Western Digital Technologies, Inc. v. Viasat, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, Case No. 22-cv-04376-HSG INC., et al., ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO Plaintiffs, DISMISS COUNT THREE OF THE AMENDED COMPLAINT v. Re: Dkt. No.

VIASAT, INC.,

11 Defendant. 12 Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss Count Three of Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint. See Dkt. No. 40 (“Mot.”). The Court found this matter appropriate for disposition without oral argument and took the matter under submission. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b); Dkt. No. 63. For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ motion to dismiss with leave to amend. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs are five companies: Western Digital Technologies, Inc. (“WDT”); Western Digital Ireland Ltd. (“WDI”); SanDisk 3D IP Holdings Ltd. (“SD3D”); SanDisk Technologies LLC (“SDT”); and SanDisk Storage Malaysia Sdn. Bhd (“SDSM”). See Dkt. No. 38, ¶¶ 3–10. In the Amended Complaint,…