CPC Patent Technologies Pty Ltd. v. Apple Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 CPC PATENT TECHNOLOGIES PTY Case No. 5:22-cv-02553-EJD
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ORDER GRANTING APPLE’S Plaintiff, UNOPPOSED MOTION TO STAY PENDING INTER PARTES REVIEW v. 11 APPLE, INC., Re: Dkt. Nos. 119, 145 12 Defendant.
13 Before the Court is Defendant Apple Inc’s (“Apple”) unopposed motion to stay pending 14 inter partes review. Dkt. No. 45. For the reasons discussed herein, the motion is GRANTED. 15 This patent infringement action concerns two patents at issue, U.S. Patent Nos. 9,665,705 16 (“’705 Patent”) and 8,620,039 (“’039 Patent”), asserted by Plaintiff CPC Patent Technology Pty 17 Ltd. (“CPC”) against Apple’s Touch ID and Face ID functions. See Compl., Dkt. No. 1. The 18 invention of the ’705 Patent provides for enrollment in a biometric security system where the 19 user’s biometric data is securely stored and can be used to unlock the device, and invention of the 20 ’039 Patent concerns smart card device…