NantWorks, LLC v. Niantic, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division NANTWORKS, LLC, et al., Case No. 20-cv-06262-LB
Plaintiffs,
DISCOVERY ORDER
v. Re: ECF No. 95 NIANTIC, INC., Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION NantWorks — which develops “various technologies to advance healthcare, commerce, and digital entertainment” — sued Niantic for allegedly infringing NantWorks’ patents in Niantic’s augmented-reality game apps “Pokémon Go” and “Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.”1 The parties now dispute whether NantWorks must answer Niantic’s Interrogatory Nos. 8–18.2 The court can decide the dispute without oral argument. N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). The court grants the motion to compel except as to Interrogatory Nos. 8 and 18. 24 25 26 27 1 Third Am. Compl. – ECF No. 50. Citations refer to material in the Electronic Case File (ECF); pinpoint citations are to the ECF-generated page numbers at the top of documents. STATEMENT The…