XR Communications LLC v. Google LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 XR COMMUNICATIONS LLC, Case No. 3:22-cv-04784-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. STAY PENDING INTER PARTES
REVIEW
GOOGLE LLC, Re: Dkt. No. 68 Defendant.
Defendant Google LLC moves to stay this action until the completion of three inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings concerning both the asserted patents-in-suit. Under Civil Local Rule 7-1(b), I find this matter appropriate for resolution without oral argument and VACATE the hearing on December 7, 2022. As I previously informed the parties, I generally prefer to stay patent cases where the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) has instituted IPR on the patents-in-suit. See Order Granting Motion to Stay Pending Inter Partes Review, Synopsys, Inc. v. Siemens Indus. Software, Inc., No. 20-CV-04151-WHO, Dkt. No. 176 (June 7, 2022) (finding no special circumstances to justify a stay pending IPR). Plaintiff XR Communications LLC maintained, however, that there were special…