Impact Engine, Inc. v. Google LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 IMPACT ENGINE, INC., Case No.: 3:19-cv-01301-CAB-BGS
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. STRIKE INEQUITABLE CONDUCT
DEFENSE
GOOGLE LLC,
Defendant. [Doc. No. 65] 15 16 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Impact Engine, Inc.’s motion to strike Defendant Google, LLC’s inequitable conduct defense. The motion has been fully briefed, and the Court deems it suitable for submission without oral argument. For the following reasons, the motion is granted without leave to amend. I. Background On March 4, 2020, Impact Engine filed a supplemental complaint, which is the operative complaint in this action. [Doc. No. 53.] The supplemental complaint includes claims for infringement of eight Impact Engine patents from the same patent family,1
26 1 The patents are: U.S. Patent No. 7,870,497 (the “’497 Patent”); U.S. Patent No. 8,356,253 (the “’6,253 Patent”); U.S. Patent No. 8,930,832…