Celgard, LLC v. Shenzhen Senior Technology Material Co. Ltd. (US) Research Institute

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 CELGARD, LLC, Case No. 19-cv-05784-VKD

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR SUBSTITUTED

SHENZHEN SENIOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICE

MATERIAL CO. LTD. (US) RESEARCH

INSTITUTE, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 17, 34 Defendants. 13 Plaintiff Celgard, LLC (“Celgard”) filed this patent infringement action on September 16, 2019. Defendants are Shenzhen Senior Technology Material Co. Ltd. (“Senior-China”) and Shenzhen Senior Technology Material Co. Ltd. (US) (“Senior-US”). According to defendants, Senior-China is a publicly traded Chinese corporation, and Senior-U.S. is a California corporation and subsidiary of Senior-China. Dkt. No. 30 at ECF 6-7. Celgard now moves for an order for “substituted service” under Rule 4(f)(3).1 Specifically, Celgard asks that the Court not only permit defendants to be served via their U.S. counsel, Latham &…