Contour IP Holding, LLC v. GoPro, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CONTOUR IP HOLDING, LLC, Case No. 3:17-cv-04738-WHO Plaintiff, Case No. 3:21-cv-02143-WHO 8 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMENDED
COMPLAINT
GOPRO, INC., Re: Dkt. Nos. 559, 576 Defendant.
12 Defendant GoPro, Inc. (“GoPro”) asserted an affirmative defense of inequitable conduct against plaintiff Contour IP Holdings, LLC (“Contour”) in the second of these consolidated patent infringement suits. I previously granted Contour’s motion to strike the defense but allowed GoPro to seek leave to amend. GoPro’s proposed amended complaint now adequately pleads the defense and its motion for leave to amend is granted. BACKGROUND This Order recites the background facts only to the extent they bear on the single affirmative defense at issue. In the midst of litigating a long-running patent infringement suit, Contour filed a second suit (which was consolidated with the first)…