Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. v. Nanometrics, Inc.

THIRD DISCOVERY ORDER

ZIMMERMAN, United States Magistrate Judge.

Before the court is plaintiff Nova Measuring Instruments’ motion to compel defendant Nanometrics’ production of documents pursuant to Patent L.R. 3-4. The parties disagree (1) whether the documents produced must be in their native file format, with original metadata, and (2) whether the documents produced are sufficient to show the operation of each aspect or element of the claims identified in Nova’s Patent L.R. 3-l(c) chart. Based on the papers submitted by both parties, I have decided that there is no need for further argument.…