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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Anti-trust

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NETLIST, INC.,

Plaintiff, 

VS. 

DIABLO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No.: 13-cv-5962 YGR 

ORDER DIRECTING PARTIES TO FILE POST- TRIAL BRIEF ON REMAINING EQUITABLE 

CLAIM 

 On March 25, 2015, the jury returned its verdict on six of the seven claims asserted in this 

action. The jury found in favor of Defendant Diablo Technologies, Inc. (“Diablo”) on two claims for 

breach of contract and for trade secret misappropriation, and correction of inventorship. It found for 

Plaintiff Netlist, Inc. (“Netlist”) on the claims for trademark infringement, and false and misleading 

advertising. (Dkt. No. 420.) The Court has yet to issue a ruling pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 52 on 

Netlist’s claim for violation of California Business & Professions Code section 17200. 

 Given the overlap between and among (i) the Court’s ruling on the section 17200 claim, 

including the request for injunctive relief therein, and (ii) the pending motion to dissolve the 

preliminary injunction based upon the jury’s verdict, the Court set forth a briefing schedule for the 

motion to dissolve and instructed the parties to address, in addition, the section 17200 claim. With 

respect to the latter, Diablo failed to address the issue at all in their opening brief, and neither 

Netlist’s opposition nor Diablo’s response, each devoting little more than one page of discussion to 

the section 17200 claim, sufficiently addressed the issues to be resolved before a judgment can be 

entered. 

ACCORDINGLY, THE PARTIES ARE ORDERED to file post-trial briefs, including proposed 

findings of fact and conclusions of law with specific citations to the trial record, in support of their 

respective positions on the section 17200 claim. As Netlist bears the burden of proof and must 

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identify what relief it currently seeks (in contrast to what was pleaded in the operative complaint), its 

brief shall be filed first and no later than Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at 12:00 noon. Diablo shall file 

its response, again with proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law with citations to the record 

no later than Monday, April 20, 2015, at 12:00 noon. 

 The hearing on the motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction, currently set for Friday, 

April 10, 2015, is CONTINUED to Friday, April 24, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. The Court finds that no 

prejudice will result from this brief continuance given the preliminary injunction has been stayed. 

Further, the Court finds the additional briefing will enable it to ensure consistency in its rulings. 

 Given the Court's familiarity with the issues and evidence in this case, once briefing on the 

section 17200 claim is complete, the Court believes that resolution of the issues on the papers may be 

appropriate. Accordingly, the parties are directed to meet and confer after Diablo's filing and to file 

a joint statement no later than Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at 12:00 noon advising the Court 

whether the parties submit on the papers or request additional oral argument. If requesting argument, 

the parties shall identify therein the specific issues to be addressed. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 8, 2015 

______________________________________ 

 HON. YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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