Electronic Scripting Products, Inc. v. HTC America, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 ELECTRONIC SCRIPTING PRODUCTS, Case No. 17-cv-05806-RS (RMI)

INC.,

9 Plaintiff, ORDER RE: MOTION TO QUASH THIRD-PARTY SUBPOENA v. Re: Dkt. No. 136

HTC AMERICA INC.,

12 Defendant. 13 Now pending before the court is a Motion (dkt. 136) brought by non-party Valve Corporation (“Valve”) seeking either a protective order or an order quashing a subpoena issued by Plaintiff on July 2, 2021. Plaintiff has filed a response in opposition (dkt. 140); Valve Corp. has filed a reply brief (dkt. 144); and, on August 24, 2021, the Parties appeared before the undersigned for oral argument (dkt. 154). For the reasons stated below, Valve Corp.’s Motion (dkt. 136) is granted both under Rule 45 and Rule 26. INTRODUCTION This is a patent infringement case wherein Plaintiff, Electronic Scripting Products, Inc. (“ESPI”), has sued HTC America, Inc. (“HTC”), based on…