hiQ Labs, Inc. v. Linkedin Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 HIQ LABS, INC., Case No. 17-cv-03301-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S
MOTION TO DISMISS
LINKEDIN CORPORATION, Docket No. 137 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff hiQ Labs, Inc. has filed suit against LinkedIn Corp. seeking declaratory relief as well as injunctive relief and damages. According to hiQ, it has not violated any laws by “scraping” public information about LinkedIn users from LinkedIn’s website. Furthermore, hiQ asserts, LinkedIn has violated various antitrust and fair practices laws by trying to prevent hiQ from accessing the public information on the website. Currently pending before the Court is LinkedIn’s motion to dismiss the first amended complaint (“FAC”). The motion primarily challenges the antitrust claims asserted for the first time in the FAC. Having considered the parties’ briefs as well as the oral argument of counsel, the Court hereby GRANTS in part and DENIES…