Fortinet, Inc. v. Forescout Technologies, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FORTINET, INC., Case No. 20-cv-03343-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S
MOTION TO DISMISS
FORESCOUT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Docket No. 71 Defendant.
12 13 I. INTRODUCTION In this case, Plaintiff Fortinet, Inc. (“Fortinet”) alleges that Defendant Forescout Technologies, Inc. (“Forescout”) has committed numerous acts of patent infringement. Fortinet brings claims for contributory, induced, and willful infringement against Forescout based on five patents relating to cybersecurity technology. In November 2020, the Court granted in part and denied in part Forescout’s motion to dismiss Fortinet’s original complaint, which asserted three of the patents currently at issue. See Docket No. 55 (“Order”). The Court rejected Forescout’s contention that the three patents claimed ineligible subject matter and were therefore invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101; it also found…