Doe
Future Motion, Inc. v. Doe
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FUTURE MOTION, INC., Case No. 21-cv-03022-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. SERVE FOREIGN DEFENDANT BY
EMAIL PURSUANT TO RULE (4)(F)(3)
JOHN DOE, Re: Dkt. No. 16 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff Future Motion, Inc. (“Future Motion”) brings patent infringement claims against Defendant John Doe, an unknown party doing business as Floatwheel. Because Future Motion does not know John Doe’s true identity, it seeks leave to provide alternative service by electronic mail under Rule 4(f)(3). (Dkt. No. 16.) After carefully considering Plaintiff’s submission, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ motion. BACKGROUND Future Motion sells self-balancing electronically motorized skateboards under the Onewheel product line and owns the related patents. (Complaint ¶¶ 7-13.) Future Motion alleges that through its e-commerce site floatwheel.com, Defendant sells do-it-yourself (“DIY”) product kits to construct a…