Clear Imaging Research LLC v. Google LLC

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CLEAR IMAGING RESEARCH LLC, Case No.: 25-cv-00221-GPC-BLM

12 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

13 v. PARTIAL MOTION TO DISMISS

14 GOOGLE LLC, [ECF No. 13] 15 Defendant. 16 17 On April 7, 2025, Defendant Google LLC (“Google”) filed a partial motion to 18 dismiss Plaintiff Clear Imaging Research LLC (“CIR”)’s complaint pursuant to Federal 19 Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”)1 12(b)(6). ECF No. 13. On April 30, 2025, CIR filed a 20 response in opposition to Google’s motion to dismiss. ECF No. 20. On May 9, 2025, 21 Google filed a reply. ECF No. 21. The Court held a hearing on the motion on June 13, 22 2025. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Google’s partial motion to dismiss 23 CIR’s complaint. 24 / / / 25

26 1 “Rule” or “Rules” refer to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure unless otherwise noted. 27 1 BACKGROUND 2 On January 30, 2025, CIR filed a complaint against Google, alleging infringement 3…