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NDCA allows discovery into defendant's reasonable royalty claims in other actions
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On April 22, 2013, the NDCA issued an opinion in Flatworld Interactives LLC v. Apple Inc., Case No. 3-12-cv-01956-JSW-EDL (Doc. No. 111). The court addressed plaintiff's motion to compel discovery from Apple. Several issues were addressed, but the one relevant here involved Flatworld's motion to compel production of documents relating to Apple's reasonable royalty claims when asserting its patents in other litigations. The court granted the motion. We quote the relevant portion in full:
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