Guardian Alliance Technologies, Inc. v. Miller Mendel, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 GUARDIAN ALLIANCE TECHNOLOGIES, No. 2:22-cv-01390 WBS AC

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13 Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE: v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND MOTION TO STRIKE MILLER MENDEL, INC. and TYLER MILLER, Defendants. 18 ----oo0oo---- Plaintiff Guardian Alliance Technologies, Inc. (“Guardian”) brought this action against defendants Miller Mendel, Inc. and Tyler Miller (collectively, “Miller Mendel”), seeking declarations that two of defendants’ patents are invalid, asserting claims under the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C § 2, and alleging various violations of California state law. (Compl. (Docket No. 1).) Before the court are Miller Mendel’s motion to dismiss the complaint in its entirety (Docket No. 40) and motion to strike Guardian’s state law claims pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP1 statute, Cal. Civ. Code §…