R.N Nehushtan Trust Ltd. v. Apple Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 R.N. NEHUSHTAN TRUST LTD., Case No. 22-cv-01832-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

APPLE INC., Re: Dkt. No. 28 Defendant.

12 Defendant Apple Inc. (“Apple”) moves to dismiss a complaint filed by plaintiff R.N. Nehushtan Trust Ltd. (“RNN Trust”), alleging that Apple’s iPhones, iPads, and Watches directly infringe on claims in two of RNN Trust’s patents. At issue is a technology directed at preventing the hacking and cloning of devices, in part by using a “device unique security setting” to restrict access to a “data mode” in which data can be read and written and the device’s settings changed. Apple’s arguments depend on how the asserted claims are constructed; it is premature to construct those claims now. RNN Trust sufficiently pleaded that the challenged elements of the asserted claims are met, which is enough for the case to proceed. Apple’s motion to dismiss is DENIED. …