Canon Inc. v. V4INK, Inc.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff’s Complaint (“Compl.,” Dkt. No. 1.) alleges seven causes of action for patent infringement, and specifically for infringement of: (1) U.S. Patent No. 8,588,646 B2 (“the ’646 Patent”); (2) U.S. Patent No. 7,869,740 B2 (“the ’740 Patent”); (3) U.S. Patent No. 8,165,494 B2 (“the ’494 Patent”); (4) U.S. Patent No. 8,971,760 B2 (“the ’760 Patent”); (5) U.S. Patent No. 9,494,916 B2 (“the ’916 Patent”); (6) U.S. Patent No. 9,857,763 B2 (“the ’763 Patent”); and (7) U.S. Patent No. 10,162,304 B2 (“the ’304 Patent”) (collectively, the “Asserted Patents”). (Compl. ¶¶ 21-22, 30-31,39-40,48-49,57-58, 66-67, 75-76.)

Plaintiff is a Japanese corporation. (Id. ¶ 1.) Plaintiff asserts that it is a “leading innovator, manufacturer, and seller of a wide variety of laser beam printers, inkjet printers, copying machines, cameras, and other consumer business, and industrial products.” (Id. ¶ 2.) According to the Complaint, Defendant is a California corporation with a principal place of business in Ontario, California that conducts business at least through its website v4ink.com. (Id. ¶¶ 3-4, 6.) All of the Asserted Patents describe and claim different aspects of…