Vaporstream Inc v. Snap Inc

Background 23 On January 10, 2017, Plaintiff VaporStream filed a complaint for patent 24 infringement against Defendant Snap, alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,886,739, 25 8,935,351, 9,306,885, 9,306,886, 9,313,155, 9,313,156, 9,313,157, 9,338,111, and 26 9,413,711. (Doc. No. 1.) On June 26, 2017, Snap filed an answer to the complaint. (Doc. 27 No. 61.) 28 Starting on June 6, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board instituted inter partes review of the challenged claims for each of the patents-in-suit. See Snap Inc. v. Vaporstream, Inc., Case Nos. IPR2018-00200, IPR2018-00312, IPR2018-00369, IPR2018-00397, IPR2018-00404, IPR2018-00408, IPR2018-00416, IPR2018-00439, IPR2018-00455, IPR2018-00458. On June 12, 2018, the parties filed a joint motion to stay the action pending the IPR proceedings as to the patents-in-suit. (Doc. No. 148.) On June 13, 2018, the Court granted the parties’ joint motion and stayed the action pending the last Final Written Decision pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 318(a) by the PTAB in the IPR proceedings for the patents-in-suit. (Doc. No. 150.) Between June 4, 2019 and…