Guardian Alliance Technologies, Inc. v. Miller Mendel, Inc.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ----oo0oo---- 11 12 GUARDIAN ALLIANCE TECHNOLOGIES, No. 2:22-cv-01390 WBS AC INC., a California corporation; 13 Plaintiff, 14 ORDER STAYING CASE v. 15 MILLER MENDEL, INC., a 16 Washington corporation; and TYLER MILLER, an individual, 17 Defendants. 18

19 ----oo0oo---- 20 Plaintiff Guardian Alliance Technologies, Inc. 21 (“Guardian”) brought this action against Miller Mendel, Inc. and 22 Tyler Miller seeking various forms of declaratory relief that two 23 of defendants’ patents are invalid, as well as asserting claims 24 for violations of § 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C § 2, and 25 various California state law claims. (Docket No. 1.) Before the 26 court are defendants’ motion to strike plaintiff’s state law 27 claims pursuant to California’s Anti-SLAPP statute, Cal. Civil 28 1 Code § 425.16, (Docket No. 11) and defendants’ motion to dismiss 2 plaintiff’s complaint in its entirety (Docket No. 12). 3 I. Factual and Procedural History 4 Plaintiff is a California-based company that…