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,
ORDER GRANTING NIANTIC LEAVE
v. TO AMEND ITS INVALIDITY
CONTENTIONS
NIANTIC, INC., Re: ECF No. 101 Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION The parties dispute whether Niantic has good cause to amend its March 2021 invalidity contentions to cite to later-produced third-party content that was not available in March 2021.1 The court can decide the issue without oral argument. N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). The court allows amendment because the supplements do not introduce new prior-art grounds or references. 22 STATEMENT NantWorks sued Niantic on the ground that Niantic’s augmented-reality game apps infringe NantWorks’ patents. In March 2021, Niantic served its invalidity contentions, which included 26 27 1 Disc. Letter Br. – ECF No. 101 at 1. Citations refer to material in the…