UAB "Planner5D" v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 UAB “PLANNER5D”, Case No. 19-cv-03132-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO

v. DISMISS WITH LEAVE TO AMEND

FACEBOOK, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 31, 33 Defendants.

12 INTRODUCTION UAB Planner 5D (“Planner 5D”) brings copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriations claims against Facebook, Inc., Facebook Technologies, LLC (collectively “Facebook”), and The Trustees of Princeton University (“Princeton”). Complaint (“Compl.”) [Dkt. No. 1]. Planner 5D operates a home design website that allows users to create virtual interior design scenes using a library of virtual objects (such as tables, chairs, and sofas) to populate the scenes. It claims that it owns copyrights in these three-dimensional objects and scenes, and in the compilation of objects and scenes, as well as trade secrets in the underlying data files of these objects and scenes. Princeton and Facebook move to dismiss…