Broadcom Corporation v. Netflix, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BROADCOM CORPORATION, et al., Case No. 3:20-cv-04677-JD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE JUDGMENT ON THE
v. PLEADINGS
NETFLIX INC, Defendant.
12 Plaintiffs Broadcom Corp. and Avago Technologies (Broadcom) sued defendant Netflix Inc. (Netflix) for infringement of twelve patents related to video streaming. Dkt. No. 208. Netflix seeks judgment on the pleadings under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c) on the sixth, tenth, and eleventh claims for relief in Broadcom’s third amended complaint (TAC), which relate to U.S. Patent No. 8,572,138 (the ’138 patent), U.S. Patent No. 8,548,976 (the ’976 patent), and U.S. Patent No. 7,457,722 (the ’722 patent), respectively. Netflix says that the asserted claims of these three patents are directed to patent-ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Dkt. No. 287. This is the fourth eligibility motion that the Court has decided with respect to the patents- in-suit in this case. See Dkt. Nos. 160, 205, 259. …