EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ECOFACTOR, INC., Case No. 24-cv-00175-JST

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

v. MOTION TO DISMISS

GOOGLE LLC, Re: ECF No. 38 Defendant.

12 Pending before the Court is Defendant Google LLC’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff EcoFactor, Inc.’s complaint. ECF No. 38. The Court will grant the motion. I. BACKGROUND EcoFactor filed this case on January 9, 2024, alleging infringement of its United States Patent No. 11,835,394 (the “’394 Patent”). See ECF No. 1 (“Compl.”). This case is one of the latest in a long line of patent litigations between Plaintiff EcoFactor, Inc. (“EcoFactor”) and Defendant Google LLC (“Google”) relating to smart thermostat and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (“HVAC”) technologies. See e.g., Google LLC v. EcoFactor, Inc., 4:21-cv-03220- HSG, ECF No. 1 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 30, 2021); Google LLC v. EcoFactor, Inc., 3:21-cv-01468-JD, ECF No. 1 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 01, 2021); Google LLC…