Apple Inc. v. Princeps Interface Technologies LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 APPLE INC., Case No. 19-cv-06352-EMC

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO DISMISS

v. COUNTERCLAIMS FOR INDIRECT

AND WILLFUL INFRINGEMENT

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