Doe

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FUTURE MOTION, INC., Case No. 21-cv-03022-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:

v. PERSONAL JURISDICTION

JOHN DOE, Re: Dkt. No. 23 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff Future Motion, Inc., filed suit against John Doe, an unknown party doing business as Floatwheel, alleging patent infringement in violation of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. §§ 1, et seq., and specifically in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b)–(c). (Dkt. No. 1 at 2.) Now pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment. (Dkt. No. 23.) Because the Court has concerns regarding whether it has personal jurisdiction over Defendant, the Court ORDERS Plaintiff to SHOW CAUSE as set forth below. A default judgment rendered by a court lacking personal jurisdiction over the defendant is void. See, e.g., Ins. Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee, 456 U.S. 694, 706 (1982). Whether the district court has personal jurisdiction over a plaintiff’s…