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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Contract Dispute

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

BLADEROOM GROUP LIMITED, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

FACEBOOK, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.5:15-cv-01370-EJD (HRL)

ORDER RE DISCOVERY DISPUTE 

JOINT REPORT NO. 6

Re: Dkt. No. 176

In this action, plaintiffs seek damages for alleged misappropriation of trade secrets. In 

DDJR #6, plaintiffs seek an order requiring the Emerson defendants to answer Interrogatory No. 

11: “Identify any trade secret listed in BRG’s Disclosure of Trade Secrets Under California Code 

of Civil procedure §2019.210 [“§ 2019.210 statement”] that you contend was known or used in the 

public before BRG disclosed that trade secret to you, and identify all facts, documents, and 

witnesses that support or contradict your contention.” (Dkt. 175-3 at 2).

The Emerson defendants objected to answering No. 11 on the grounds that (1) it was 

premature because the presiding judge had not yet ruled on their motion to dismiss the 

misappropriation claim for relief, and (2) the plaintiffs’ § 2019.210 statement merely generally 

describes the features of any data center and omits detailed specifications and descriptions that 

would make their features unique.

Since DDJR #6 was filed, the presiding judge did rule on the Emerson defendants’ motion 

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to dismiss. He denied it. That ruling shoots down the first objection.

As for the second objection, it does seem to this court that plaintiffs describe their claimed 

trade secrets in their § 2019.210 statement with quite a broad brush. However, the normal remedy 

for that, if a remedy is needed, is a motion to require plaintiffs to submit more particularized 

disclosures. None of the defendants have filed such a motion.

Close of discovery is not far off, and it is time for the Emerson defendants to answer, as 

best they can, Interrogatory No. 11. Of course, they can supplement their answer later as 

additional information becomes known. Their answer is due 10 days after this order is filed.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 27, 2017

HOWARD R. LLOYD

United States Magistrate Judge

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5:15-cv-01370-EJD Notice has been electronically mailed to:

Anthony David Giles anthony@anthonygiles.com

Elizabeth Lee Stameshkin lstameshkin@cooley.com

Erik Christopher Olson eolson@fbm.com, calendar@fbm.com, shunt@fbm.com

Eugene Y. Mar emar@fbm.com, calendar@fbm.com, mclaros@fbm.com

Heidi Lyn Keefe hkeefe@cooley.com, jmcintosh@cooley.com

James Alexander Reese areese@fbm.com

Jeffrey M. Fisher jfisher@fbm.com, calendar@fbm.com, renterig@fbm.com, 

wpemail@fbm.com

Julia Frederika Kropp jkropp@fbm.com, bwestburg@fbm.com, calendar@fbm.com

Kristine Anne Forderer kforderer@cooley.com, rcahill@cooley.com, swarren@cooley.com

Mark Frederick Lambert mlambert@cooley.com, lalmanza@cooley.com

Mark R. Weinstein mweinstein@cooley.com, patricia.russell@cooley.com

Matthew David Caplan mcaplan@cooley.com, smartinez@cooley.com

Melinda Mae Morton mindy.morton@procopio.com, calendaring@procopio.com, 

gail.poulos@procopio.com

Michael Graham Rhodes rhodesmg@cooley.com, lopezre@cooley.com, moyespe@cooley.com

Robert H. Sloss robert.sloss@procopio.com, calendaring@procopio.com, 

gail.poulos@procopio.com

Robert Thomas Cahill , Jr rcahill@cooley.com

Stephanie Powers Skaff sskaff@fbm.com, bwestburg@fbm.com, calendar@fbm.com

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