Opinion
Case No. 09-cv-01550 JSW (NC)
10-14-2011
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff, v. TELECONFERENCE SYSTEMS, LLC, and MARGALLA COMMUNICATIONS INC., Defendants.
MINUTE ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTES
Re: Dkt. Nos. 268, 269, 270, 272, 277
Plaintiff Cisco Systems, Inc. moves to compel Defendants Teleconference Systems, LLC and Margalla Communications, Inc. ("TS/Margalla") to provide complete responses to Plaintiff's Interrogatories Nos. 1 and 8. Having considered the parties' letter briefs and accompanying submissions, as well as the oral argument of counsel, the Court orders as follows:
As to Interrogatory No. 1, the Court finds Defendants' narrative description of conception, reduction to practice and diligence to be sufficient at this time. The Court orders, however, that TS/Margalla amend their response to clarify their contended date of conception and reduction to practice for each of the 26 patent claims by November 3, 2011. By this date, TS/Margalla must also remove the language "at least as early as" from its amended response, as suggested in footnote 3 of its October 11 letter briefing (Dkt. No. 277). The Court further orders Mr. Jang to certify the date(s) he specifies as to conception and reduction to practice for each claim of the '526 patent on or before November 3.
As to Interrogatory No. 8, the Court orders the parties to meet and confer further to identify the search terms to be provided to Mr. Jang to determine dates on which he became aware of prior art. TS/Margalla is to serve a supplemental response to Plaintiff by November 3. The parties are to file a joint status report with this Court on or before November 10 verifying that all items due to occur by November 3 have been completed.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
NATHANAEL M. COUSINS
United States Magistrate Judge