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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
`SOUTHERN DIVISION
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`Civil Action No.12-cv-11758
`HONORABLE GERSHWIN A. DRAIN
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`EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
`and EMCORE CORPORATION,
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`Plaintiffs and
`Counter-Defendants,
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`v.
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`NICHIA CORPORATION, and
`NICHIA AMERICA CORPORATION,
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`Defendants and
`Counter-plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`EVERLIGHT AMERICAS, INC.,
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`Defendants.
`_________________________________/
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`ORDER APPOINTING TECHNICAL ADVISOR
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`This is a complex patent case. The patents-in-suit relate to light-emitting diode products.
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`Trial is scheduled to commence on June 16, 2014. In the interim, appointment of a technical advisor
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`under the Court’s inherent authority would be a valuable asset to the Court, given the complex and
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`special nature of the subject matter of this case. See TechSearch, L.L.C. v. Intel. Corp., 286 F.3d
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`1360, 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2002); see also Patent Case Management Judicial Guide, § 8.1.2.4 – Special
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`Master, Court-Appointed Expert, or Confidential Advisors (Federal Judicial Center 2009).
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`Accordingly, the Court appoints:
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`Dr. Kathleen Meehan
`Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
`Mail Code 0111
`Blacksburg, VA 24060-0111
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`4:12-cv-11758-GAD-MKM Doc # 94 Filed 06/05/13 Pg 2 of 2 Pg ID 4721
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`kameehan@vt.edu
`540-231-4442
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`as its technical advisor to assist the Court, consistent with this Court’s terms set forth in its October
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`26, 2012 Order. See Dkt. No. 47, ¶¶1-8.
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`SO ORDERED.
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`Dated: June 5, 2013
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`/s/ Gershwin A Drain
`GERSHWIN A. DRAIN
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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