Synopsys, Inc. v. Siemens Industry Software Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division SYNOPSYS, INC., Case No. 20-cv-04151-WHO (LB)

Plaintiff,

DISCOVERY ORDER

v. Re: ECF Nos. 265-2, 269, 270 SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE INC., Defendant. 16 The parties have three discovery disputes. Fact discovery closed on August 31, 2023, but the disputes were raised within seven days of that date. See N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 37-3. The court can decide the disputes without oral argument. N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). 20 1. Siemens’ Sixteenth Interrogatory Siemens contends that Synopsys should respond further to Siemens’ sixteenth interrogatory. That interrogatory requests “communications with any third party, including Synopsys customers or potential customers, in which [Synopsys] alleged or suggested that Aprisa infringed any Synopsys patent or copyright, or referred to this Action or the ATopTech Action.” Aprisa is Siemens’ accused software product in this case, and the “ATopTech Action” was a…