Tesla, Inc. v. Proception, Inc.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California sets a briefing schedule for Tesla’s motion for expedited discovery and suspends briefing on Tesla’s motion for a preliminary injunction pending resolution of the discovery motion. The Court grants in part and denies in part Tesla’s motion for leave to file a reply concerning its motion to shorten time, and sets opposition, reply, and hearing dates.

Holdings

1. Briefing on Tesla's preliminary-injunction motion was suspended pending resolution of the motion for expedited discovery or further order of the court.
2. Tesla's motion for leave to file a reply was granted in part and denied in part: the court accepted and considered only the portion addressing facts omitted from defendants' opposition and did not accept the portion seeking to distinguish allegedly inapposite case law.
3. The court granted the request to shorten time and set defendants' opposition for June 30, 2025 at noon, Tesla's reply for July 2, 2025 at noon, and the hearing for July 3, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. by remote videoconference.

Questions Presented

1. Whether briefing on Tesla's preliminary-injunction motion should be suspended pending resolution of the motion for expedited discovery.
2. Whether Tesla should receive leave to file a reply in support of its motion to shorten time, and if so, what portions of the proposed reply should be considered.
3. Whether the court should shorten the briefing and argument schedule for Tesla's motion for expedited discovery.

Disposition

other