Optima Direct, LLC v. Yageo America Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 OPTIMA DIRECT, LLC, Case No. 21-cv-02823-DMR
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v. ALTERNATE SERVICE
YAGEO AMERICA CORPORATION, Re: Dkt. No. 20 Defendant.
Plaintiff Optima Direct LLC (“Optima”) moves for alternate service of its complaint alleging patent infringement against Defendant Yageo America Corporation (“Yageo.”). Optima seeks leave to serve the complaint by email to a particular individual, and/or by hand delivery to the California Secretary of State. For the reasons discussed below, Optima’s motion is denied without prejudice.1 I. BACKGROUND According to the complaint, Optima holds the rights to a patent registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as Patent No. 6,396,460 (the “‘460 patent”) relating to chip antennas used in wireless communication networks and equipment. Compl. ¶¶ 10-12 [Docket No. 12.] Optima’s patented technology expands the bandwidth of chip antennas while also…