Konovalov

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 LYNWOOD INVESTMENTS CY Case No. 20-cv-03778-MMC (KAW)

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8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND 9 DENYING IN PART MOTION TO v. COMPEL 10 MAXIM KONOVALOV, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 228 11 Defendants. 12 13 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Lynwood Investments CY Ltd.’s motion to compel 14 non-party Netflix, Inc.’s (“Netflix”) compliance with a subpoena. (Pl.’s Mot. to Compel, Dkt. No. 15 228.) Having considered the parties’ filings, the relevant legal authorities, and the arguments 16 made at the October 16, 2025 hearing, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART 17 Plaintiff’s motion to compel. 18 I. BACKGROUND 19 The sole claim in this case is Plaintiff’s copyright claim based upon the NGINX1 Plus 20 software code, which was allegedly developed by Defendants Igor Sysoev, Maxim Konovalov, 21 and Gleb Smirnoff while employed at Rambler Internet Holding LLC (“Rambler”) in Russia. (See 22 Sec. Amend. Compl.…