Asetek Danmark A/S v. Coolit Systems Inc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division ASETEK DANMARK A/S, Case No. 19-cv-00410-EMC (LB)

Plaintiff, DISCOVERY ORDER v. Re: ECF No. 261

COOLIT SYSTEMS INC, et al., Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION Asetek sued CoolIT, claiming that CoolIT’s liquid-cooling products infringe Asetek’s patents. The parties dispute whether CoolIT can depose Asetek’s patent-prosecution counsel about statements made to the Patent Office about Asetek’s doctrine-of-equivalents arguments and CoolIT’s potential claim of inequitable conduct. The court can decide the matter without oral argument. Civil L.R. 7-1(b). The court quashes the subpoena without prejudice. STATEMENT CoolIT subpoenaed Asetek’s counsel (including its patent-prosecution counsel) for a deposition on the following topics: (1) the prosecution history for the patents-in-suit and related Asetek patents; (2)…