Dream Big Media Inc. v. Alphabet Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 DREAM BIG MEDIA INC., et al., Case No. 22-cv-02314-RS Plaintiffs, 11 v. ORDER FOR ADDITIONAL BRIEFING 12 ALPHABET INC., et al., 13 Defendants.

15 A motion brought by defendants Google LLC and Alphabet Inc. (collectively, “Google”) to dismiss the First Amended Complaint was under submission when this matter was reassigned following recusal of the previously assigned presiding judge. Plaintiffs Dream Big Media, Getify Solutions, Inc., and Sprinter Supplier, LLC, are businesses that allegedly use Google mapping services, including application programming interfaces (“APIs”), to display or use maps or maps-related information on their websites or mobile applications. The crux of plaintiffs’ complaint is that Google unlawfully ties its Maps, Routes, and Places API services together, by purportedly refusing to sell one API service unless the purchaser also agrees to buy the other Google mapping services or agrees to refrain from purchasing similar…