Lam Research Corporation v. Schunk Semiconductor et al

Filing 351

DISCOVERY ORDER. Signed by Judge Joseph C. Spero on August 5, 2014. (jcslc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/5/2014)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION,

Case No. 03-cv-01335-EMC (JCS)

Plaintiff,
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v.

DISCOVERY ORDER

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SCHUNK SEMICONDUCTOR, et al.,

Re: Dkt. No. 344

Defendants.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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The parties filed a join letter, Dkt. No. 344, in which Plaintiff Lam Research Corporation

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(“Lam”) seeks to quash the notice of deposition of its CEO, Martin Anstice (“Anstice”). As

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Defendant Xycarb Ceramics, Inc. (“Xycarb”) has not shown that (1) proposed deponent Anstice

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“has unique first-hand, non-repetitive knowledge of the facts at issue in the case,” Apple Inc. v.

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, 282 F.R.D. 259, 263 (N.D. Cal. 2012), or that (2) Xycarb “has

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exhausted other less intrusive discovery methods,” id., Lam’s motion to quash the proposed

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“apex” deposition of Martin Anstice is GRANTED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 5, 2014
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JOSEPH C. SPERO
United States Magistrate Judge