howard Murad, M.D., Chanel, Inc. Clarins USA, Inc., and Cosmair, Inc., Defendants. Tristrata Technology, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Beiersdorf, Inc. and Leiner Health Products, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

September 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Allingham, II, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington, Delaware. Of Counsel: Constance S. Huttner, and John L. Gardiner, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York; Kevin M. McGovern, and Brian T. Foley, of McGovern & Associates, Greenwich, Connecticut, for Plaintiff in Civil Action 96-227-JJF.

Arthur G. Connolly, III, of Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, Delaware. Of Counsel: Michael O. Warnecke, and Alyssa A. Dudkowski, of Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Illinois, for Plaintiff in Civil Action 96-346-JJF.

Allen M. Terrell, Jr., and Frederick L. Cottrell, III, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Delaware. Of Counsel: David Wolf, Stanley Sacks, and Robert E. Rigby, Jr., of Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C., for Defendant Neoteric Cosmetics, Inc.

Matthew B. Lehr, Thomas C. Grimm, and Maryellen Noreika, of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Delaware, for Defendants Murad Skin Research Laboratories, Inc. and Howard Murad, M.D.

Joanne Ceballos, of Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Delaware. Of Counsel: Sarah Slover, of Kirkland & Ellis, New York, New York, for Defendant Chanel, Inc.

Joanne Ceballos, of Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Delaware. Of Counsel: Albert J. Breneisen, and Daniel F. Coughlin, of Kenyon & Kenyon, New York, New York, for Defendant Clarins USA, Inc.

Richard D. Kirk, of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, Delaware. Of Counsel: Richard D. Kelly, and Jean-Paul Lavalleye, of Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C., Arlington, Virginia, for Defendant Cosmair, Inc.

Norman M. Monhait of Rosenthal, Monhait, Gross & Goddess, Wilmington, Delaware. Of Counsel: Esther H. Steinhauer, of Sprung Kramer Schaefer & Briscoe, Tarrytown, New York, for Defendant Beirsdorf, Inc.

Paul M. Lukoff and David E. Brand of Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee, Wilmington, Delaware, for Defendant Leiner, Inc.


OPINION

FARNAN, Chief Judge.

Presently before the Court is a discovery dispute in this patent infringement action filed by Tristrata Technology Inc. ("Tristrata") against Neoteric Cosmetics, Inc., Murad Skin Research Laboratories, Inc., Howard Murad, M.D, Chanel, Inc., Clarins USA, Inc., Cosmair, Inc., Beiersdorf, Inc., and Leiner Health Products, Inc. (collectively "Defendants") (D.I.143). For the reasons set forth below, the Court will grant Defendants...

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