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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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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

CROSSBOW TECHNOLOGY, INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

 YH TECHNOLOGY ET AL,

Defendant. /

No. C-03-04360 SI (EDL)

ORDER GRANTING IN PART

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL

On February 12, 2007, Plaintiff Crossbow moved to compel Defendant Yuchun Yang to

produce (1) technical documents for the accused products in this action, (2) all communications

between Defendant or YH China and CMC Electronics, Inc.; (3) the files recovered and obtained

from Defendant’s damaged hard drive; and (4) an affidavit of compliance. On February 27, 2007,

Defendant opposed Plaintiff’s motion. After fully considering the papers, and finding the matter

appropriate for decision without oral argument, the Court GRANTS IN PART Plaintiff’s request to

compel discovery as follows:

Defendant is ordered to request relevant documents from YH China, exerting all possible

authority, and is ordered to produce, within 10 court days of this order: 

(1) the relevant source code in electronic form, and all responsive circuit diagrams,

schematics, source code, notes or notebooks, that have not already been produced;

(2) communications between Defendant or YH China and CMC Electronics Inc. that are

otherwise responsive to Plaintiff’s more specific requests, including the “brief description

why YH-5000 V6 is not infringing the Crossbow patent” referred to in the moving papers;

(3) all responsive documents from the subset of recovered files LECG provided to

Defendant; and 

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(4) an affidavit that Defendant has complied with his discovery responsibilities pursuant to

this Order and the Court’s prior Orders. The affidavit should a certification that Defendant

has produced the relevant source code in electronic form and has produced all technical

documents in his possession, custody, and control, including control over YH China.

Defendant is reminded that he must provide an adequate privilege log for any documents withheld

on grounds of privilege, and is cautioned that the Court may order LECG to produce computer files

directly to Plaintiff if Defendant does not comply promptly and fully.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 23, 2007 

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE

United States Magistrate Judge

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