Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited v. Longhorn IP LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR Case No. 23-cv-04265-PCP
MANUFACTURING COMPANY
LIMITED,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
Plaintiff, DISMISS v. Re: Dkt. No.
LONGHORN IP LLC, et al., Defendants. 12 In this contract dispute, plaintiff Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (“TSMC”) brings claims against defendants Longhorn IP LLC and Hamilcar Barca IP LLC arising out of a patent acquisition agreement between the parties. TSMC seeks declaratory relief, specific performance, and damages to recover on a license allegedly owed under that agreement and for defendants’ breach of a standstill provision. Alternatively, TSMC seeks a declaration of non- infringement of certain patents-at-issue. Defendants move to dismiss plaintiffs’ entitlement-to-license claims (counts 1–4) and breach-of-standstill claims (counts 6–7) under Rule 12(b)(6), contending that these counts in TSMC’s complaint fail to state valid causes of action. For the following…