Enplas Display Device Corporation et al v. Seoul Semiconductor Company, Ltd.

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ORDER FOR ADDITIONAL BRIEFING RE: CHOICE OF LAW. Briefing is due by 5:00 PM on 11/17/2015. Signed by Judge Nathanael Cousins on 11/16/2015. (lmh, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/16/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ENPLAS DISPLAY DEVICE
CORPORATION, et al.,

United States District Court
Northern District of California

Plaintiffs,
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v.

Case No.13-cv-05038-NC
ORDER FOR ADDITIONAL
BRIEFING RE: CHOICE OF LAW

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SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR
COMPANY, LTD.,
Defendant.

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Federal circuit law applies to issues “unique to patent law and regional circuit law

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to issues unrelated to patent law.” Atlas IP, LLC v. Medtronic, Inc., No. 2015-1071, 2015

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WL 6550622, at *4 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 29, 2015). Thus, the Court ORDERS the parties to

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submit additional briefing as to the choice of law on the following issues:

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Amendment of pleadings at the summary judgment stage

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2.

Sufficiency of a covenant not to sue

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3.

Mootness in a declaratory judgment action

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The parties may each submit a single brief addressing these issues, not to exceed

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three pages. The briefing is due by 5:00 p.m. on November 17, 2015.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: November 16, 2015

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Case No.13-cv-05038-NC

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NATHANAEL M. COUSINS
United States Magistrate Judge