Slack Technologies, Inc. v. Phoji, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SLACK TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Case No. 20-cv-01509-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

v. MOTION TO DISMISS

PHOJI, INC., Docket No. 21 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff Slack Technologies, Inc. has sued Defendant Phoji, Inc., seeking a declaration that it does not infringe Phoji’s ‘149 patent. Currently pending before the Court is Phoji’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Having considered the parties’ briefs and accompanying submissions, as well as the oral argument of counsel, the Court hereby GRANTS Phoji’s motion to dismiss. Slack’s request for jurisdictional discovery is denied. I. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Phoji is a Software as a Service (“SaaS”) company. It has a “cloud-based web app that enables users to create custom photo-based emojis.” Christensen Decl. ¶ 4. Phoji’s product practices the invention claimed in the ‘149 patent. There appears to be no…