Golden
Golden v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LARRY GOLDEN, Case No. 23-cv-00048-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S
v. MOTION TO DISMISS AND DENYING
PLAINTIFF’S CROSS-MOTION TO
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, DISMISS AND FOR SUMMARY
INC., JUDGMENT
11 Defendant. Re: Dkt. Nos. 7, 20 12 Defendant’s Samsung Electronics America, Inc.’s (Samsung) motion to dismiss with prejudice (Dkt. No. 7) is GRANTED. Plaintiff’s cross-motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 20) is DENIED.1 Plaintiff Larry Golden has been pursuing patent infringement claims asserting his “family of patents” for over ten years in multiple jurisdictions. The patents at issue here and in each of these other cases concern “systems for locking, unlocking, or disabling a lock upon the detection of chemical, radiological, or biological hazards.” See, e.g., Golden v. Apple Inc., No. 2023-1161, 2023 WL 3400595, at *1 (identifying multiple actions dismissed with prejudice…