Grupo Petrotemex, S.A. DE C.V. et al v. Polymetrix AG

Filing 846

ORDER in Response to 841 Letter to District Judge, 843 Sealed Letter to District Judge. (Written Opinion) Signed by Judge Susan Richard Nelson on 11/24/2020. (avt)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA

Grupo Petrotemex, S.A. de C.V. and DAK
Americas LLC,

Case No. 16-cv-02401 (SRN/HB)

Plaintiffs,
ORDER
v.
Polymetrix, AG,
Defendant.

Alexander Englehart, Eric W. Schweibenz, J. Derek Mason, and John F. Presper,
Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, 1940 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA
22314; Barbara Jean D’Aquila, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, 60 South Sixth Street, Suite
3100, Minneapolis, MN 55402; Margaret Rudolph and Laura J. Borst, Norton Rose
Fulbright US LLP, 60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3100, Minneapolis, MN 55402, for
Plaintiffs.
Bernard E. Nodzon, Jr., Theodore M. Budd, and Timothy M. Sullivan, Faegre Drinker
Biddle & Reath LLP, 90 South Seventh Street, Suite 2200, Minneapolis, MN 55402; Igor
Shoiket, Stephen H. Youtsey, and Todd A. Noah, Dergosits & Noah LLP, One
Embarcadero Center, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94111, for Defendant.

SUSAN RICHARD NELSON, United States District Judge
During the motion hearing held on November 5, 2020, the Court ordered the parties
to meet and confer regarding Plaintiffs’ claim of contributory infringement under 35 U.S.C.
§ 271(c). The parties have been unable to reach an agreement regarding that claim. The
Court received letters [Doc. Nos. 841 and 843] from the parties concerning Defendant’s
request that the Court grant summary judgment of no contributory infringement under

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(f) and permit supplemental briefing on the contributory
infringement issue.
Instead, the Court will permit Defendant to file an early summary judgment motion
on Plaintiffs’ § 271(c) claim. Defendant shall file its motion and supporting memorandum
by December 15, 2020. Plaintiffs shall file a responsive memorandum by January 5, 2021.
And Defendant shall file its reply memorandum by January 19, 2021. The Court will then
take the motion under advisement on the papers submitted, without oral argument.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 24, 2020

s/Susan Richard Nelson
SUSAN RICHARD NELSON
United States District Judge

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