NantWorks, LLC v. Niantic, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division NANTWORKS, LLC, et al., Case No. 20-cv-06262-LB
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. STAY PENDING INTER PARTES
REVIEW
NIANTIC, INC., Re: ECF No. 62 Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION NantWorks — which develops “various technologies to advance healthcare, commerce, and digital entertainment” — sued Niantic for allegedly infringing NantWorks’ patents in Niantic’s augmented-reality game apps “Pokémon Go” and “Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.” Niantic filed petitions for inter partes review of all asserted claims in the patents in litigation and then moved to stay the case pending the Patent and Trademark Office’s resolution of the IPRs.1 The court can decide the motion without oral argument and grants it. N.D. Cal. Civ. L. R. 7-1(b). 24 25
1 Third Amend. Compl. (TAC) – ECF No. 50 at 2–3 (¶¶ 1–6); Mot. – ECF No. 62. Citations refer to material in the Electronic…