Snapkeys, LTD v. Google LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SNAPKEYS, LTD, Case No. 19-CV-02658-LHK

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART MOTION TO

v.

DISMISS

GOOGLE LLC, Re: Dkt. No. 35 Defendant. 17 Defendant Google LLC (“Google”) brings a motion to dismiss Plaintiff Snapkeys, Ltd.’s (“Snapkeys”) Second Amended Complaint. ECF No. 35 (“SAC”). Having considered the submissions of the parties, the relevant law, and the record in this case, the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Google’s motion. I. BACKGROUND Snapkeys is a “software development company that specializes in creating smartphone and smartwatch keyboard technology.” SAC ¶ 6. Snapkeys is a foreign limited liability company based in Israel. Id. ¶ 1. Google is a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware with its principal place of business in Mountain View, California. Id. ¶ 2. Beginning in July 2015, the parties engaged in preliminary discussions…