Resh, Inc v. Skimlite Manufacturing Inc

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 RESH, INC, Case No. 22-cv-01427-EJD (VKD)

9 Plaintiff,

ORDER RE FEBRUARY 13, 2024

10 v. DISCOVERY DISPUTE;

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO

11 BARRETT CONRAD, et al., SEAL 12 Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 95, 96

13 14 Plaintiff Resh, Inc. (“Resh”) and defendants Robert Conrad, Inc. (“Skimlite”), Barrett 15 Conrad, and James Conrad ask the Court to resolve their dispute concerning certain questions the 16 named inventor was instructed by counsel not to answer during his deposition. Dkt. No. 95. The 17 Court finds this dispute suitable for resolution without oral argument. Civil L.R. 7-1(b). 18 For the reasons explained below, the Court orders Resh to produce the named inventor for 19 further deposition to answer Skimlite’s questions regarding how he prepared the drawings of the 20 alleged invention.1 21 I. BACKGROUND 22 In this action, Resh alleges that defendants infringe its U.S.…