AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS et al v. PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC.
Filing
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ORDER regarding #41 Defendant's Motion to Compel Discovery. See Order for details. Signed by Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson on November 24, 2014. (SRH)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING
AND MATERIALS d/b/a ASTM
INTERNATIONAL, et al.,
Civil Action No. 13-01215
TSC/DAR
Plaintiffs,
v.
PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC.,
Defendant.
PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC.,
Counterclaimant,
v.
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING
AND MATERIALS d/b/a ASTM
INTERNATIONAL, et al.,
Counterdefendants.
ORDER
Upon consideration of the representations and agreements of the parties in their Status
Report and Proposed Order on Defendant’s Motion to Compel Discovery (Document No. 54), it
is, this 24th day of November, hereby ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Compel Discovery
(Document No. 41) is DENIED AS MOOT
(1) as to all Plaintiffs with respect to the following issues:
ASTM, et al. v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.
Public.Resource.Org,Inc. v. ASTM, et al.
2
•
Documents and communications relating to financial contributions to PlaintiffsCounterdefendants (Request For Production of Documents 4, 12, 13, 14, 15) (see
Defendant’s Motion to Compel Discovery at 2, third bullet).
•
Documents concerning the laws that incorporate Plaintiffs-Counterdefendants’
standards (Request For Production of Documents 5) (see Defendant’s Motion to
Compel Discovery at 2, fifth bullet).
•
The sufficiency of NFPA’s Reports on Proposals and Reports on Comments (see
Defendant’s Motion to Compel Discovery at 12-13).
(2) as to certain Plaintiffs with respect to the following issues:
•
Executed license agreements (Request For Production of Documents 18) (see
Defendant’s Motion to Compel Discovery at 2, first bullet) only as to Plaintiffs
ASHRAE and NFPA.
•
Executed assignment of rights agreements (Request For Production of Documents
2, 6) (see Defendant’s Motion to Compel Discovery at 2, second bullet) only as to
Plaintiff ASTM.
•
Documents and communications concerning the litigation or PlaintiffsCounterdefendants’ decision to take legal action against Public.Resource.Org, Inc.
or its principal (Request For Production of Documents 8, 9, 16, 17) (see
Defendant’s Motion to Compel Discovery at 2, fourth bullet) only as to Plaintiffs
ASTM and ASHRAE.
It is FURTHER ORDERED that counsel for the parties shall continue to meet and
confer regarding the remaining issues in an effort to resolve those issues in advance of the
December 1, 2014 status hearing.
/s/
DEBORAH A. ROBINSON
United States Magistrate Judge
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