Wisk Aero LLC v. Archer Aviation Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WISK AERO LLC, Case No. 3:21-cv-02450-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO
v. SERVE AMENDED INFRINGMENT
CONTENTIONS
ARCHER AVIATION INC., Re: Dkt. No. 312 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff Wisk Aero LLC (“Wisk”) filed this Motion for Leave to Amend Infringement Contentions (“Mot.”) [Dkt. Nos. 311, 312] to amend its allegations against Archer Aviation Inc. (“Archer”) regarding two patents: U.S. Patent no. 10,110,033 (“the ’033 patent”), concerning the battery charging system, and U.S. Patent no. 9,764,833 (“the ’833 patent”), concerning the ventilated rotor mounted on the aircraft boom. Wisk seeks to amend based on purportedly new information it acquired during discovery from Archer, Archer’s Australian supplier Electro.Aero, and the deposition testimony of Archer (formerly Wisk) engineer, Diederik Marius. Archer stipulates to some of the minor amendments but objects to the more significant changes, citing lack of good cause and unfair…