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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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Case No. 5:14-cv-03750-PSG

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTE 

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION

CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS 

WIRELESS LTD., 

 Plaintiff,

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SOLID, INC. et al., 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. 5:14-cv-03750-PSG

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTE 

(Re: Docket No. 137)

 

 Plaintiff Corning Optical Communications Wireless LTD and Defendants SOLiD, Inc. and 

Reach Holdings, LLC have presented a dispute about where to produce foreign-based party 

witnesses for deposition in this patent infringement case. In resolving such a dispute, the court 

may consider: 

(1) The parties’ convenience and relative hardships to attend the designated

location; (2) Cost of transportation and lost work to defendant; (3) Expense and 

inconvenience to move voluminous documents; (4) Whether the parties’ counsel are 

located in the forum district; (5) Whether the defendant is a large corporation whose 

employees often travel; (6) Whether significant discovery disputes may arise and 

judicial economy favors resolution by the forum court or other similar concerns; 

and (7) Whether the parties’ claims and parties’ relationship are such that 

appropriate adjustment of the equities favors a deposition site in the forum district.1 

 

1 Willis v. Mullins, Case No. 04-cv-06542, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35627, at *17-18 (E.D. Cal. Feb.

8, 2006). 

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