Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 UNILOC USA, INC., et al., Case No. 19-cv-01692-EJD (VKD)

9 Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

10 v. MOTION TO AMEND INVALIDITY

CONTENTIONS

11 APPLE, INC, Re: Dkt. No. 105 Defendant. 12

13 14 Plaintiffs Uniloc USA, Inc., Uniloc Luxembourg, S.A., and Uniloc 2017 LLC1 15 (collectively, “Uniloc”) sue defendant Apple, Inc. (“Apple”), alleging infringement of U.S. Patent 16 No. 7,587,207 (“the ’207 patent”), titled “Data Delivery Through Beacons.” Dkt. No. 1. Apple 17 now moves for leave to amend its invalidity contentions to add nine references produced by 18 Uniloc in response to Apple’s discovery requests regarding prior art.2 Uniloc opposes the motion. 19 Upon consideration of the moving and responding papers, as well as the arguments presented at 20 the June 2, 2020 hearing, the Court grants Apple’s motion to amend. 21 I. BACKGROUND 22 Uniloc filed this action in the Western District of Texas on February 22, 2018 and 23 …