(October 7, 2021, 8:54 AM EDT) -- DENVER — The failure of a cell phone case manufacturer to confer with the company it sued for trademark infringement before moving to exclude expert witnesses is grounds for denial of that motion, a Colorado federal magistrate judge ruled Sept. 27, but in the interest of “meaningful negotiations” over the methodology, she denied the motion in part without prejudice and found that the expert meets the qualification standard under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc....