Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration v. Pinterest, Inc.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9

10 SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR CORPORATE Case No. 5:19-cv-02677-NC 11 COLLABORATION,

12 Plaintiff,

CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER

13 v.

14 PINTEREST, INC., 15 Defendant.

16 Plaintiff Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration 17 (“SKKU”) filed this patent infringement action against Defendant Pinterest, Inc. The 18 parties dispute the construction of a total of eight terms found within one patent: U.S. 19 Patent No. 8,639,687 (the ’687 Patent). The technology at issue is about collecting user 20 preferences and generating customized content. Having considered the parties’ briefing 21 and claim construction arguments in the June 17, 2020, Markman hearing, the Court 22 construes the terms as set forth below. 23 I. BACKGROUND 24 Plaintiff Sungkyunkwan University is a Korean university founded in 1398 in South 25 Korea. Pl. Br. at 1. Defendant Pinterest is a Delaware corporation with its principal place 26 of business in San Francisco,…