Regents of the University of California v. LTI Flexible Products, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF Case No. 3:20-cv-08686-WHO CALIFORNIA, et al., 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS AMENDED THIRD PARTY v. COMPLAINT 10 LTI FLEXIBLE PRODUCTS, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 145 11 Defendants.

12 This protracted dispute involves claims of alleged patent infringement, fraudulent concealment of patent ownership, and contract fraud, along with several parties that all have somewhat conflicting versions of events. Initially, the Regents of the University of California (“the Regents”) sued LTI Flexible Products, Inc. (dba “Boyd”) for patent infringement and unjust enrichment, among other things. Boyd countersued the Regents for fraudulent inducement, fraudulent concealment, promissory fraud, and trespass to chattels, all related to the Regents’ alleged failure to disclose their purported ownership of the patents-in-suit that Boyd purchased. In response and as counter-claim defendants and now third-party…