Sunstone Information Defense, Inc. v. F5, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 SUNSTONE INFORMATION DEFENSE, INC., Case No. 21-cv-09529-YGR
Plaintiff,
CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
v. 8 Re: Dkt. No. 120 F5, INC., Defendant.
On January 22, 2021, plaintiff Sunstone Information Defense, Inc. (“Sunstone”) brought this patent infringement action against F5 and Capital One Financial Corporation (“Capital One”). (Dkt. No. 1.) On April 4, 2022, the case against Capital One was stayed. (Dkt. No. 91.) Sunstone accuses defendant F5 of infringing several cybersecurity-related software patents, including U.S. Patent Nos. 9,122,870 (“’870 Patent” or “’870”); 10,230,7591; and 10,958,682 (“’682 Patent” or “’682”). These patents claim technology related to preventing malicious attacks or exposure of information by autonomous programs, i.e., “bots.” The Accused Products are “various computer security products and services[.]” (First Amended Compl. (“FAC”) ¶ 6, Dkt. No. 89.) I. BACKGROUND A. The ’870 The title of the ’870 Patent is “Methods and…