Broadcom Corporation v. Netflix, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BROADCOM CORPORATION, et al., Case No. 3:20-cv-04677-JD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE MOTION TO DISMISS
v.
NETFLIX INC, Defendant.
12 In this patent infringement action, plaintiffs Broadcom Corp. and Avago Technologies (Broadcom) sued defendant Netflix, Inc. (Netflix) for infringement of twelve patents related to video streaming, including infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,365,183 (the ’183 patent). Dkt. No. 208 (third amended complaint (TAC)); Dkt. No. 208-12 (’183 patent). The Court granted Netflix’s Rule 12(c) motion, and dismissed Broadcom’s twelfth claim in the second amended complaint, Dkt. No. 172, on the grounds that the ’183 patent was directed to patent-ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. See Dkt. No. 205. Broadcom was given leave to file the TAC, and Netflix asks again to dismiss the twelfth claim again for patent-ineligible subject matter. Dkt. No. 215. The parties’ familiarity with the record, and the Court’s prior order in particular, is assumed. …