Entangled Media, LLC v. Dropbox, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ENTANGLED MEDIA, LLC, Case No. 23-cv-03264-PCP

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PARTIAL MOTION

v. TO DISMISS

DROPBOX INC., Re: Dkt. No. 107 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff Entangled Media, LLC alleges that defendant Dropbox Inc. infringes and has actively induced infringement of claims of two of its patents related to cloud-based file systems. After this Court denied Dropbox’s motion to dismiss Entangled Media’s first amended complaint, Entangled Media again amended its complaint to include new allegations of induced infringement. Dropbox now partially moves to dismiss Entangled Media’s second amended complaint under Rule 12(b)(6), contending that Entangled Media’s induced infringement claims fail to state valid causes of action. For the reasons that follow, the Court denies Dropbox’s motion. BACKGROUND1 Entangled Media owns U.S. Patent Nos. 8,296,338 (“the ’338 Patent”) and 8,484,260 (“the ’260…