Twitter, Inc. v. Voip-Pal.com, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TWITTER, INC., Case No. 3:21-cv-09773-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE MOTION TO DISMISS
v.
VOIP-PAL.COM, INC., et al., Defendants.
12 In this patent declaratory judgment suit, plaintiff Twitter seeks a declaration of non- infringement of U.S. Patent No. 10,880,721 (the ’721 patent) and U.S. Patent No. 8,630,234 (the ’234 patent) (collectively the mobile gateway patents) against patent owner and defendant VoIP- Pal.com (VoIP). Dkt. No. 1. VoIP asks to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, lack of personal jurisdiction, and improper venue under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1), 12(b)(2), and 12(b)(3). Dkt. No. 25. The parties’ familiarity with record and applicable legal standards is assumed. Dismissal is denied on all grounds. The parties are directed to file a joint proposed schedule by August 5, 2022. I. PERSONAL JURISDICTION For the personal jurisdiction objection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2), the question is…