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

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 CELGARD, LLC, Case No. 19-cv-05784-VKD

9 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

10 v. DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR SUBSTITUTED

11 SHENZHEN SENIOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICE

MATERIAL CO. LTD. (US) RESEARCH

12 INSTITUTE, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 17, 34 Defendants. 13 14 Plaintiff Celgard, LLC (“Celgard”) filed this patent infringement action on September 16, 15 2019. Defendants are Shenzhen Senior Technology Material Co. Ltd. (“Senior-China”) and 16 Shenzhen Senior Technology Material Co. Ltd. (US) (“Senior-US”). According to defendants, 17 Senior-China is a publicly traded Chinese corporation, and Senior-U.S. is a California corporation 18 and subsidiary of Senior-China. Dkt. No. 30 at ECF 6-7. 19 Celgard now moves for an order for “substituted service” under Rule 4(f)(3).1 20 Specifically, Celgard asks that the Court not only permit defendants to be served via their U.S. 21 counsel, Latham &…