MasterObjects, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MASTEROBJECTS, INC., Plaintiff, No. C 20-08103 WHA

v.

AMAZON.COM, INC, ORDER RE MOTION TO STRIKE

PATENT INFRINGEMENT

Defendant.

CONTENTIONS

15 16 INTRODUCTION In this patent infringement action, defendant moves to strike patent owner’s infringement contentions for failure to comply with Patent Local Rule 3-1. For the reasons stated below, defendant’s motion to strike is GRANTED IN PART. STATEMENT A previous order describes our facts (Dkt. No. 159). Patent owner MasterObjects, Inc. brought this patent infringement action against defendant Amazon.com, Inc. in May 2020 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The patents concern asynchronous communication technology that allows search engines to suggest search terms based on the characters a user types into the search bar (Sec. Amd. Compl. ¶ 8–11). On July 8, 2020,…