Lenovo (United States) Inc. v. IPCom GmbH & Co., KG

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC., et al., Case No. 19-cv-01389-EJD (VKD)

9 Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE DISPUTES RE

10 v. JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY

11 IPCOM GMBH & CO., KG, Re: Dkt. No. 96 Defendant. 12

13 14 Plaintiffs Lenovo (United States) Inc. and Motorola Mobility, LLC (collectively, 15 “Lenovo”) and defendant IPCom GmbH & Co., KG (“IPCom”) ask the Court to resolve several 16 disputes concerning Lenovo’s document requests to IPCom. Dkt. No. 96. The Court deems this 17 matter suitable for resolution without a hearing. Civil L.R. 7-1(b). Having considered the parties’ 18 lengthy submission, the Court concludes that most of Lenovo’s disputed discovery requests 19 exceed the permissible scope of jurisdictional discovery. However, the Court concludes that 20 IPCom must produce some of the disputed discovery within Categories 4, 9, and 11, as described 21 below. 22 I. BACKGROUND 23 In this action, Lenovo asserts several claims…