Impact Engine, Inc. v. Google LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IMPACT ENGINE, INC., Case No.: 19-cv-1301-CAB-DEB

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON JOINT MOTION FOR

v. DETERMINATION OF DISCOVERY

DISPUTE

GOOGLE LLC, [DKT. NO. 89] Defendant. 16 I. BACKGROUND In its supplemental complaint, Impact Engine, Inc. alleges that Google LLC willfully infringed eight of Impact Engine’s online advertising patents. Dkt. No. 53. Impact Engine alleges that, after two years of false promises to develop a cooperative partnership between the parties, Google began utilizing Impact Engine’s patent innovations for its own benefit. The parties are conducting discovery and have presented a Joint Motion for Determination of Discovery Dispute to the Court. Dkt. No. 89. At issue is Google’s Request for Production (“RFP”) No. 60, which seeks “[all] Documents Regarding any contracts or agreements between Plaintiff and any Third Party concerning (1) This Litigation…