Yufa

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ALEKSANDR L. YUFA, Case No. 09-cv-00968-TSH

8 Plaintiff,

NOTICE OF SUA SPONTE

9 v. INTENTION TO DISMISS

COMPLAINT

10 LIGHTHOUSE WORLDWIDE

SOLUTIONS INC.,

11 Defendant. 12 13 Plaintiff Aleksander L. Yufa filed this case on March 5, 2009, alleging Defendant 14 Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions, Inc. infringed upon his patent for particle detectors and 15 reference voltage comparators, Patent No. 6,346,983. The case has been stayed since January 9, 16 2015 pending resolution of four of Yufa’s other cases involving the ‘983 Patent. ECF No. 136. 17 However, on September 12, 2019, Yufa filed a Notice of Change of Ownership of Patent at Issue, 18 stating that he filed the assignment of the ‘983 Patent in compliance with Magistrate Judge Kandis 19 Westmore’s order in Yufa v. TSI Incorp., C-09-1315, and therefore “doesn’t own anymore the 20 patent at issue.” ECF No. 137. 21 “‘A trial court may dismiss a claim sua sponte under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6).’” Seismic 22 …