Vineyard Investigations v. E. & J. Gallo Winery

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VINEYARD INVESTIGATIONS, Case No. 1:19-cv-01482-JLT-SKO Plaintiff, ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION

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

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