UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE Northern District of Illinois − CM/ECF LIVE, Ver 6.3.3

Eastern Division

Inventus Power, Inc., et al.

Plaintiff,

v. Case No.: 1:20−cv−03375

Honorable Robert M. Dow Jr.

Shenzhen Ace Battery Co., Ltd., et al.

Defendant.

NOTIFICATION OF DOCKET ENTRY

This docket entry was made by the Clerk on Friday, November 19, 2021:

 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jeffrey Cummings: Telephonic motion

hearing held on 11/19/21. Defendant's motion for leave to produce documents to plaintiffs'

counsel's Shanghai office, or alternatively, a motion for leave to file a renewed request for

international judicial assistance [182] is granted in part and denied in part as follows.

Defendant's motion is granted to the extent that defendant may redact the portions of its

responses to request for production no. 4 that Ace's Chinese counsel in good faith believes

may violate the recently enacted Personal Information Protection Law of China.

Defendant's motion is otherwise denied. All remaining document discovery shall be

produced to plaintiffs'; counsel's office in the United States and not to counsel's Shanghai

office. With respect to interrogatory no. 5, by 11/24/21, plaintiffs' counsel shall provide

defendant with an Attorney's Eyes Only list of its U.S.−based customers and suppliers.

Defense counsel shall then compare that list to defendant's list of U.S.−based customers

and suppliers to determine any overlapping entities. Defense counsel shall then inform

defendant of the customers and suppliers for which it shall provide further responsive

information and documents. Defendant shall fully respond to interrogatory no. 5 and

request for production no. 5 by 12/3/21. With respect to interrogatory no. 6, the parties

dispute whether defendant's supplemental response is sufficient. To resolve the parties'

dispute on this issue, the Court orders defense counsel to fully review the supplemental

response with defendant to confirm whether the current answer is full and complete or

requires further supplementation. By 12/3/21, defendant shall file a certification

confirming compliance with this directive. See CSMC 2007−C4 Egizii Portfolio LLC v.

Springfield Prairie Properties, LLC, No. 15−3195, 2018 WL 7859720, at *3 (C.D. Ill.

Aug. 31, 2018) (requiring counsel to certify parties' compliance with discovery order);

Learning Resources, Inc. v. Playgo Toys Enterprises Ltd., No. 19−CV−00660, 2020 WL

2061536, at *3 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 29, 2020) (same, citing cases). Any further supplemental

response to interrogatory no. 6 must be provided by 12/3/21. By agreement of the parties,

the deposition of Wenhua Li will be taken on 12/1/21 in Macau by remote means.

Following defendant's supplemental production, the parties shall work together to

schedule the remaining depositions permitted in this Court's order limiting the scope of

jurisdictional discovery. The parties request for an extension of time to complete those

depositions is granted. The depositions shall be completed by 1/17/22. Plaintiffs' motion

to find defendant in contempt [186] is denied without prejudice. Defendant is advised,

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however, that the Court will reconsider plaintiffs' motion if defendant fails to properly

follow the Court�39;s orders. By 12/21/21, the parties shall file a joint status report on

discovery confirming that defendant has fully responded to the written discovery requests

and confirming that the parties have agreed to dates for the remaining jurisdictional

depositions. Mailed notice (sxw)

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