Trusted Knight Corporation v. International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 TRUSTED KNIGHT CORPORATION, Case No. 19-cv-01206-EMC

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER RE CLAIM CONSTRUCTION

9 v.

10 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM),

11 Defendant. 12 13 14 15 I. INTRODUCTION 16 Plaintiff Trusted Knight Corporation (“Trusted Knight”) brings this action against 17 Defendant International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”), accusing IBM of infringing 18 Trusted Knight’s United States Patent No. 9,503,473 (“the ’473 Patent”). On June 2, 2020, the 19 parties appeared before the Court for a claim construction hearing, and on June 9, 2020, the parties 20 submitted supplemental briefing on the role that predecessor claims play in the construction of 21 subsequent claims. The parties have asked the Court to construe only one term, which appears in 22 claims 1, 11, 22, and 26 of the ’473 patent.1 23 24 25 1 Originally, the parties asked the Court to construe two terms, but shortly before the claim 26 construction hearing, the parties notified the Court that they had…