Broadcom Corporation v. Netflix, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BROADCOM CORPORATION, et al., Case No. 20-cv-04677-JD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT
v. ON THE ’121 PATENT
NETFLIX INC, Defendant.
12 Plaintiffs Broadcom Corp. and Avago Technologies (together Broadcom) sued defendant Netflix Inc., alleging that Netflix’s internet video streaming services and supporting technology infringed twelve patents. See Dkt. No. 421 (FAC) ¶¶ 25-439. Netflix counterclaimed, alleging, inter alia, that certain of Broadcom’s asserted patents are invalid. See, e.g., Dkt. No. 654 ¶¶ 52- 55. After years of motion practice and many ineligibility decisions by the Court, see, e.g., Dkt. Nos. 160, 205, 259, 418, the number of remaining claims has been whittled down, see Dkt. No. 706 at 3-4, and Netflix now seeks summary judgment as to some of the remaining patents-in-suit, Dkt. No. 451. Specifically, Netflix contends that asserted claims 1 and 3 of U.S. Patent No. 8,259,121 (’121 Patent) are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101…