FullView, Inc. v. Polycom, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FULLVIEW, INC., Case No. 18-cv-00510-EMC

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

PARTIAL MOTION TO DISMISS

v. Docket No. 80 POLYCOM, INC., Defendant.

12 13 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff FullView, Inc. (“FullView”) filed this lawsuit against Defendant Polycom, Inc. (“Polycom”) alleging patent infringement. FullView is the owner of a patent disclosing technology involving the creation of composite images—i.e., a device capable of producing panoramic photographs. Pending before the Court is Polycom’s partial motion to dismiss on the grounds that all claims in FullView’s patent are nonpatentable. Polycom also argues that the complaint fails to state a claim for global infringement under 35 U.S.C. section 271(g). For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS Polycom’s motion to dismiss because the claims are directed at nonpatentable subject matter and seeks protection of an abstract idea without an …