Linquet Technologies, Inc. v. Tile, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LINQUET TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Case No. 3:20-cv-05153-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE MOTION TO DISMISS

v.

TILE, INC., Defendant.

12 In this patent infringement action, plaintiff Linquet Technologies, Inc. (Linquet) has accused the tracking tag products of defendant Tile, Inc. (Tile) of infringing U.S. Patent No. 10,163,318 (the ’318 patent). Dkt. No. 71 (second amended complaint (SAC)); Dkt. No. 71-1 (’318 patent). The Court dismissed the first amended complaint (FAC), Dkt. No. 25, on the grounds that the ’318 patent was directed to patent-ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. See Dkt. No. 68. Linquet was granted leave to file the SAC, which Tile asks to dismiss again for patent-ineligible subject matter. Dkt. No. 72. The parties’ familiarity with the record, and the Court’s prior order in particular, is assumed. Tile’s motion to dismiss is granted, and the case is terminated. DISCUSSION The Court’s prior order stated the…