AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS et al v. PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC.

Filing 60

ORDER denying remaining issues with respect to Defendant's Motion to Compel Discovery (Document No. 41). See Order for details. Set/Reset Deadlines/Hearings: Counsel for the parties to the dispute shall file a status report by no later than 1/12/2015; Hearing with respect to the remaining discovery disputes is scheduled for 1/15/2015 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 4 before Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson. Signed by Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson on December 1, 2014. (SRH) Modified on 12/31/2014 (zcmm, ).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING
AND MATERIALS d/b/a ASTM
INTERNATIONAL, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
Civil Action No. 13-01215
TSC/DAR

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

Counsel for the parties appeared before the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge
on this date for a hearing with respect to the three remaining issues concerning Defendant
Public.Resource.Org, Inc.’s Motion to Compel Discovery (Document No. 41). Order (Document
No 57) at 2: see also Status Report and Proposed Order on Defendant’s Motion to Compel
Discovery (Document No. 54) at 8. In accordance with the undersigned’s rulings from the
bench, and for the reasons set forth on the record, it is, this 1st day of December, 2014,
ORDERED that

ASTM, et al. v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.
Public.Resource.Org,Inc. v. ASTM, et al.

2

(1) said motion is DENIED with respect to Defendant’s request for “Documents as to
licenses, as to ASTM[,]” and
(2) said motion is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE with respect to “Documents
pertaining to assignments of rights, as to ASHRAE and NFPA[.]” ASHRAE and NFPA shall
provide discovery on the terms proposed on the record by their counsel. To the extent that
disputes remain regarding such discovery, counsel shall prepare to address said disputes at the
January 15, 2015 hearing scheduled for that purpose. Counsel for the parties to the dispute shall
file a status report by no later than January 12, 2015. Finally, it is
FURTHER ORDERED that the motion to compel is DENIED AS MOOT with respect
to “Document relating to this litigation, as to NFPA[,]” given the parties’ resolution of the issue
in advance of the hearing.

/s/
DEBORAH A. ROBINSON
United States Magistrate Judge