Twitter, Inc. v. Voip-Pal.com, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION
TWITTER, INC., Case No. 21-CV-02769-LHK
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
DISMISS
v. Re: Dkt. No. 25 VOIP-PAL.COM, INC., Defendant. 17 Plaintiff Twitter, Inc. (“Twitter”) brings the instant case against Defendant VoIP-Pal.com, Inc. (“Defendant”) seeking a declaratory judgment that Twitter’s products do not infringe U.S. Patent No. 9,935,872 (“the ’872 patent”). ECF No. 1 (“Compl.”). Defendant moves to dismiss the instant case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, lack of personal jurisdiction, and improper venue. ECF No. 25. Having considered the parties’ submissions, the relevant law, and the record in this case, the Court DENIES Defendant’s motion to dismiss. I. BACKGROUND Over the past five years, Defendant has litigated numerous cases involving a family of patents that relate to methods and systems for communicating over an internet protocol (“IP”) network. See VoIP-Pal.Com, Inc. v. Apple Inc.,…