Silicon Genesis Corporation v. EV Group E.Thallner GmbH
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SILICON GENESIS CORPORATION, Case No. 22-cv-04986-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
v. FOR CONTEMPT SANCTIONS
EV GROUP E.THALLNER GMBH, Re: Dkt. No. 113 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff (SiGen) sues Defendant (EVG) for failing to pay royalties owed under a patent licensing agreement. (Dkt. No. 44.) Before the Court is SiGen’s motion for monetary contempt sanctions for EVG’s alleged violation of the Protective Order. (Dkt. No. 113.) Having carefully considered the briefing, and with the benefit of oral argument on October 17, 2023, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion for monetary contempt sanctions. Defendant violated the Protective Order by using confidential information SiGen produced in this action to file an Austrian lawsuit against SiGen. BACKGROUND On June 7, 2023, EVG filed a complaint against SiGen in the Commercial Court of Vienna. (Dkt. No. 113-2.) In the Austrian complaint, EVG alleges…