Palo Alto Networks, Inc. v. Packet Intelligence LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC., Case No. 19-cv-02471-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. STAY

PACKET INTELLIGENCE LLC, Re: Dkt. No. 85 Defendant.

Plaintiff Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (“PAN”) moves to stay this action pending Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) based upon the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB”) recent decision to institute review of petitions on several of the patents-in-suit. Defendant Packet Intelligence LLC (“Packet”) opposes, contending that a stay would be premature. I disagree with Packet and GRANT PAN’s motion. In the event the PTAB changes course on the IPRs, Packet may file a motion to lift the stay.1 BACKGROUND PAN brought this action for declaratory judgment of noninfringement on May 7, 2019. This matter is related to Packet Intelligence LLC v. Juniper Networks Inc., Case No. 19-cv-4741 (N.D. Cal.), an infringement action involving the same patents that was brought three…