WhatsApp Inc. v. NSO Group Technologies Limited

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

6 WHATSAPP INC., et al., Case No. 19-cv-07123-PJH Plaintiffs, 8 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS, MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE

NSO GROUP TECHNOLOGIES ORDER, AND JOINT DISCOVERY

LIMITED, et al., LETTER BRIEF Defendants. Re: Dkt. No. 186, 208, 215, 220, 225

13 Before the court are defendants’ NSO Group Technologies, Ltd. and Q Cyber Technologies Ltd. (“defendants”) motion to dismiss and motion for protective order. The motions came on for hearing on November 2, 2023. Plaintiffs WhatsApp Inc. and Facebook, Inc. (“plaintiffs”) appeared through their counsel, Greg Andres, Craig Cagney, Micah Block, Jeffrey Kopczynski, and Antonio Perez-Marques. Defendants appeared through their counsel, Joseph Akrotirianakis and Aaron Craig. Also before the court is the parties’ joint discovery letter brief. Having read the parties’ papers and carefully considered their arguments and…