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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

11 TWITTER, INC., Case No. 20-CV-02397-LHK 12 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS v. Re: Dkt. No.

VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.,

15 Defendant.

Plaintiff Twitter, Inc. (“Twitter”) 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”). Before the Court is Defendant’s motion to dismiss Twitter’s complaint, ECF No. 62. Having considered the parties’ submissions, the relevant law, and the record in this case, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion to dismiss. I. BACKGROUND The instant case is one chapter in a long dispute between the parties regarding whether Twitter 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 lawsuits against Twitter, Apple, AT&T, and Verizon,…