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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TOSHIBA CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

v

HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR, INC,

Defendant. /

No C-04-4708 VRW

ORDER

On October 7, 2005, plaintiff Toshiba Corporation

(“Toshiba”) informed the court by letter about a discovery dispute

over inventor depositions in this patent infringement case. Doc

#58. Defendant Hynix Semiconductor, Inc (“Hynix”) filed a

responsive letter on October 11, 2005. Doc #60.

Toshiba seeks relief from a stay order that currently

limits the scope of depositions to claim construction issues. 

Toshiba requests that the court either: (1) allow Toshiba to redepose the inventors at some later date to testify on other issues

or (2) push back dates on the scheduling order by six weeks and

lift the stay to permit questioning of the inventors on topics

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unrelated to claim construction. Hynix opposes these requests and

instead proposes that Toshiba depose the inventors on all issues in

the case and that the court stick to the current scheduling order.

At this early stage of litigation, the court does not

believe that it makes sense to require Hynix to produce inventors

for a second deposition, especially given the significant cost in

producing some foreign inventors. The court notes that Hynix has

said that it will try to accommodate Toshiba’s second deposition

requests. And if all else fails, Toshiba can seek leave of the

court at the appropriate time to re-depose the inventors.

Accordingly, Toshiba may depose the inventors once only,

unless good cause is shown. To the extent the stay interferes with

the deposition of the inventors on all topics, the stay is lifted.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 

VAUGHN R WALKER

United States District Chief Judge

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