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

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For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

Northern District of California

NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ABBYY SOFTWARE HOUSE, et al.

Defendants.

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No. C 08-2912 JSW (MEJ)

ORDER AFTER TELEPHONIC

DISCOVERY CONFERENCE RE

DKT. ## 171, 172 

On February 23, 2010, the Court held a telephonic conference regarding the discovery

disputes presented in the parties’ joint discovery dispute letters, filed January 28, 2010 (Dkt. #171),

and February 2, 2010 (Dkt. #172). Pursuant to discussions at February 23 hearing, the Court now

ORDERS as follows.

1) Defendant ABBYY USA SOFTWARE HOUSE (“ABBYY USA”) shall submit a

formal written request to the Russian entity ABBYY Production, requesting that it

produce the disputed source code to ABBYY USA under the terms of the licensing

agreement between the two entities. The formal written request shall contain a

provision requesting that ABBYY Production produce the disputed source code

directly to ABBYY USA, rather than to a third party escrow agent. 

2) Prior to submitting its request to the Russian entity, ABBYY USA shall submit its

proposed request to Plaintiff Nuance Communications, Inc. (“Nuance”) for approval

as to form and content. ABBYY USA shall submit its request to Nuance by February

26, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. If necessary, the parties shall then meet and confer in a good

faith effort to reach an agreement regarding the form and content of ABBYY USA’s

proposed request. 

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3) The parties shall then file the proposed request as part of a stipulation and proposed

order for the Court’s approval on March 2, 2010. The parties’ stipulation shall state

that they agree as to the form of the request, and the proposed order shall simply state

that the Court approves of the form of the request. ABBYY USA’s request to the

Russian entity shall not include an order from the Court - it shall be a separate

document.

4) ABBYY USA shall submit its request to the Russian entity within two days of the

filing date of the Court’s order accepting the parties’ stipulation.

Additionally, in light of other matters discussed at the telephonic conference, the Court

further ORDERS the parties to file a proposed protective order by March 5, 2010. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 23, 2010

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Maria-Elena James 

Chief United States Magistrate Judge 

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