Oyster Optics, LLC v. Ciena Corporation, AT&T, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division OYSTER OPTICS, LLC, Case No. 20-cv-02354-JSW (LB)

Plaintiff,

DISCOVERY ORDER

v. Re: ECF Nos. 90, 97-3 CIENA CORPORATION, Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION In this patent-infringement case, the non-practicing entity Oyster Optics claims that Ciena sells fiber-optics telecommunications systems and components that allegedly infringe Oyster’s patents.1 In its infringement contentions, Oyster identified multiple products but charted only the WaveLogic 5 Nano as a representative product. The parties dispute whether Ciena must produce technical documents and revenue-and-sales information for all the identified products. Oyster contends that it must because the charted product is representative of all products. Ciena counters that the charted product is not a representative product for “non-WaveLogic 5 Nano” products because the WaveLogic 5 Nano is meaningfully different from the…