Masimo Corporation v. Sotera Wireless

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MASIMO CORPORATION, Case No.: 19cv1100-BAS (NLS)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION FOR ISSUANCE OF

LETTER ROGATORY

SOTERA WIRELESS; HON HAI

PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.,

[ECF No. 87] Defendants.

17 Before the Court is Plaintiff Masimo Corporation’s motion for the Court to issue a 18 letter rogatory to the judicial authority of Taiwan. ECF No. 87. Masimo seeks the letter 19 to aid in obtaining deposition testimony from Francis Chen, who resides in Taipei, 20 Taiwan, and was previously the CEO of Defendant Sotera Wireless and held other 21 positions at Defendant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. Id. 22 “A letter rogatory is a formal written request sent by a court to a foreign court 23 asking that the testimony of a witness residing within that foreign court’s jurisdiction be 24 taken pursuant to the direction of that foreign court and transmitted to the requesting 25 court for use in a pending…