Google LLC v. Sonos, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SONOS, INC., Plaintiff, No. C 20-06754 WHA No. C 21-07559 WHA v.

GOOGLE LLC, (Consolidated)

Defendant. ORDER RE TODAY’S HEARING

15 As stated on the record during today’s hearing, the jury will decide whether the purported design-around infringes unless the evidence is so clear that the Court can resolve the issue under Rule 50 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. There will be no separate bench trial. In addition, as stated on the record during today’s hearing, the ’615 patent is out of the case. “It is a claimant’s burden to keep the district court clearly apprised of what parts of its claim it wishes to pursue and which parts, if any, it wishes to reserve for another day.” Silicon Graphics, Inc. v. ATI Techs., Inc., 607 F.3d 784, 801 (Fed. Cir. 2010). In the briefing on the renewed motion to realign the parties, both sides provided charts setting out the claims to be tried (Dkt. Nos. 477 at 3–4;…