Juniper Networks Inc. v. Swarm Technology LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JUNIPER NETWORKS INC., et al., Case No. 3:20-cv-03137-JD

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE MOTION TO DISMISS

v.

SWARM TECHNOLOGY LLC, Defendant.

12 In this declaratory judgment action, plaintiff Juniper Networks, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Apstra, Inc., (collectively, Juniper) seek a declaration of non-infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,146,777 (the ’777 patent), U.S. Patent No. 9,852,004 (the ’004 patent), and U.S. Patent No. 10,592,275 (the ’275 patent) against defendant and patent owner Swarm Technology LLC (Swarm). Dkt. No. 38 (first amended complaint); Dkt. No. 64-1 (’004 patent); Dkt. No. 64-2 (’275 patent); Dkt. No. 64-3 (’777 patent). Swarm filed counterclaims alleging that Juniper infringes the three patents. Dkt. No. 64. Juniper asks to dismiss the counterclaims on the grounds that all claims of the ’777 patent, ’004 patent, and ’275 patent are directed to patent-ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Dkt. No. 75. In light of “the sources properly considered…