NantWorks, LLC v. Niantic, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division NANTWORKS, LLC, et al., Case No. 20-cv-06262-LB
Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING IMMEDIATE
APPEAL
v. Re: ECF No. 150 NIANTIC, INC., Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION NantWorks sued Niantic for infringing NantWorks’ three patents in Niantic’s augmented- reality (AR) game apps Pokémon Go and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. Both games use the camera and GPS system on a mobile device and an AR platform to superimpose AR objects onto digital representations of a mobile device’s actual surroundings. For example, the game app Pokémon Go sends users on scavenger hunts to collect virtual objects (such as Pokémon characters), which are represented on the mobile device as if they are in the player’s real-world location.1 U.S. Patent No. 10,664,518 (the ’518 patent) is directed to the mapping of AR objects and their appearance on a device’s display. Niantic previously moved for judgment…