International Business Machines Corporation v. Zillow Group Inc et al

Filing 55

MINUTE ORDER: The parties' stipulated motion for leave to amend, docket no. 54 , is treated as a motion for voluntary dismissal of the fourth claim set forth in the Amended Complaint, docket no. 36 , and is GRANTED. The fourth claim, alleg ing infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,569,414, is DISMISSED without prejudice. The Amended Complaint, docket no. 36 , remains the operative pleading, and the deadlines set forth in the Minute Order entered 10/6/2021, docket no. 51 , remain in fu ll force and effect, except as previously amended. Plaintiff is DIRECTED to show cause within fourteen (14) days of the date of this Minute Order why this action should not be dismissed without prejudice for failure to comply with the 11/19/2021, deadline for filing infringement contentions. Authorized by Judge Thomas S. Zilly. (MW)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
MACHINES CORPORATION,
Plaintiff,

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C20-1130 TSZ

v.
ZILLOW GROUP, INC.; and
ZILLOW, INC.,

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Defendants.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable
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The parties’ stipulated motion for leave to amend, docket no. 54, is treated
as a motion for voluntary dismissal of the fourth claim set forth in the Amended
Complaint, docket no. 36, and is GRANTED. The fourth claim, alleging infringement of
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U.S. Patent No. 9,569,414, is DISMISSED without prejudice. The Amended Complaint,
docket no. 36, remains the operative pleading, and the deadlines set forth in the Minute
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Order entered October 6, 2021, docket no. 51, remain in full force and effect, except as
previously amended.
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Plaintiff is DIRECTED to show cause within fourteen (14) days of the date
20 of this Minute Order why this action should not be dismissed without prejudice for failure
to comply with the November 19, 2021, deadline for filing infringement contentions,
21 which was initially set for an earlier date by Minute Order entered October 6, 2021,
docket no. 51, and extended on October 12, 2021, pursuant to the stipulation of the
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The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of

Dated this 1st day of December, 2021.

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Ravi Subramanian
Clerk

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s/Gail Glass
Deputy Clerk

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