Yangtze Memory Technologies Company, Ltd. v. Micron Technology, Inc., et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES Case No. 23-cv-05792-RFL
COMPANY, LTD.,
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
PARTIALLY LIFT STAY
v. Re: Dkt. No. 257 MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC., et al., Defendants.
On March 14, 2025, the Court granted Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff Micron Technology, Inc.’s motion to stay this case pending inter partes review. (Dkt. No. 243.) At that time, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) had instituted proceedings as to 23 Asserted Claims, declined to institute proceedings as to 11 Asserted Claims, and had not yet decided whether to institute proceedings as to the remaining 36 Asserted Claims. (Dkt. No. 243 at 2.)1 The PTAB has since issued decisions on each patent asserted in this case, instituting IPR proceedings on 14 patents but declining to institute proceedings on the remaining 5 patents, which account for 19 Asserted Claims (“the Non-Instituted Claims”). Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant Yangtze Memory Technologies Company, Ltd. and Counterclaim Defendant Yangtze Memory Technologies, Inc. (“YMTC”) now move to partially lift the stay as to the Non- Instituted…