Broadcom Corporation v. Netflix, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BROADCOM CORPORATION, et al., Case No. 3:20-cv-04677-JD
Plaintiffs,
CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
v.
NETFLIX INC, Defendant.
12 The parties in this patent infringement action have asked the Court to construe eight phrases in certain claims of the U.S. Patent No. 8,259,121 (the ’121 patent), U.S. Patent No. 6,744,387 (the ’387 patent), U.S. Patent No. 6,982,663 (the ’663 patent), and U.S. Patent No. 9,332,283 (the ’283 patent). In addition to the usual construction issues, the parties raised indefiniteness and means-plus-function questions for some of the phrases. The Court received full briefing from the parties and a technology tutorial, and took oral argument on claim construction. PATENT BACKGROUND Broadcom asserts several claims from the ’121, ’387, ’663, and ’283 patents against Netflix. The patents concern video processing. The ’121 patent relates to systems and methods for video processing modules and a network for processing data. Dkt. No.…