Sentius International, LLC v. Microsoft Corporation

Filing 80

ORDER RE: MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS by Judge Paul S. Grewal granting-in-part 70 (psglc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/26/2014)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 8 SAN JOSE DIVISION 11 SENTIUS INTERNATIONAL, LLC, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION, 15 Defendant. 16 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No.: 5:13-cv-00825-PSG ORDER RE: MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS (Re: Docket No. 70) Before the court is Plaintiff Sentius International, LLC’s motion for leave to amend 17 18 infringement contentions 1 to add three dependent claims in this case following the court’s claim 19 construction order 2 issued in January. Defendant Microsoft Corporation opposes. Pursuant to the 20 Civil L.R. and at the invitation of the parties, the court finds this dispute suitable for disposition on 21 the papers. 3 22 23 24 25 1 See Docket No. 70. 2 See Docket No. 66. 26 27 3 28 See Civil L.R. 7-1(b) (“In the Judge’s discretion, or upon request by counsel and with the Judge’s approval, a motion may be determined without oral argument or by telephone conference call.”). 1 Case No.: 5:13-cv-00825-PSG ORDER RE: MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS Although Microsoft takes issue with Sentius’ diligence in seeking leave, the court finds 1 2 Sentius moved with adequate diligence following an adverse claim construction ruling. 4 3 Microsoft’s more compelling argument centers on the prejudice it might face by adding dependent 4 claims into the mix in this case. To mitigate any prejudice, the court will permit Sentius to 5 supplement its infringement contentions with three additional dependent claims, but it must drop 6 7 8 9 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 three additional claims in the process from the ’633, ’731 or ’985 patents and keep the total number of asserted claims within the three remaining patents at twenty-nine. 5 With trial set for February of 2015, plenty of trial preparation time remains. The court also will entertain requests for relief from the case scheduling order should either party benefit from some reshuffling of intermediate 11 12 13 14 4 See Docket No. 66 at 2. CLAIM TERM/DISPUTE CONSTRUCTION “a link to the at least one of the plurality of external reference materials/links to the external reference materials” The ’633 and ’731 patents a pointer to data or information or the location of data or information that is external to the source material / pointers to data or information or the location of data or information that is external to the source material 15 16 17 18 19 20 5 See Docket No. 71-3, Ex. B at 3. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 Case No.: 5:13-cv-00825-PSG ORDER RE: MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS

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