Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNILOC USA, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, No. C 18-00358 WHA

v.

APPLE, INC., ORDER DISMISSING CASE

FOR LACK OF STANDING

Defendant.

15 INTRODUCTION Having earlier found the asserted patent claims invalid for reciting ineligible subject matter, the Federal Circuit has further directed us to consider plaintiffs’ standing. This order holds that plaintiffs’ patent licensing scheme divested them of exclusionary rights and, thus, of Article III standing. The defect uncurable, even via joinder, this case is DISMISSED. STATEMENT Hewlett Packard assigned several patents to Uniloc Luxembourg on May 16, 2017. Uniloc Luxembourg promptly licensed the patents to Uniloc USA, and the two filed a slew of suits against Apple on May 26 in the Eastern District of Texas. Following transfer and assignment to the undersigned, an order dated May 18, 2018, granted judgment on the …