Impossible Foods Inc. v. Impossible X LLC
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 IMPOSSIBLE FOODS INC., Case No. 21-cv-02419-BLF (SVK)
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER FOLLOWING IN CAMERA
9 v. REVIEW
10 IMPOSSIBLE X LLC, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 175, 222 11 Defendants.
12 On April 15, 2025, Plaintiff Impossible Foods, Inc. (“IF”) filed a discovery statement 13 seeking in camera review of certain emails between Defendant Joel Runyon and his trademark 14 prosecution counsel to assess whether the crime-fraud exception required their production. See 15 Dkt. 175. After a discovery hearing, an initial denial and other submissions, on June 4, 2025, the 16 Honorable Beth L. Freeman granted IF’s request for in camera review. Dkt. 222. Having now 17 conducted in camera review, and considering the relevant law, the record in this action and for the 18 reasons that follow, the Court hereby ORDERS production of the document submitted to the 19 Court as Tab 6 (INT_IMP_00011214). 20 I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND 21 This action is a trademark dispute between IF…