Syngenta Seeds, LLC v. Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SYNGENTA SEEDS, LLC, No. 2:19-cv-01986-TLN-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC., Defendant. 16 This matter is before the Court on Defendant Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.’s (“Defendant”) Motion to Dismiss. (ECF No. 17.) Plaintiff Syngenta Seeds, LLC (“Plaintiff”) filed an opposition. (ECF No. 19.) Defendant filed a reply (ECF No. 21), and Plaintiff filed a sur-reply (ECF No. 30). For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Defendant’s motion. /// /// /// /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff is an agribusiness involved in the research, development, and sale of plants and seed products, including watermelon pollenizer plant varieties used to produce seedless watermelons. (ECF No. 1 at 2.) Growers purchase such pollenizer plants and plant them in their fields to pollinate other watermelon plants. (Id.) Plaintiff…