Apple Inc v. Voip-Pal.com, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

11 APPLE INC., Case No. 20-CV-02460-LHK 12 Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

DISMISS v. Re: Dkt. No.

VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.,

15 Defendant.

Plaintiff Apple Inc. (“Apple”) sues Defendant VoIP-Pal.com, Inc. (“Defendant”) for a declaration of non-infringement and invalidity of U.S. Patent No. 10,218,606 (“the ’606 patent”) and U.S. Patent No. 9,935,872 (“the ’872 patent”). Before the Court is Defendant’s motion to dismiss Apple’s amended complaint, ECF No. 75. Having considered the parties’ submissions, the relevant law, and the record in this case, the Court DENIES Defendant’s motion to dismiss. I. BACKGROUND The instant case is one chapter in a long dispute between the parties regarding whether Apple infringes Defendant’s patents, which relate to a system for routing internet-protocol communications. Below, the Court discusses in turn: (1) the parties; (2) Defendant’s first set of …