People.ai, Inc. v. SetSail Technologies, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
PEOPLE.AI, INC., Plaintiff, No. C 20-09148 WHA
v.
SETSAIL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
LEAVE TO FILE SECOND
Defendant.
AMENDED COMPLAINT
15 16 Patent owner People.ai, Inc., moves for leave to file its second amended complaint against alleged infringer SetSail Technologies, Inc. This motion is appropriate for disposition on the papers, and the upcoming hearing is accordingly VACATED. Rule 15 dictates that leave to amend shall be freely given when justice so requires. While not automatic, our court of appeals has stated that the district courts should permit amendment with “extreme liberality.” Jackson v. Bank of Hawai’i, 902 F.2d 1385, 1387 (9th Cir.1990) (citations omitted). Considering the parties’ briefing and the lenient standard of Rule 15, People.ai’s motion is GRANTED. This order notes, however, that it in no way blesses the reasons given by People.ai for their inability to better frame their infringement…