U-tec Group Inc. v. Pine Locks

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 U-TEC GROUP INC., Case No. 23-cv-06673-JD

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER RE SERVICE

v. 9

10 PINE LOCKS, Defendant. 11

12 13 In this patent dispute, plaintiff U-Tec Group Inc. has asked the Court to appoint a special 14 process server to effectuate service on foreign defendant Pine Locks, which is said to be an Isle of 15 Man corporation that may be served pursuant to the Hague Convention. Dkt. No. 12. U-Tec’s ex 16 parte application for a temporary restraining order against Pine Locks is pending. Dkt. No. 5. 17 Counsel for U-Tec represents that he communicated with an attorney “who has made clear that he 18 represents Pine Locks and is authorized to negotiate settlement on behalf of Pine Locks,” but 19 declines to accept service of the complaint. Dkt. No. 5-5 ¶¶ 3, 5. 20 Rather than put the case through the complications of overseas service, and attendant 21 delays, service is ordered on Pine Locks’ attorney pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 22 4(f)(3). “In situations like this, service on a…