Google LLC v. Sonos, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
GOOGLE LLC, Plaintiff, No. C 20-06754 WHA
v.
SONOS, INC., ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS FOR
LEAVE TO AMEND
Defendant.
INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS
15 16 Sonos has filed two motions for leave to amend its infringement contentions pursuant to Patent Local Rule 3-6 (Dkt. Nos. 128, 150). Sonos argues there is good cause for both amendments because they advance backup infringement theories contingent upon new claim constructions tendered by Google. Google opposes, and argues that Sonos’s amendments are not backup contentions at all and that Sonos has provided no justification for why these contentions could not have been brought earlier. These motions are suitable for resolution on the papers. Civ. L.R. 7-6.1 Patent Local Rule 3-6 states: “Amendment of the Infringement Contentions or the Invalidity Contentions may be made only by order of the Court upon a timely showing of good cause.” “[T]he primary question of good cause…