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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SYNOPSYS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ATOPTECH, INC,

Defendant.

Case No. 13-cv-02965-MMC 

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE PLAINTIFF'S MOTION 

FOR RELIEF FROM NONDISPOSITIVE 

PRETRIAL ORDER OF MAGISTRATE 

JUDGE

Re: Dkt. No. 852

Before the Court is plaintiff’s Motion for Relief from Nondispositive Pretrial Order of 

Magistrate Judge, filed September 30, 2016, by which plaintiff objects to Magistrate 

Judge Donna M. Ryu’s order of September 16, 2016, denying plaintiff’s motion for leave 

to amend its infringement contentions.

Plaintiff’s motion for relief is based on evidence not previously submitted to 

Magistrate Judge Ryu, specifically, (1) a declaration of Dr. Matthew Guthaus, dated 

September 30, 2016, and (2) an exhibit “providing further detail to” an exhibit previously 

filed by defendant in support of its opposition to plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend 

infringement contentions. As a consequence, plaintiff’s motion for relief is, in essence, a 

motion for reconsideration based on newly-offered evidence.

Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion for leave is hereby DENIED, without prejudice to 

plaintiff’s filing a motion for leave to file a motion for reconsideration, to be presented to 

Magistrate Judge Ryu. See Civil L.R. 7-9(b)(2).

In light of the above, plaintiff’s administrative motion to file exhibits to its motion for 

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relief under seal is hereby DENIED as moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 5, 2016

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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