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 MOTION TO STAY v. Re: ECF No. 251
CISCO SYSTEMS INC.,
8 Defendant.
Cisco has moved to stay this case pending inter partes review (“IPR”) of one of the two patents in suit—U.S. Patent No. 9,663,659 (the “’659 Patent”). ECF No. 251. NetFuel opposed the motion. ECF Nos. 254, 266. Cisco filed a reply. ECF No. 261. The Court, on consideration of the papers, finds this issue to be suitable for resolution without oral argument under Civil Local Rule 7-1(b). The Court now denies Cisco’s motion. District courts have the inherent power to manage their dockets, including the discretion to stay cases before them. Murata Mach. USA v. Daifuku Co., 830 F.3d 1357, 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2016). When a defendant in a patent infringement action petitions for IPR and then moves the district court to stay the…