Apple Inc. v. Rivos, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

APPLE, INC., Case No. 22-cv-02637 EJD (NC) Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART APPLE’S

REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED

RIVOS, INC., and others, DISCOVERY Defendants. Re: ECF 23 (in part), 58, 59

16 As part of its motion for a temporary restraining order in this trade secret misappropriation case, Apple sought expedited discovery from defendants Rivos, Inc. and Wen Shih-Chieh a/k/a Ricky Wen. ECF 23. The trial judge, District Court Judge Edward J. Davila, referred the discovery dispute to me. ECF 60. The parties’ competing briefs on the discovery dispute are filed at ECF 58 (Defendants) and ECF 59 (Apple). They filed a joint update at ECF 68, attaching a transcript of Judge Davila’s June 16, 2022, hearing. I held a hearing on the discovery dispute on July 7. As discussed at the hearing, the case has evolved since Apple’s filing of the motion for expedited discovery. First, the parties…