IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
CARRIER CORPORATION,
Plaintiff,
v. Civ, No. 12-930-SLR
GOODMAN GLOBAL, INC., et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
At Wilmington this 11'" day of April, 2016, having reviewed the parties’
submissions made in connection with defendants’ renewed motion for a stay and the
parties’ scheduling suggestions for the new trial on liability (D.1. 439, 441, and 448; D.I
443 and 451);
IT IS ORDERED that defendants’ renewed motion for a stay (D.t. 438) is denied
Consistent with the statistics generated by the PTO, defendants’ request for
reexamination, filed on September 14, 2012, is still pending with no predictable end in
sight. Given that it was defendants’ choice to opt for inter partes reexamination rather
than inter partes review (available as of September 17, 2012), ! see no reason to revisit
my prior decision to conclude the litigation.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, however, that plaintiff's request to include the
issues of willfulness and damages within the scope of the new liability trial is denied, for
the same reasons | bifurcated such issues in the first instance. Indeed, this case is theposter child for bifurcation in terms of the complexity (created by the parties) of the
liability issues, and | decline to change course at this stage of the proceedings. By
separate order, } have endorsed defendants’ proposed schedule, albeit with some
modifications.
United th Judge
Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc., Et Al. v. Watson Laboratories, Inc., Et Al., C.A. No. 13-1674-RGA v. Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., Et Al., C.A. No. 14-422-RGA (D. Del. June 3, 2016)
Blackbird Tech LLC d/b/a Blackbird Technologies v. Service Lighting and Electrical Supplies, Inc. d/b/a 1000bulbs.com et al., C.A. Nos. 15-53-RGA, 15-56-RGA, 15-57-RGA, 15-58-RGA, 15-59-RGA, 15-60-RGA, 15-61-RGA, 15-62-RGA, 15-63-RGA (D. Del. May 18, 2016).