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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

DIRECTPACKET RESEARCH, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

POLYCOM INC,

Defendant.

Case No.19-cv-03918-LHK (VKD)

INTERIM ORDER RE PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE

WITH SUBPOENA

Re: Dkt. No. 107

Plaintiff directPacket Research, Inc. (“directPacket”) moves for an order compelling nonparties Visual Systems Group, Inc. (“VSGi”) and Audio Fidelity Communications Corporation 

d/b/a the Whitlock Group, Inc. (“Whitlock”) to comply with a subpoena. Dkt. No. 107. That 

motion has been referred to the undersigned for disposition. Dkt. No. 187.

In their opposition brief, VSGi and Whitlock state that they have agreed to produce 

documents responsive to Document Requests Nos. 1-4, 6-9 and 11. Dkt. No. 122 at 4. In view of 

this representation, the Court requests an update on the status of the parties’ discovery dispute.

By September 13, 2019, directPacket, VSGi and Whitlock shall file a joint letter that 

identifies any issues that have been resolved, as well as all those that remain in dispute. For any 

matters that remain in dispute, directPacket, VSGi and Whitlock should briefly state whether their 

respective positions have changed from those stated in the prior briefing, and if so, what those new 

positions are, including citation to applicable legal authority. However, the Court emphasizes that 

the purpose of the joint letter is to provide an update on the current status of the present discovery 

matter. To that end, the joint letter shall not repeat any argument or append any exhibits that were 

already included in the prior briefing.

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This particular discovery dispute having been filed before this action was transferred to 

this district, this Court will not require the parties to participate in the conference between lead 

counsel, as ordinarily would be required by the undersigned’s Standing Order for Civil Cases1

(although a further conference of counsel may be productive). However, the joint letter shall 

comply in all other respects with the discovery dispute resolution procedures outlined in that 

Standing Order.

The Court sets a hearing on this discovery matter for September 24, 2019, 10:00 a.m., 

Courtroom 2, Fifth Floor of the United States District Court, 280 South First Street, San Jose, 

California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 29, 2019

VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI

United States Magistrate Judge

 

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https://cand.uscourts.gov/filelibrary/3438/Standing-Order-for-Civil-Cases-January-2019.pdf

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