Coinbase, Inc. v. Modern Font Applications LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division COINBASE, INC., Case No. 21-cv-05305-LB Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
DISMISS AND DENYING AS MOOT
v. MOTION TO FOR JURISDICTIONAL
DISCOVERY
MODERN FONT APPLICATIONS LLC, Re: ECF Nos. 22, 29 Defendant.
16 INTRODUCTION Coinbase, a company that offers a cryptocurrency platform, sued Modern Font Applications, a non-practicing entity, for a declaratory judgment of non-infringement after Modern Font sent a letter accusing Coinbase’s website and mobile applications of infringing Modern Font’s patents. Modern Font is a Utah company. It sent the letter from Utah to the attention of Coinbase’s legal department “c/o CT Corporation System” at CT Corporation’s address in Texas, alleging infringement in Texas “and likely other states.” CT Corporation is a corporate agent for service of process. Coinbase’s actual address in Texas public records…