Wisk Aero LLC v. Archer Aviation Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WISK AERO LLC, Case No. 21-cv-02450-WHO (DMR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON JOINT DISCOVERY

v. LETTER

ARCHER AVIATION INC., Re: Dkt. No. 167 Defendant.

12 The parties filed a joint discovery letter on two disputes. [Docket No. 167 (Jt. Letter).] They subsequently withdrew the first one and requested a ruling on the second, in which Plaintiff Wisk Aero LLC (“Wisk”) moves for an exception to the undersigned’s Standing Order on privilege logs. [Docket Nos. 182, 184, 186.] This matter is suitable for resolution without a hearing. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). For the following reasons, Wisk’s motion is denied. I. BACKGROUND Wisk sued Defendant Archer Aviation Inc. (“Archer”) in April 2021 alleging claims for misappropriation of trade secrets and patent infringement. Wisk and Archer “are competitors in the budding electronic vertical takeoff and landing (‘eVTOL’) aircraft industry—products sometimes called ‘air…