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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Copyright Infringement

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD.,

Plaintiff,

v.

VMWARE, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-01414-HSG (DMR)

ORDER RE JUNE 30, 2016 DISCOVERY 

HEARING

Re: Dkt. Nos. 98, 99

The court has reviewed the parties’ May 20, 2016 joint discovery letters, which are set for 

hearing on June 30, 2016. [Docket Nos. 98, 99.] The court’s Standing Order requires the parties 

to “meet and confer to try to resolve their disagreements” before submitting a joint letter, and 

requires lead trial counsel to attest “that the parties met and conferred in person or by telephone 

regarding all issues prior to filing [a] letter.” [Docket No. 69 (Notice of Amended Discovery 

Procedures).] However, it appears that the parties have not met and conferred at all as to two 

issues; specifically, Phoenix’s motion to compel a supplemental response to interrogatory no. 2 

and Phoenix’s challenge to VMware’s partial redactions of emails between engineers. It also 

appears that the parties have only partially met and conferred with respect to VMware’s motion to 

compel further responses to requests for production (“RFPs”) 98 and 121. 

Therefore, lead counsel for the parties are ordered to immediately meet and confer as to 

these issues and to arrive at the courthouse at 9:00 a.m. on June 30, 2016 to complete their meet 

and confer. Lead counsel shall also be prepared to stay at the courthouse following the 11:00 a.m. 

hearing and to devote the entire day, if necessary, to resolving the dispute(s). Counsel are also 

directed to review the district’s “Guidelines for Discovery of Electronically Stored Information”

and “Checklist for Rule 26(f) Meet and Confer Regarding Electronically Stored Information” prior 

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to their meet and confer sessions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 27, 2016

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DONNA M. RYU

United States Magistrate Judge

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Donna M. Ryu

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