ALD Social, LLC v. Verkada, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ALD SOCIAL, LLC, Case No. 23-cv-00049-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: MOTION TO DISMISS

v. FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM

VERKADA, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 12 Defendant.

12 ALD Social sues Verkada for infringement of two patents directed to systems to detect crowd safety risks and to alert emergency personnel of that risk: U.S. Patent Nos. 9,198,054 (“the ’054 patent”) and 9,402,158 (“the ’158 patent”). (Dkt. No. 1.)1 Verkada’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim is now pending before the Court. (Dkt. No. 12.) Having carefully reviewed the parties’ briefing and with the benefit of oral argument on February 2, 2023, the Court GRANTS the motion to dismiss with leave to amend. In light of the claim chart Plaintiff attached to its complaint, its infringement claims are not plausible. BACKGROUND A. ALD Social’s Patents Plaintiff filed a patent infringement suit against Verkada for…