Snapkeys, LTD v. Google LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 SNAPKEYS, LTD, Case No. 19-cv-02658-LHK (VKD)
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING SNAPKEYS' v. MOTION FOR FINDING OF
SPOLIATION
GOOGLE LLC, Re: Dkt. No. 99 Defendant.
13 Plaintiff Snapkeys, Ltd. (“Snapkeys”) moves for a finding of spoliation against defendant Google LLC (“Google”) and for imposition of an adverse inference that Google extensively examined and tested Snapkeys’ prototype software. Dkt. No. 99. The Court held a hearing on the motion on May 11, 2021. Dkt. No. 117. The motion is denied. I. BACKGROUND In November 2015, pursuant to a non-disclosure agreement (“NDA”), Snapkeys provided Google with two prototype smart watches containing Snapkeys’ keyboard software application. Dkt. No. 98-1 at ECF 16 (Ghassabian Dep. 37:4-8). Google employee, Clem Wright, examined the watches and then discarded them in July or August 2016. See Dkt. No. 103 at 6. On November 1,…