Bell Northern Research, LLC v. Huawei Device Co., Ltd.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Case No.: 18cv1784-CAB(BLM) BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, LLC,

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO COMPEL DEFENDANTS’

v. RESPONSE TO COMMON

INTERROGATORY NO.

HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD.;

HUAWEI DEVICE (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.;

and HUAWEI DEVICE USA, INC.,

Defendants. [ECF Nos. 81, 85, 91] 17 On June 6, 2019, in compliance with chambers rules, counsel for Plaintiff (“BNR”) and Defendants (collectively “Huawei”) contacted chambers regarding several discovery disputes. One dispute centered on Interrogatory No. 10, propounded by BNR on Huawei, which asked Huawei to identify all of its products containing one or more HD Voice Codecs. Counsel for the parties set forth their respective positions and agreed to engage in further meet and confer efforts in an attempt to resolve the dispute informally. On June 24, 2019, counsel for both BNR and Huawei called chambers again and informed the Court that…