B.S.D Crown, Ltd. v. Amazon.com, Inc.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 BSD CROWN, LTD., Case No. 3:23-cv-00057-WHO

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

9 v. JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS

10 AMAZON.COM, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 75 Defendants. 11

12 13 Plaintiff BSD Crown, Ltd. (“BSD”) filed this case against defendants Amazon.com, 14 Amazon Web Services, Inc., and Twitch Interactive, Inc. (collectively, “Amazon”) for alleged 15 infringement of its patent for a method for data transmission that allows for real-time broadcasting 16 of videos and audio. Amazon filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings, arguing that the 17 patent-in-suit and its claim are ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 because the claim is directed to 18 the abstract idea of collecting, packaging, and conveying data in real time. For the following 19 reasons, the motion is DENIED. 20 BACKGROUND 21 I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 22 BSD alleges that the defendants infringed one of its patents through their use of real-time 23 video and…