Orcinus Holdings LLC v. Synchronoss Technologies Inc.
Published: Jun. 7, 2019 | Result Date: Apr. 4, 2019 |Case number: 18-cv-06199-LHK Bench Decision – Dismissal
Judge
Court
USDC Northern District of California
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Amy K. Liang
(Baker Botts LLP)
Sarah J. Guske
(Baker Botts LLP)
Wayne O. Stacy
(Baker Botts LLP)
Jeremy J. Taylor
(Baker Botts LLP)
Defendant
Nicholas H. Jackson
(Dentons US LLP)
Sarah S. Eskandari
(Dentons US LLP)
Mark L. Hogge
(Dentons US LLP)
Facts
Orcinus Holdings, a subsidiary of Dropbox Inc. LLC filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Synchronoss Technologies.
Contentions
PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS: Plaintiff contended that defendant's Personal Cloud product infringed on its patent for personal data backup.
DEFENDANT'S CONTENTIONS: Defendant contended that the patent is directed at unpatentable subject matter.
Result
The court granted defendant's motion to dismiss. It found that the claim was directed to an abstract idea and there is no inventive concept sufficient to save the claim. Therefore, the patent was directed at unpatentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. Section 101.
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