Shijin Vapor LLC v. Bolt USA, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHIJIN VAPOR LLC, Case No. 20-cv-05238-PJH Plaintiff,

v. ORDER RE DISCOVERY LETTER

BRIEF

BOLT USA, LLC, Re: Dkt. No. 45 Defendant.

13 The parties in the above-captioned case have filed a joint letter brief regarding a discovery dispute. See Dkt. 45. The dispute primarily arises out of plaintiff’s service of a notice of deposition on defendant’s trial counsel, Nicholas Myers. Plaintiff argues that the deposition is warranted because defendant engaged in fraud when submitting the trademark applications relevant to this suit, and argues that Myers made false statements in connection with those applications. Defendant argues that taking the deposition of trial counsel is improper where the information sought could be obtained by other means, and requests that the court quash the deposition notice of Myers. The dispute over the Myers deposition notice has also impacted the depositions of each party’s corporate…