BJB ELECTRIC LP v. BRIDGELUX, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BJB ELECTRIC LP,

Case No. 22-cv-01886-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. OPINION AND ORDER

BRIDGELUX, INC.,

13 Defendant.

I. Introduction Plaintiff BJB Electric LP (“BJB Electric”) and Defendant Bridgelux, Inc. (“Bridgelux”) contracted in March 2016 hoping to sell tens of millions of units of their product: light-emitting diodes (“LEDs”) made by Bridgelux encased in BJB Electric-provided holders (the “Holders”). Their contract (the “Letter Agreement”) contemplated BJB Electric would obtain orders for approximately 15 million Holders within a four-year Cost Sharing Period spanning from October 2016 to October 2020. This did not happen. This case proceeded to a bench trial in August 2023. The parties presented testimony and other evidence related to what the parties intended at the time of contracting and their subsequent course of dealing. In particular, the parties focused on the meaning of the phrase “obtain orders”…