Microchip Technology Incorporated v. Nuvoton Technology Corporation America

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY Case No. 19-cv-01690-SI

INCORPORATED,

8 Plaintiff, ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTE 9 REGARDING REDUCTION OF v. ASSERTED CLAIMS 10 NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY Re: Dkt. No. 53 11 CORPORATION AMERICA, et al.,

12 Defendants.

13 14 Plaintiff Microchip Technology Incorporated (“Microchip”) and defendants Nuvoton 15 Technology Corporation America and Nuvoton Technology Corporation (collectively, “Nuvoton”) 16 have filed with the Court a discovery dispute entitled “Joint Statement Regarding the Reduction of 17 Asserted Claims.” Dkt. No. 53 (“Joint Statement”). The parties agree that it is necessary to reduce 18 the number of claims that Microchip asserts in this patent infringement case against Nuvoton but 19 disagree on the timing and number for the reduction. This is the first discovery dispute in this case. 20 21 BACKGROUND 22 On October 10, 2018, Microchip filed a complaint …