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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NICHIA CORPORATION, No. C-06-00162 MMC (JCS)

Plaintiff(s),

ORDER RE MOTION TO COMPEL

v. [Docket No. 148]

SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD., 

ET AL.,

(E-FILING CASES)

Defendant(s).

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TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

On November 13, 2006, Plaintiff, Nichia Corporation (“Nichia”) and Defendants, Seoul

Semiconductor, Ltd. and Seoul Semiconductor, Inc. (“Seoul”), filed a joint letter brief regarding four

discovery disputes. The Court treats the letter as a motion to compel (the “Motion”). The Motion

came on for hearing on December 8, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. Kenneth E. Krosin appeared as counsel for

Nichia; Beth H. Parker appeared as counsel for Seoul. Having read the joint letter and heard the

arguments of counsel, for the reasons stated on the record, and good cause appearing, IT IS

HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part as follows:

1. Foreign sales and marketing information of Defendants. The Court ORDERS Seoul

to produce information on the sales and marketing of the allegedly infringing product

outside the United States. The Court ORDERS lead trial counsel for Plaintiff and for

Defendants to confer in person immediately after the hearing on December 8, 2006,

in an effort to agree upon the categories of documents within the foreign sales and

marketing materials that will be produced. The parties are also directed to meet and

confer regarding any proposed dates for the completion of all productions of

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documents in this case. The parties shall provide a joint letter to the Court containing

the agreed-upon scope of the production of the foreign sales and marketing

documents, as well as proposals for the completion of document discovery, no later

than December 18, 2006.

2. The Court DENIES the request for the production of information on products other

than Seoul’s 902 Series LED, which is named in the complaint.

3. The Court DENIES the request for the production of information regarding Seoul’s

sales and marketing documents dated before the issuance of the patent in this case.

4. The Court declines to order the production of Nichia’s pre-filing infringement

analysis except as otherwise previously agreed to by the parties.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 11, 2006

___________________________

JOSEPH C. SPERO

United States Magistrate Judge

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