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

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HARVATEK CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CREE, INC., CREE HONG KONG LTD.,

CREE SHANGHAI OPTO

DEVELOPMENT LTD.,

Defendants. /

No. C 14-05353 WHA

ORDER RE DEFENDANT’S

DISCOVERY LETTER

In this patent dispute, defendants have filed a discovery letter. They seek an order

precluding plaintiff from asserting a conception date prior to the filing date of the application for

the patent in suit because plaintiff did not timely produce documents evidencing that earlier

conception date pursuant to Patent L.R. 3-2(b). Defendants also move to strike plaintiff’s

supplemental production on this issue date and to preclude further supplementation. 

This is not a discovery dispute. No party is seeking discovery. The issue here is whether

the disclosures to date permit plaintiff to claim the benefit of an earlier invention date. Any

relief relating to that issue must be sought in a formal motion. 

Defendants’ motion is DENIED without prejudice to a formal motion on this issue.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 9, 2015. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 3:14-cv-05353-WHA Document 50 Filed 06/09/15 Page 1 of 1