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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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 ORDER GRANTING JVC’S AND JCT’S LEAVE TO AMEND COUNTERCLAIM C05 00686 SBA (EMC) 

MARTIN R. GLICK (No. 40187) 

Email: mglick@howardrice.com 

BOBBIE J. WILSON (No. 148317) 

Email: bwilson@howardrice.com 

HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY

FALK & RABKIN 

A Professional Corporation 

Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111-4024 

Telephone: 415/434-1600 

Facsimile: 415/217-5910 

MORTON AMSTER (Admitted pro hac vice)

ANTHONY F. LO CICERO (Admitted pro hac vice)

CHARLES R. MACEDO (Admitted pro hac vice)

AMSTER ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN LLP 

90 Park Avenue, 21st Floor 

New York, New York 10016-1463 

Telephone: 212/336-8000 

Facsimile: 212/336-8001 

Attorneys for Defendants and Counter-Plaintiffs 

VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD. and JVC 

COMPONENTS (THAILAND) CO., LTD. and 

Defendants AGILIS INC. and AGILIS TECHNOLOGY 

INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

NIDEC CORPORATION, 

Plaintiff,

v.

VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD., 

JVC COMPONENTS (THAILAND) CO., 

LTD., AGILIS INC. and AGILIS 

TECHNOLOGY INC., 

Defendants. 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS. 

No. C05 00686 SBA (EMC) 

Action Filed: February 15, 2005

ORDER GRANTING MOTION OF JVC 

AND JCT SEEKING LEAVE TO AMEND 

JVC’S COUNTERCLAIM 

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ORDER GRANTING JVC’S AND JCT’S LEAVE TO AMEND COUNTERCLAIM C05 00686 SBA (EMC) 

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Having read and considered the arguments presented by the parties in their papers, and 

good cause appearing, the Court finds that JVC’s and JCT’s Motion Seeking Leave To 

Amend JVC’s Counterclaim should be granted. 

As a result of depositions of Nidec Corporation’s Rule 30(b)(6) witnesses in late 

March 2006 and an amended interrogatory response by Nidec Corporation on April 26, 

2006, JVC learned that additional specific accused Nidec Spindle Motors potentially 

infringe at least Claim 1 of the JVC ‘973 Patent, and that two subsidiaries of Nidec 

Corporation, Nidec America Corporation (“Nidec America”) and Nidec Singapore PTE 

Ltd. (“Nidec Singapore”), are involved in the sale of the accused Nidec Spindle Motors. 

Upon learning this new information, JVC drafted a [Proposed] Answer, Affirmative 

Defenses and First Amended Counterclaims to specifically identify the additional accused 

Nidec Spindle Motors and to join Nidec America and Nidec Singapore as Counterdefendants in JVC’s Counterclaim (Count I). In accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a), 

JVC sought written consent from Nidec Corporation to file the proposed Amended 

Counterclaim. Nidec Corporation had consented to the filing of the proposed Amended 

Counterclaim to the extent that it specifically identified additional accused Nidec Spindle 

Motors. However, Nidec Corporation had refused to consent to the filing of the proposed 

Amended Counterclaim to the extent that it joins Nidec America and Nidec Singapore as 

Counter-defendants to the present Action. JVC and JCT therefore brought this Motion 

seeking leave of Court to amend JVC’s Counterclaim to identify additional accused 

products and join Nidec America and Nidec Singapore as Counter-defendants. 

Leave to amend should be freely given when justice so requires. Forman v. Davis,

371 U.S. 178, 182 (1962); Morongo Band of Mission Indians v. Rose, 893 F.2d 1074, 

1079 (9th Cir. 1990). JVC and JCT have persuaded the Court that leave to Amend JVC’s 

Counterclaim pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) is appropriate and justified. The court did 

not find prejudice, undue delay, bad faith or dilatory motive, or futility of amendment. 

See United States v. Webb, 655 F.2d 977, 980 (9th Cir. 1981). From the beginning of this 

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ORDER GRANTING JVC’S AND JCT’S LEAVE TO AMEND COUNTERCLAIM C05 00686 SBA (EMC) 

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Action, JVC has consistently sought discovery from Nidec Corporation, as well as its 

subsidiaries and divisions, which include Nidec Singapore and Nidec America. Any 

additional discovery resulting from joining Nidec Singapore and Nidec America as 

Counter-defendants should be minimal, will need to be conducted in any event, and can 

be accommodated within the time remaining before the close of fact discovery. Moreover, 

Nidec Singapore and Nidec America, are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Nidec Corporation 

and are already participating in Nidec Corporation’s defense to date. 

Accordingly, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT JVC’s and JCT’s Motion Seeking Leave To 

Amend JVC’s Counterclaim to identify additional Nidec Spindle Motors and to join Nidec 

America Corporation and Nidec Singapore PTE Ltd. is GRANTED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated this 26TH day of JUNE, 2006. 

 

SAUNDRA B. ARMSTRONG 

United States District Judge 

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