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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC., et al., Case No. 19-cv-01389-EJD (VKD)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE DISPUTES RE

v. JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY

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

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