Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 UNILOC USA, INC., et al., Case No. 5:19-cv-01692-EJD Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR v. RELIEF FROM NONDISPOSITIVE PRETRIAL ORDER OF MAGISTRATE APPLE INC, et al., JUDGE 11 Defendants. Re: Dkt. No. 177

Plaintiffs, Uniloc USA, Inc., Uniloc Luxembourg, S.A., and Uniloc 2017 LLC (together, “Uniloc”), object to the magistrate judge’s Order re Discovery Dispute re Document Request No. 94 (Dkt. No. 169) (“Discovery Order”), regarding the Discovery Letter (Dkt. No. 155). For the reasons stated below, the Motion for Relief From Nondispositive Pretrial Order of the Magistrate Judge (Dkt. No. 177) is DENIED. I. BAKGROUND Uniloc acquired the asserted patent in this case, U.S. Patent No. 7,587,207 (“the ’207 patent”), in 2018 as part of a large collection of other patents. See Dkt. No. 138 at 1-2. Apple …