Teradata Corporation v. SAP SE

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 TERADATA CORPORATION, et al., Case No. 18-cv-03670-WHO (JCS)

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO

9 v. ISSUE LETTERS OF REQUEST

10 SAP SE, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 2 Defendants. 11

12 13 Plaintiffs Teradata Corporation; Teradata US, Inc.; and Teradata Operations, Inc. 14 (collectively, “Teradata”) ask the Court to issue letters of request under the Hague Convention to 15 take discovery in Germany from non-party Infolytics AG and certain of its employees. 16 Defendants SAP SE; SAP of America, Inc.; and SAP Labs, LLC (collectively, “SAP”) seek 17 changes to the proposed letters of request, arguing that Teradata’s synopsis of the case is biased 18 and that SAP should be entitled to equal time in any depositions taken pursuant to the letters. 19 “[B]ecause the letter rogatory constitutes a request from the Court for assistance, not from 20 a party, care should be taken to ensure that the synopsis of the case is not unduly argumentative, or 21 state or suggest that the…