Trusted Knight Corporation v. International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TRUSTED KNIGHT CORPORATION, Case No. 19-cv-01206-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND ITS

DISCLOSURE OF ASSERTED CLAIMS

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND INFRINGEMENT

MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM), CONTENTIONS

11 Defendant. Docket No. 106 12 13 I. INTRODUCTION Now pending is Plaintiff Trusted Knight Corporation’s motion for leave to amend its disclosure of asserted claims and infringement contentions. Docket No. 106. For the reasons discussed below, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s motion. II. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Trusted Knight Corporation (“Trusted Knight”) brought this action against Defendant IBM, accusing IBM of infringing Trusted Knight’s United States Patent No. 9,503,473 (“the ’473 Patent”), which issued on November 22, 2016. See Docket No. 1. The ’473 patent is entitled “Apparatus, System, and Method for Protecting Against Keylogging…