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,

SUA SPONTE ORDER DISMISSING

9 v. COMPLAINT

10 LIGHTHOUSE WORLDWIDE

SOLUTIONS INC.,

11 Defendant. 12 13 Plaintiff Alexandr Yufa, proceeding pro se, filed this case on March 5, 2009, alleging 14 Defendant Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions, Inc. infringed upon his patent for particle detectors 15 and reference voltage comparators, Patent No. 6,346,983. The case has been stayed since January 16 9, 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 complaint for patent infringement requires that the plaintiff owns the patent. K-Tech 22 …