Better Meat Co. v. Emergy, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 The Better Meat Co., No. 2:21-cv-02338-KJM-CKD Plaintiff, ORDER v. Emergy, Inc., et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Emergy, Inc., the defendant in this action, asserts several counterclaims against The Better Meat Co. and Augustus Pattillo. Better Meat and Pattillo seek summary judgment. The counterclaims fall into two broad groups: patents and trade secrets. As explained in this order, Emergy has not cited “particular parts of materials in the record” to support an essential part of its patent claims. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)(1)(A). Emergy instead offers generic references to its records and allegations. Although Emergy argues it needs more time to conduct discovery, it has 23 explained neither why it could not have conducted that discovery sooner nor what in particular it 24 hopes to obtain. Better Meat and Pattillo are entitled to summary judgment of the four patent 25 claims. For…