Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation v. Adobe Inc.

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CASE NO. 18-cv-01553-YGR

CORPORATION, ET AL.,

7 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING 8 IN PART ADOBE'S MOTION FOR RELIEF vs. FROM NON-DISPOSITIVE PRETRIAL ORDER 9 ADOBE INC., Re: Dkt. No. 180 10 Defendant. 11

12 On May 17, 2019, the parties filed a joint discovery letter in which Dolby challenged 13 Adobe’s privilege designations on approximately 4,960 non-lawyer communications identified on 14 its privilege log. (Dkt. No. 109 at 3.) After full briefing and in camera review of fifteen sample 15 documents selected by Dolby, Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu issued an order adjudicating 16 outstanding disputes regarding thirteen of the sample documents. (Dkt. No. 167 (“Order”).)1 17 Specifically, the court held that seven of the documents were non-discoverable and the other six 18 were non-privileged and subject to production in whole or in part. (Id. at 23.) In addition, the 19 court indicated that it…