ALD Social, LLC v. Apple, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ALD SOCIAL, LLC, Case No. 23-cv-02695-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: DEFENDANT APPLE’S

v. MOTION TO DISMISS

APPLE, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 21 Defendant.

12 ALD Social sues Apple for infringement of two patents directed to systems to detect crowd safety risks and alert emergency personnel of such risks: U.S. Patent Nos. 9,198,054 (“the ’054 patent”) and 9,402,158 (“the ’158 patent”). (Dkt. No. 1.) Before this Court is Apple’s motion to dismiss. (Dkt. No. 21.) After carefully considering the briefing, and with the benefit of oral argument on July 13, 2023, the Court GRANTS the motion with leave to amend. The documents Plaintiff attached to the complaint are inconsistent with the Accused Product satisfying the Asserted Patents’ “crowd risk determinant” limitation or the ’158 patent’s “location aggregation” limitation. BACKGROUND A. ALD Social’s Patents Plaintiff filed suit…