Chrimar Systems, Inc. v. Ruckus Wireless Inc.

BACKGROUND

18 Plaintiff Chrimar Systems Inc. and Chrimar Holding Company LLC (collectively, 19 “Chrimar”) filed these patent infringement actions against Juniper Networks Inc. (“Juniper”), 20 Ruckus Wireless Inc. (“Ruckus”), Netgear Inc. (“Netgear”), and Fortinet Inc. (“Fortinet”) 21 (collectively, “defendants”) on July 1, 2015, in the Eastern District of Texas. See Dkt. No. 1 22 (Complaint). The complaint alleges infringement of four patents held by Chrimar: U.S. Patent Nos. 23 8,115,012 (“the ’012 patent”), 8,942,107 (“the ’107 patent”), 8,902,760 (“the ’760 patent”), and 24 9,019,838 (“the ’838 patent”). Id. The actions were transferred from Texas to the Northern District 25 of California in December 2015. Dkt. No. 89. On July 8, 2016, defendant Juniper filed petitions 26 for Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) of the four patents and was later joined by defendants Ruckus and 27 Netgear. Dkt. No. 126 at 2. For the ’107 patent, defendant Juniper requested review of claims 1, 5, 1 31, 43, 70, 72, 74, 75, 83, 103 (across 1, 5, 31, 43, 70, 72, and 75), 104, 111, 123, and 125 (across 2 104, 111, and 123). Dkt. No. 132-3. On September 26, 2016, this Court…