Vineyard Investigations v. E. & J. Gallo Winery

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 VINEYARD INVESTIGATIONS, Case No. 1:19-cv-01482-JLT-SKO 12 Plaintiff, ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION

13 v. (Doc. 99) 14 E. & J. GALLO WINERY,

15 Defendant. 16 17 Vineyard Investigations filed a complaint against E.&J. Gallo Winery (Doc. 52) alleging 18 patent infringement of three patents1 that “claim an invention related to the irrigation and delivery 19 of various material, such as grapevines in a vineyard.” (Doc. 94 at 1.) After the parties submitted 20 joint claim construction and prehearing statements (Docs. 68, 69) and several briefs supporting its 21 proposed claim constructions (Docs. 70, 73, 76, 77, 79), the Court issued its claim construction 22 order (Doc. 94). Plaintiff now moves for clarification of the order and scope of its indefinite 23 ruling. (Doc. 99.) Plaintiff asserts “[a] brief clarification would resolve [the] disagreement . . . 24 about how to interpret the Order.” (Doc. 99 at 5.) Within the motion, Plaintiff includes its 25 interpretation of the…