Sentius International, LLC v. Apple Inc.

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 SENTIUS INTERNATIONAL, LLC, CASE NO. 4:20-cv-00477-YGR

7 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING APPLE INC.’S PARTIAL

8 vs. MOTION TO DISMISS SECOND AMENDED

COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT

9 APPLE INC., Re: Dkt. No. 41 10 Defendant.

11 12 Plaintiff Sentius International, LLC (“Sentius”) brings this patent infringement action 13 against Defendant Apple Inc. (“Apple”) for alleged infringement of two of its patents, namely U.S. 14 Patent No. RE43,633 (the “’633 Patent”) and 7,672,985 (the “’985 Patent”). Now before the 15 Court is defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims for direct infringement of the ’633 Patent 16 method claims and joint infringement of the ’633 and ’985 Patent method claims pursuant to 17 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). 18 Having carefully reviewed the pleadings, the papers submitted on this motion, and the parties’ arguments at the hearing held on May 19, 2020, and for the reasons set forth below, the 19 20 Court GRANTS defendant’s partial motion to…