Cellwitch Inc. v. Tile, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CELLWITCH INC., Case No. 19-cv-01315-JSW Plaintiff,
CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
v. 9 TILE, INC., Defendant. 11 12 The Court has been presented with a technology tutorial and briefing leading up to a hearing pursuant to Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 517 U.S. 370 (1996). This Order construes the disputed claim terms selected by the parties, which appear in United States Patent No. 8,872,655 (“’655 Patent”). BACKGROUND Cellwitch filed this suit on March 12, 2019, alleging that Defendant Tile, Inc. (“Tile” or “Defendant”) infringes the ’655 Patent. (See Dkt. No. 1.) The ’655 Patent “discloses a system for tracking personal items” wherein “the system provides immediate notification of loss by monitoring for loss of small items and notifying a person of that loss.” (Dkt. No. 103-2 (“IPR2020-00317”) at 3; see also Dkt. No. 32 ¶ 19; Dkt. No. 191-4 (“Goldberg Decl.”) ¶ 27; Dkt. No. 199-4 (“Williams Decl.”) ¶ 35.) The ’655 Patent’s independent…