Metabyte, Inc v. Technicolor S.A

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 METABYTE, INC, Case No. 20-cv-05506-CRB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

TECHNICOLOR S.A, et al., Defendants.

Metabyte, Inc., a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) technology company, is suing Technicolor S.A., Technicolor USA, Inc., Technicolor International SAS, Thomson Licensing SAS, and Does 1 to 50 (collectively, Technicolor) under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and California law. In 2001, Technicolor gained control of Metabyte’s subsidiary, Metabyte Networks, Inc. (MNI). Metabyte and certain Metabyte employees remained minority shareholders. In 2009, under Technicolor’s direction, MNI sold its patent portfolio to a Technicolor subsidiary for $1 million after an auction. At some unknown time in 2011 or 2012, Metabyte CEO Manu Mehta realized that the portfolio may have been worth much more after seeing news stories about former competitor TiVo’s patent…