Parus Holdings Inc. v. LG Electronics Inc

I. Factual Background and Procedural History

Parus filed its original complaint on July 22, 2019. Pl.’s Compl., ECF No. 1. On October 21, 2019, Parus submitted its amended complaint alleging infringement of two patents-in-suit.1 Pl.’s Am. Compl. at 1. ECF No. 28. Parus alleges that LG makes, uses, sells, and/or offers for sale its smartphone products implementing the Google Android operating system, including the Google Assistant. Pl.’s Compl. at 1, ECF No. 1. Parus alleges that Google Assistant has infringed upon

1 3 U.S. Patent No. 7,076,431 (the “’431 Patent”) and 9,451,084 (the “’084 Patent”), (collectively, the “Asserted Patents”). ECF No. 1 at ¶ 3. the asserted patents. Id. at 3–17, 17–29. According to the Complaint, the Asserted Patents enable users to search and retrieve publicly available information by controlling a web browsing server using spoken voice commands. Id. Additionally, these technologies incorporate a methodology that allows for the detection of changes from the websites and adapt those changes in real-time. Id. Finally, the technology allows users to control and monitor household devices connected to a

network using verbal commands through a…