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

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 This disposition is not designated for publication and may not be cited. 1

Case No. C 07-4507 JF 

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR AUTHORIZATION TO SERVED COMPLAINT AND

SUMMONS BY ALTERNATIVE MEANS AND EXTENSION OF TIME TO COMPLETE SERVICE

(JFLC3)

**E-filed 02/25/08**

NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ACTICON TECHNOLOGIES LLC,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

PRETEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, et al.,

 Defendants.

Case Number C 07-4507 JF

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 1

MOTION FOR AUTHORIZATION TO

SERVE COMPLAINT AND

SUMMONS BY ALTERNATIVE

MEANS AND EXTENSION OF TIME

TO COMPLETE SERVICE OF

PROCESS

[docket no. 68] 

 Plaintiff Acticon Technologies, LLC (“Acticon”) filed the complaint in this action on

August 20, 2007. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m), the last date for serving the Complaint and

Summons on Defendants was December 28, 2007. On December 20, 2007, the Court granted

Acticon’s motion for authorization to serve the complaint and summons by alternative means and

for a sixty (60) day extension of time within which to complete service of process. The Court

authorized Acticon to effect service on Chiu Feng Chen, Kuei Lu, and Gordon Yu through the

combined alternative methods of (1) mailing the complaint and summons and (2) leaving a copy

of the complaint and summons at these Defendants’ last known residences; and to effect service

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Case No. C 07-4507 JF

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR AUTHORIZATION TO SERVE COMPLAINT AND

SUMMONS BY ALTERNATIVE MEANS AND EXTENSION OF TIME TO COMPLETE SERVICE

(JFLC3)

on Defendants Tommy Ho and Robert Wu by mailing the complaint and summons to PTI

Global, Inc. and by publication. However, Acticon has not been able to locate a residential

address for Defendant Kuei Lu, and it now requests that it be permitted to serve the Complaint

and Summons on Defendant Kuei Lu by U.S. mail and by leaving a copy of the documents at

Defendant PTI Global, Inc’s corporate address. 

 Due process of law requires that defendants be afforded notice of proceedings involving

their interest and an opportunity to be heard. Generally, this requires “notice reasonably

calculated, under all the circumstances, to appraise interested parties of pendency of the action

and afford them an opportunity to present their objections.” Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank &

Trust Co., 339 U.S. 306, 314 (1950). A plaintiff must undertake reasonably diligent efforts to

locate a defendant, but “extraordinary” efforts are not required. Mennonite Board of Missions v.

Adams, 462 U.S. 791, 798 (1983). For example, a plaintiff need not hire a private investigator to

locate a defendant. Id. 

Acticon asserts in its motion that the individual who Acticon served and believed to be

Defendant Kuei Lu has represented that she is not the Kuei Lu named in the Complaint. The true

Defendant Kuei Lu is an officer, director, and one hundred percent owner of PTI Global, Inc. 

Consequently, because Acticon has been unable to obtain a residential address for the true

Defendant Kuei Lu despite diligent investigation, service of the Complaint and Summons by

mailing the documents to PTI Global, Inc.’s business address and leaving a copy of the

documents at that address is reasonable. 

IV. ORDER

Good cause therefor appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Acticon’s motion for

authorization to serve the complaint and summons by alternative means and for a sixty (60) day

extension of time within which to complete service of process is hereby GRANTED. The Court

authorizes Acticon to effect service on Defendant Kuei Lu by mailing a copy of the Complaint

and Summons to the business address of PTI Global, Inc. and leaving a copy of the documents at

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Case No. C 07-4507 JF

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR AUTHORIZATION TO SERVE COMPLAINT AND

SUMMONS BY ALTERNATIVE MEANS AND EXTENSION OF TIME TO COMPLETE SERVICE

(JFLC3)

that address.

DATED: February 25, 2008

 

JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge

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Case No. C 07-4507 JF

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR AUTHORIZATION TO SERVE COMPLAINT AND

SUMMONS BY ALTERNATIVE MEANS AND EXTENSION OF TIME TO COMPLETE SERVICE

(JFLC3)

This Order has been served upon the following persons:

Christine S. Watson

cwatson@carrferrell.com 

Linda Yi Tai Shao 

shaoyitai@yahoo.com 

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