Klein
Klein v. Cultured Gourmet, LLC
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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7 ERIC A. KLEIN, Case No. 17-cv-05034-PJH 8 Plaintiff,
9 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
LEAVE TO FILE AN AMENDED
10 CULTURED GOURMET, LLC, ANSWER 11 Defendant. Re: Dkt. No. 36 12
13 Before the court is defendant Cultured Gourmet, LLC’s (“defendant”) motion for 14 leave to file an amended answer (Dkt. 36). The matter is fully briefed and suitable for 15 decision without oral argument. Having read the parties’ papers and carefully considered 16 their arguments and the relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the court 17 GRANTS the motion for the following reasons. 18 BACKGROUND 19 This case is an action for infringement of a patent concerning a design for 20 vegetable fermenting kitchenware. Compl. ¶ 4. Defendant filed its initial answer on 21 October 27, 2017. Dkt. 14. On January 16, 2020, following on almost two-year stay in 22 litigation pending the Patent and Trademark Office’s ex parte reexamination of…