Valjakka
Valjakka v. Netflix, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LAURI VALJAKKA, Case No. 22-cv-01490-JST
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
v. DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR
JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS
NETFLIX, INC., Re: ECF No. 79 Defendant.
12 Before the Court is Netflix’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. ECF No. 79. The Court will grant the motion in part and deny it in part. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Lauri Valjakka alleges that Defendant Netflix, Inc., infringes numerous claims of two patents: U.S. Patent No. 10,726,102 (“’102 patent”) and U.S. Patent No. (“’167 patent”). ECF No. 74. The ’102 patent “relates to an apparatus, method and/or system for providing restricted content to a user.” ’102 patent at 1:9–11. The ’167 patent “relates to improvements in data communications networks and to systems, methods and apparatus employed in such networks.” ’167 patent at 1:6–8. Valjakka initially filed suit in the Western District of Texas on September 13, 2021. ECF No. 1.…