Legal Opinion
Seoul Semiconductor Co. LTD. v. Nichia Corp.
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided November 20, 2008No. 6:07-cv-00273PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF A LETTER OF REQUEST TO THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT
RON CLARK, District Judge.
Defendants move for the issuance of a Letter of Request to the French Government for discovery from Mr. Roland La-poux who was involved with the prosecution of the patent-in-suit, United States Patent No. 5,075,742, and prosecuted its French counterpart, French Patent No. 2656955. Specifically, Defendants seek to bolster the evidence for their inequitable conduct defense. Because the court finds that Defendants can acquire much of the desired information through other means, the court will…
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