Dolby Laboratories, Inc. v. Intertrust Technologies Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC., Case No. 19-cv-03371-EMC

Plaintiff,

REDACTED/PUBLIC VERSION

v.

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S

INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES MOTION TO DISMISS

CORPORATION,

Docket Nos. 40-4, 41 Defendant.

12 13 Plaintiff Dolby Laboratories, Inc. has filed suit against Defendant Intertrust Technologies Corporation, seeking a declaration that Dolby does not infringe eleven patents held by Intertrust. Currently pending before the Court is Intertrust’s motion to dismiss. In the motion, Intertrust makes two arguments: (1) subject matter jurisdiction is lacking because there is no case or controversy between the parties once information protected by a Nondisclosure Agreement (“NDA”) is “excised” from the operative complaint and (2) even if there were subject matter jurisdiction, Dolby has failed to state a claim for relief – once again, when information protected by the NDA is excised. Having…