Google LLC v. EcoFactor, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GOOGLE LLC, Case No. 21-cv-03220-HSG Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS

v. Re: Dkt. No. 41 ECOFACTOR, INC., Defendant. 12 Plaintiff Google LLC seeks judgment on the pleadings that Defendant EcoFactor, Inc.’s patents-in-suit are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101. For the reasons explained below, the Court denies the motion. I. BACKGROUND Google is a technology company based in Mountain View, California. Its stated mission is to organize the world’s information to make it universally accessible and useful. EcoFactor is a private company based in Palo Alto, California. Beginning in 2019, EcoFactor filed actions in the District of Massachusetts, the Western District of Texas, and the International Trade Commission accusing Google’s Nest thermostat products of patent infringement. In June 2021, Google filed this action seeking a declaratory judgment of non-infringement of four EcoFactor…