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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THX, LTD.,

Plaintiff,

v.

APPLE, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 13-cv-01161-HSG (DMR)

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY LETTERS

Re: Dkt. Nos. 125, 136, 137, 138

On June 17, 2016, the THX, Ltd. and Apple, Inc. filed a joint discovery letter regarding 

THX’s damages disclosures. June 17, 2016 Joint Discovery Letter [Docket No. 125]. A hearing 

on the Joint Discovery Letter is set for August 11, 2016. [Docket No. 130.] 

On July 20, 2016, THX filed a unilateral discovery letter that set forth new factual 

information about its disclosures and also raised an issue regarding Apple’s response to THX’s 

Interrogatory No. 13. July 20, 2016 THX Unilateral Discovery Letter [Docket No. 137]. 

On July 25, 2016, Apple filed a unilateral discovery letter moving to strike THX’s 

Unilateral Discovery Letter and contending that the issue of Apple’s response to Interrogatory No. 

13 is not ripe for court intervention. July 25, 2016 Apple Unilateral Discovery Letter [Docket No. 

138]. 

The parties’ June 17, 2016 Joint Discovery Letter [Docket No. 125] is denied without 

prejudice because of new factual developments. Specifically, THX has further supplemented its 

damages disclosures. The parties are instructed to meet and confer on this issue. If a dispute still 

remains that requires judicial intervention, the parties shall file a new joint discovery letter by 9:00 

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a.m. on August 4, 2016, which will be heard on the previously noticed hearing date of August 11, 

2016 at 11:00 a.m. This letter shall be limited to the issues originally raised in the parties’ June 

17, 2016 Joint Discovery Letter. 

To the extent that the parties wish to raise new issues, such as Apple’s response to THX’s 

Interrogatory No. 13, the parties must meet and confer and follow the joint letter process set forth 

in the court’s Notice of Amended Discovery Procedures. [Docket No. 66.] 

Finally, THX filed an administrative motion to file information under seal that Apple 

designated as confidential pursuant to the Protective Order. [Docket No. 136.] Apple does not 

seek to file the information under seal. THX’s motion therefore is denied. [Docket No. 138-1.] 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 26, 2016

______________________________________

Donna M. Ryu

United States Magistrate Judge

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