Philips North America LLC v. Advanced Imaging Services, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC, No. 2:21-cv-00876 JAM AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER ADVANCED IMAGING SERVICES, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 This action was filed on May 13, 2021. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction, ECF No. 5, is set for hearing before the district judge on September 28, 2021. ECF No. 47. The undersigned granted plaintiff’s motion for early discovery limited to the preliminary injunction issues. ECF NO. 31. Production on this early discovery is to be completed no later than August 11, 2021. ECF No. 47. Pending before the undersigned are defendant’s motion for a protective order, ECF Nos. 38, 48 (joint statement), and plaintiff’s motion to compel, ECF Nos. 51, 54 (joint statement). The motion for a protective order was submitted on the papers. ECF No. 40. An expedited hearing on the motion to compel took place August 6, 2021 before the undersigned. //// //// I. BACKGROUND …