Rumble, Inc. v. Google LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RUMBLE, INC., Case No. 21-cv-00229-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

DISMISS AND TO STRIKE

v. Re: Dkt. No. 32 GOOGLE LLC, Defendant.

12 Pending before the Court is Defendant’s partial motion to dismiss and motion to strike, briefing for which is complete. See Dkt. No. 32 (“Mot.”), 44 (“Opp.”), 45 (“Reply”). Defendant asks the Court to dismiss Plaintiff’s tying and search-dominance theories of liability and strike paragraphs 34, 35, and 75-176 of Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint. See Mot. at i. The Court held a hearing on the motion, see Dkt. No. 50, and now DENIES it. I. BACKGROUND “Since 2013, Rumble has operated an online video platform.” Dkt. No. 21 (“FAC”) ¶ 14. Plaintiff alleges that “Rumble is one of the most respected independent and privately owned companies in the online video platform industry and market, and its business model is premised upon helping the ‘little guy/gal’ video content creators…