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Judge Andrews Finds Plaintiff Met Its Burden of Establishing the Common Interest Privilege With Respect to Disputed Communications With Its Joint Owners

By Gregory B. Williams on December 17, 2018

By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Richard G. Andrews in TC Technology LLC v. Sprint Corp. et al., Civil Action 16-153-RGA (D.Del. December 13, 2018), the Court granted-in-part and denied-in-part defendants’ motion to compel production of non-privileged documents after finding, among other things, that Plaintiff and its joint owners had a shared legal interest in acquiring and enforcing the patent at-issue in the action and that Plaintiff met its burden of establishing the common interest privilege with respect to the disputed communications with its joint owners. Id. at *1-11. The Court also ordered Plaintiff to produce certain documents related to non-legal communications for in camera review. Id. at *11.

A copy of the Memorandum Order is attached.

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    Intellectual Property
  • Blog:
    Delaware Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Organization:
    Fox Rothschild LLP
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