Apple Inc. v. Princeps Interface Technologies LLC

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 APPLE INC., Case No. 19-cv-06352-EMC

8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO DISMISS

9 v. COUNTERCLAIMS FOR INDIRECT

AND WILLFUL INFRINGEMENT

10 PRINCEPS INTERFACE WITH LEAVE TO AMEND TECHNOLOGIES LLC, et al., 11 Defendants. Docket No. 39 12 13 14 This action is related to a patent for a portable version of the traditional two-handed 15 QWERTY keyboard (U.S. Patent No. 6,703,963, “the ’963 patent”). On June 14, 2019, Princeps 16 Interface Technologies (“Princeps I”) filed a complaint alleging infringement of its ’963 patent in 17 the District of Delaware against Apple, Inc. (“Apple”). Princeps I voluntarily dismissed the action 18 without prejudice on October 4, 2019. Apple now brings suit against Princeps I and Princeps 19 Secundus LLC (“Princeps II,” the new assignee of the ’963 patent) in this Court, seeking a 20 declaratory judgment of noninfringement of the ’963 patent. Princeps II has filed counterclaims 21 for…