Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha v. Rorze Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI Case No. 22-cv-04947-PCP

KAISHA,

8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS, DENYING MOTION TO v. STRIKE, AND GRANTING REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE RORZE CORPORATION, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 112, 113 Defendants.

12 In this patent case involving chipmaking robots, plaintiff Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Kawasaki Heavy Industries) challenges counterclaims and affirmative defenses asserted by plaintiff Rorze Corp. For the reasons set forth below, Kawasaki’s motion to dismiss Rorze’s counterclaims is granted but its motion to strike Rorze’s affirmative defense is denied. I. Background Semiconductor chips are created from thin wafers of crystalline silicon. The wafers need to be kept clean and free from interference during the chipmaking process. To accomplish this, wafers are transported in specialized pods as they move…