DDC Technology LLC v. Google LLC

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BACKGROUND

This is a patent infringement case. DDC originally sued six different entities for direct and indirect infringement of patents (collectively, the “Asserted Patents”) relating to a 1 The patents include United States Patent No. 9,420,075, entitled “Virtual Reality Viewer and Input Mechanism,” which issued on August 16, 2016 (“the ‘075 Patent”); United States Patent No. 9,811,184, entitled “Virtual Reality Viewer and Input Mechanism,” which issued on November 7, 2017 (“the ‘184 Patent”); United States Patent No. 10,528,199, entitled “Virtual Reality Viewer and Input Mechanism,” which issued on January 7, 2020 (“the ‘199 Patent”); United States Patent No. 11,093,000, entitled “Virtual Reality Viewer and Input Mechanism,” which issued on August 17, 2021 (“the ‘000 Patent”); and United States Patent No. 11,093,001, entitled “Virtual Reality Viewer and Input Mechanism,” which issued on August 17, 2021 (“the ‘001 Patent”). Doc. 123, Am. Compl., ¶ 3. cardboard virtual reality viewer. See generally Doc. 1, Orig. Compl. In short, in lieu of an expensive virtual reality headset, a user equipped with the cardboard viewer can insert their…