2010-1109 Order Re Costs
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA FRANK T. SHUM, ) No. C02-3262-DLJ ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ORDER RE: TAXATION OF COSTS ) INTEL CORPORATION, JEAN-MARC, ) VERDIELL, and LIGHTLOGIC, INC ) DefendantS. ) ______________________________) On September 25, 2009, the Court heard arguments on Plaintiff’s Motion Challenging Clerk’s Taxation of the Parties’ Bills of Costs. Paul Kirsch appeared on behalf of the plaintiff; Steve Taylor appeared for the defendants. Having considered the arguments of counsel, the papers submitted as well as any supplements thereto, the applicable law, and the record in this case, the Court grants the motion in part as outlined below. Procedural background Plaintiff Frank Shum (Shum) and defendant Jean-Marc Verdiell (Verdiell) are optoelectric engineers who worked in the field of fiberoptic telecommunications. In April 1997 they formed a corporation called Radiance Design. Pursuant to a Plan of Liquidation, that company ceased to exist in January 1998. Thereafter Verdiell filed and obtained seven different patents, related to optoelectronic technology, which were owned by a company he had formed called LightLogic. In June 2001 Case4:02-cv-03262-DLJ Document1014 Filed10/23/09 Page1 of 21