Wisk Aero LLC v. Archer Aviation Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WISK AERO LLC, Case No. 3:21-cv-02450-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER ON CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
v. AND MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON
THE PLEADINGS
ARCHER AVIATION INC., Re: Dkt. Nos. 196, 201, 202 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff Wisk Aero LLC (“Wisk”) and defendant Archer Aviation Inc. (“Archer”) seek construction of claim terms in this patent infringement (and trade secret misappropriation) suit. Archer also moves for judgment on the pleadings that the asserted claims of two of Wisk’s patents cover ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Archer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings is granted; the challenged claims are invalid. My construction of the disputed claim terms in the remaining patents is set out below. BACKGROUND I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND In this case, Wisk asserts infringement by Archer of a set of patents and misappropriation of a set of trade secrets. This Order concerns five of Wisk’s patents. …