VLSI Technology LLC v. Intel Corporation

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 7 VLSI TECHNOLOGY LLC, Case No. 17-cv-05671-BLF

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

9 v. LEAVE TO AMEND ANSWER

10 INTEL CORPORATION, [Re: ECF No. 809] 11 Defendant.

12 13 On December 4, 2023, the Federal Circuit reversed a Texas district court’s denial of Intel 14 Corporation’s (“Intel”) motion for leave to amend its answer to add a defense that it is licensed to 15 use VLSI Technology LLC’s (“VLSI”) patents. VLSI Tech. LLC v. Intel Corp., 87 F.4th 1332, 16 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2023). Before the Court is a motion for leave to amend involving the same parties 17 and the same license in a separate case. Intel has filed a Motion for Leave to File a Second 18 Amended Answer, Defenses, and Counterclaims. ECF No. 809 (“Mot.”); ECF No. 827 19 (“Reply”). Intel seeks to amend its counterclaims to add a license counterclaim, which the parties 20 have litigated in this Court for over two years as an affirmative…