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

ON DOCTRINE OF EQUIVALENTS

Defendant.

15 A recent order granted summary judgment of noninfringement as to all the claims-in-suit. The parties did not discuss the doctrine of equivalents in any of their briefing or at oral argument, despite the fact that the operative pleading nominally references the doctrine for all the patents-in-suit. In an abundance of caution, the summary judgment order requested statements from the parties regarding the doctrine of equivalents (Dkt. No. 415 at 17). The Court has reviewed those statements and, pursuant to Rule 56, rules as follows. First, although Amazon moved for summary judgment of noninfringement generally, MasterObjects opposed only on the theory of literal infringement, thereby making no opposition based on the doctrine of equivalents. The summary judgment order’s request for …