Western Digital Technologies, Inc. v. Viasat, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, Case No. 22-cv-04376-HSG INC., et al., 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LEAVE TO AMEND v. Re: Dkt. No.

VIASAT, INC.,

11 Defendant.

12 Pending before the Court is Defendant’s motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint. See Dkt. No. 27 (“Mot.”). The Court found this matter appropriate for disposition without oral argument and took the motion under submission. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b); Dkt. No. 34. For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion to dismiss with leave to amend. I. BACKGROUND A. Factual Allegations Plaintiffs are five companies: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.; Western Digital Ireland Ltd.; SanDisk 3D IP Holdings Ltd.; SanDisk Technologies LLC; and SanDisk Storage Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. See Dkt. No. 1, Complaint (“Compl.”), ¶¶ 3-10. Defendant Viasat, Inc. (“Viasat”) “provides satellite internet to customers’ homes and…