Relink US LLC v. Tesla Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
RELINK US LLC, Case No. 25-cv-03365-RFL
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. STAY
TESLA INC., Re: Dkt. No. 97 Defendant.
About a year after the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied institution of Tesla’s petition for inter partes review (“IPR”), Tesla requested that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) conduct an ex parte reexamination (“EPR”) of the ’755 Patent, the sole patent at issue in this patent infringement case. Tesla now moves to stay the case again, this time pending resolution of EPR proceedings, including any appeals. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is GRANTED. This Order assumes that the reader is familiar with the facts of the case and the parties’ arguments.1 Courts consider three factors in deciding whether to stay pending resolution of EPR proceedings: “(1) whether discovery is complete and whether a trial date has been set; (2) whether a stay will simplify the issues in question and trial of the case; and (3) whether a stay would unduly prejudice or present a clear tactical disadvantage to…