Yu
Yu v. Apple Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 YANBIN YU, et al., Case No. 3:18-cv-06181-JD
Plaintiffs, ORDER RE ATTORNEY'S FEES v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 81 APPLE INC., Defendant.
12 Plaintiffs Yanbin Yu and Zhongxuan Zhang (“Yu”) alleged that Apple cell phones with dual-lens cameras infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,611,289 (“’289 patent”). They filed a virtually identical suit against Samsung regarding its devices. See Dkt. No. 61 in Yu v. Samsung Elecs. Co., Case No. 18-cv-06339-JD (N.D. Cal.). The Court dismissed Yu’s original complaints because the ’289 patent was directed to unpatentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, 573 U.S. 208 (2014). Yu v. Apple Inc. (Yu I), 392 F. Supp. 3d 1096, 1108 (N.D. Cal. 2019). Yu was granted leave to amend. Id. The amended complaints were dismissed with prejudice, and judgment was entered against plaintiffs. Yu v. Apple Inc. (Yu II), ___ F. Supp. 3d ___, 2020 WL 1429773, at *7 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 24, 2020); Dkt. No. 78; Dkt. …