Interference No. 103,435
We turn now to the Junior party’s argument that the
invention of the Junior party was directly communicated to
Larry Blake. The Junior party alleges the invention was
communicated by Kenneth Mayhan. Kenneth Mayhan testifies that
he “generally discussed the plasma work we were doing on
haptics with Blake” (C.R. 0157). Kenneth Mayhan does not
testify about exactly what was discussed with Larry Blake.
Larry Blake denies that this conversation ever took place or
that he was ever in the Technologies and Ventures laboratory.
The Junior party has cited several reasons why Larry
Blake’s testimony about the communication about the invention
should not be viewed as credible. The Junior party points to
the fact that Mark Tung and Jim Davenport both testify that
Larry Blake knew about plasma while at Allergan while Larry
Blake testifies that he was not knowledgeable about plasma
while at Allergan. The Junior party also points out that
Larry Blake “acquired” a corona discharge instrument while
working at Edward’s Lab and stored the corona discharge
instrument in his garage and that Larry Blake was a defendant
in a trade secret lawsuit with a former employer.
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