Cellulose Material Solutions, LLC v. SC Marketing Group, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division CELLULOSE MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, Case No. 22-cv-03141-LB

LLC,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO DISMISS COUNTERCLAIMS v. Re: ECF No.

SC MARKETING GROUP, INC.,

15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Cellulose Material Solutions claims that defendant SC Marketing Group infringes a patent for packaging insulation that keeps the package contents — for example, meal kits with food items — cool and fresh without the need for refrigerant packs. The patent is U.S. Patent No. 11,078,007 (the ’007 patent). The parties are competitors.1 Cellulose’s insulation product is called InfinityCore, and SC Marketing’s product is called Renewliner.2 The parties’ dispute grew out of a prior business relationship. SC Marketing alleges (in its amended answer) that the parties were collaborating during the relevant time period, it was SC marketing employees who “conceived of the idea for…