NetFuel, Inc. v. Cisco Systems Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION
NETFUEL, INC.,
Case No. 5:18-cv-02352-EJD Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING CISCO’S MOTION v. FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 10 CISCO SYSTEMS INC., Re: Dkt. No. 114 11 Defendant.
Defendant Cisco’s summary judgment motion is presently before the Court. Cisco filed the motion before the close of fact discovery. The Court has considered the parties’ papers and listened to their oral arguments. The Court denies the motion.1 I. Background Plaintiff NetFuel has accused 27 families of Cisco routers and switches (the “Accused Products”) of infringing two of its patents, which share the title “Managing computer network resources.” At Cisco’s request and based on its representations to the Court, the Court modified the pretrial schedule so that Cisco could file a motion for summary judgment on noninfringement issues before the close of fact discovery. Dkt. No. 72. …