Amazon.com, Inc. v. Personal Web Technologies, LLC

I. BACKGROUND

8 Separate from this MDL, in December 2011, PersonalWeb commenced a patent infringement suit in Texas federal court against Amazon and its customer Dropbox, Inc. See PersonalWeb Techs., LLC v. Amazon.com Inc., No. 6:11-cv-00658 (E.D. Tex. Filed Dec. 8, 2011) (the “Texas Action”). PersonalWeb eventually stipulated to dismissing its claims with prejudice, ending the action. ECF 315-7; ECF 315-8. Four years later in January 2018, PersonalWeb 12 resurrected its claims, filing over 85 lawsuits across the country against various Amazon customers 13 for their use of Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (“S3”) and alleging infringement of the same 14 patents implicated in the Texas Action. See ECF 295; ECF 1, Schedule A. Amazon quickly 15 intervened to defend its customers, and counterclaims from both parties ensued. Amazon.com, Inc. et al v. Personal Web Technologies, LLC et al, 18-5:18-cv-00767-BLF (N.D. Cal. Filed February 5, 2018) (the “DJ Action”), ECF 62, 71. In June 2018, the cases were consolidated into the current MDL proceeding and assigned to 18 this Court. Compl., ECF 1. With Plaintiff’s approval, the Court selected the…