Columbia Insurance Company v. Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY, et Case No. 23-cv-02432-PCP al., 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO AMEND COMPLAINT AND v. GRANTING MOTION TO STAY CASE 10 SIMPSON STRONG-TIE COMPANY Dkt. Nos. 37, 54 INC., Defendant. 12 Plaintiffs Columbia Insurance Company and MiTek Inc. assert that defendant Simpson Strong-Tie Company infringed Columbia’s U.S. Patents Nos. 11,021,867 (‘867 patent) and 11,649,626 (‘626 patent) in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a). The ‘867 and ‘626 patents pertain to hangers used for connecting structural components like beams or joists to fire separation walls. MiTek is the exclusive licensee of Columbia’s patents and has developed and commercialized products protected by the patents. Simpson now moves to stay these proceedings pending both a Federal Circuit decision on the validity of the ‘867 patent and a post-grant review (PGR) institution decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) regarding the ‘626…