Cadence Design Systems, Inc. v. Pounce Consulting, Inc.

Filing 195

ORDER re 194 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER re Document Production filed by Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Signed by Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte on December 13, 2018. (mllS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/13/2018)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 Guy Ruttenberg, Bar No. 207937 guy@ruttenbergiplaw.com Steve A. Papazian, Bar No. 288097 steve@ruttenberglaw.com Michael Eshaghian, Bar No. 300869 mike@ruttenbergiplaw.com RUTTENBERG IP LAW, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 1801 Century Park East, Suite 1920 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Telephone: (310) 627-2270 Facsimile: (310) 627-2260 7 8 Attorneys for Plaintiff Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 13 CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, 14 Plaintiff, 15 16 Case No. 4:17-cv-04732-PJH STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE DOCUMENT PRODUCTION v. Mag. Judge: Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte 17 POUNCE CONSULTING, INC., a California Corporation, and POUNCE 18 CONSULTING, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican 19 Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable. 20 DISCOVERY MATTER Defendants. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED ORDER] RE DOCUMENT PRODUCTION 4:17-cv-04732-PJH 15103587.1 1 Plaintiff Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (“Cadence”) and Defendant Pounce Consulting, 2 Inc. (“Pounce USA”) (collectively, “the Parties”) by and through their respective counsel of 3 record, hereby stipulate as follows: 4 WHEREAS on November 8, 2018, Judge Laporte found that “the emails and other 5 documents of Roger Viera are in the possession, custody, and/or control of [Pounce USA], 6 regardless of whether the documents are housed on a server in Mexico, given that Mr. Viera is an 7 officer and majority owner of Pounce USA and given that Mr. Viera used these email accounts 8 to direct the business of Pounce USA,” and ordered Pounce USA to “search for and produce all 9 documents of Roger Viera that are responsive to Cadence’s documents requests, including any 10 emails housed on the server in Mexico.” (Dkt. No. 189). 11 12 13 14 It is hereby agreed and stipulated among the Parties as follows: 1. Pounce USA will produce all documents in compliance with the Court’s November 8, 2018 Order by January 7, 2019. 2. In connection with this production, within 7 days of this Stipulation, Pounce USA 15 will provide to Cadence proposed ESI search terms and a protocol for collecting, 16 searching, and producing ESI. 17 3. Within 7 days of Pounce USA proposing ESI search terms, Cadence and Pounce 18 USA will meet and confer on the ESI search terms and production protocol. 19 4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Stipulation do not relieve Pounce USA’s obligation to 20 21 22 produce non-ESI documents. 5. Pounce USA will comply with its legal obligations to preserve evidence and will not remove or delete any responsive documents to avoid production. 23 24 [Continued on Next Page] 25 26 27 28 1 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED ORDER] RE DOCUMENT PRODUCTION 4:17-cv-04732-PJH 15103587.1 1 DATED: December 13, 2018 By: /s/ Guy Ruttenberg 2 Guy Ruttenberg guy@ruttenbergiplaw.com Steve A. Papazian steve@ruttenberglaw.com Michael Eshaghian mike@ruttenbergiplaw.com RUTTENBERG IP LAW, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 1801 Century Park East, Suite 1920 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Telephone: (310) 627-2270 Facsimile: (310) 627-2260 Attorneys for Plaintiff 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DATED: December 13, 2018 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 By: /s/ Janie Lin Thompson Garner Kimleon Weng gweng@hansonbridgett.com Holly R. Hanks hhanks@hansonbridgett.com Janie Lin Thompson jthompson@hansonbridgett.com Hanson Bridgett LLP 425 Market Street, 26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: (415) 777-3200 Facsimile: (415) 541-9366 Attorneys for Defendant Pounce Consulting, Inc. 19 20 21 I, Guy Ruttenberg, hereby certify that the content of this document is acceptable to all 22 persons required to sign this document and that I obtained the authorizations necessary for the 23 electronic signatures of all parties for this document. 24 25 26 /s/ Guy Ruttenberg Guy Ruttenberg 27 28 2 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED ORDER] RE DOCUMENT PRODUCTION 4:17-cv-04732-PJH 15103587.1 1 [PROPOSED] ORDER 2 3 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 4 5 6 Dated: December 13, 2018 7 By ____________________________ Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte United States Magistrate Judge 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED ORDER] RE DOCUMENT PRODUCTION 4:17-cv-04732-PJH 15103587.1 1 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that I caused to be served counsel of record on December 13, 2018 with 3 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE DOCUMENT PRODUCTION via CM/ECF. 4 Executed on December 13, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. 5 6 7 By: /s/ Guy Ruttenberg GUY RUTTENBERG 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 15103587.1

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