MasterObjects, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MASTEROBJECTS, INC., Plaintiff, No. C 20-08103 WHA

v.

AMAZON.COM, INC, ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT Defendant.

15 16 INTRODUCTION In this patent infringement action, defendant moves for summary judgment of noninfringement. To the following extent, the motion is GRANTED. STATEMENT This litigation concerns autocomplete technology for digital searches. Autocompletion suggests ways for the user to complete her search as she actively types it into a search bar. Patent owner MasterObjects, Inc. accuses alleged infringer Amazon.com, Inc. of infringing three of its patents in this area, U.S. Patent Nos. 9,760,628; 10,311,073; and 10,394,866. Our parties have some history. MasterObjects first filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Amazon in 2011, but the parties stipulated to dismissal without prejudice less than six months later. MasterObjects, Inc. v. Amazon.com,…