Automated Pet Care Products, LLC v. PurLife Brands, Inc. d/b/a Smarty Pear, a Delaware corporation
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, Case No. 22-cv-04261-PCP
LLC,
8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 9 JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS v. AND GRANTING MOTION TO 10 DISMISS AMENDED
PURLIFE BRANDS, INC. D/B/A COUNTERCLAIMS
11 SMARTY PEAR, A DELAWARE CORPORATION, et al., Dkt. Nos. 109, 112 12 Defendants. 13 14 Before the Court are a motion for judgment on the pleadings by defendant PurLife Brands, 15 Inc. (Smarty Pear) and a motion to dismiss Smarty Pear’s amended counterclaims by plaintiff 16 Automated Pet Care Products, LLC (Whisker). For the reasons that follow, the Court will deny 17 Smarty Pear’s motion and grant Whisker’s motion. 18 BACKGROUND 19 In this lawsuit, Whisker alleges, among other claims, that Smarty Pear has infringed 20 Whisker’s U.S. Patent No. 11,399,502 (’502 patent) in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a). The ’502 21 patent is entitled “System for Monitoring and…