Cyph, Inc. v. Zoom Communication, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CYPH, INC., Case No. 22-cv-00561-JSW

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING, IN PART,

v. MOTION TO DISMISS, WITH LEAVE

TO AMEND AND CONTINUING CASE

ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

INC.,

Re: Dkt. No. 19 11 Defendant.

12 Now before the Court for consideration is the motion to dismiss filed by Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (“Zoom”). The Court has considered the parties’ papers, relevant legal authority, and the record in this case, and it HEREBY GRANTS, IN PART, Zoom’s motion, with leave to amend. BACKGROUND According to Plaintiff Cyph, Inc. (“Cyph”), its founders invented “the best solution” for end-to-end encryption (“E2EE”) enabled “communication and media platform[s], which allows uncensored communications and information exchanges.” (Id. ¶¶ 15-16.) Cyph alleges that E2EE technology is a technology that provides stronger privacy protection because it allows individual…