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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NETFLIX, INC.,

Plaintiff(s),

v.

BLOCKBUSTER, INC.,

Defendant(s).

___________________________________/

Case No. C-06-2361 WHA (JCS)

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART AS MOOT

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL

PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS FROM

BLOCKBUSTER [Docket No. 157]

On March 5, 2007, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Compel Production of Documents from

Defendant [Docket No. 157] (the “Motion”).

On March 9, 2007, and March 13, 2007, the Court held telephonic hearings on the Motion,

during which Defendant indicated that certain e-mails were deleted, beginning before this litigation

commenced through February 2007; and that Defendant had begun efforts to recover these e-mails

from various sources.

For the reasons stated on the record, and good cause shown,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Defendant shall complete its efforts to recover copies of

the deleted e-mails, and produce e-mails responsive to previous document demands by April 6,

2007. The production of the recovered e-mails shall occur on a rolling basis, and, to the extent

possible, the e-mail production shall be prioritized so that the e-mails containing the names of the

witnesses who will be deposed this month and in the month of April shall be produced first.

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED THAT, except for the issues of whether all

responsive e-mails have been produced, the Motion is DENIED in part as moot, and the Court

reserves for a later decision the issue of whether Defendant has produced all responsive e-mails.

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United States District Court

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IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED THAT a telephonic conference is set for 

March 20, 2007, at 2:00 p.m., for a status report regarding Defendant’s progress in producing emails. The Court will initiate the phone contact.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 15, 2007 _______________________________

JOSEPH C. SPERO

United States Magistrate Judge

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