Droplets, Inc. v. Yahoo! Inc.
Summary
Droplets, Inc. sued Yahoo, Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, YouTube, and others for patent infringement in federal court. The case centers on a patent technology (U.S. Patent 271) related to droplets or liquid-based applications. Multiple major tech companies are named as defendants, suggesting the patent covers a widely-used feature or process across digital platforms.
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Counsel of record
- Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLPChristine E. Lehman, David A King , Jr, Jodie Cheng +3 more
- Blue Peak Law GroupKate M Falkenstien
- Law Office of Peter J. Ayers, PLLCPeter John Ayers
- PO Box 150029Caroline M. Walters
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiAriel C. Green Anaba
- Duane Morris LLPAlice Egan Snedeker, Holly Elin Engelmann, Kendra C Oxholm +1 more
- Kirkland and Ellis LLPGregg F. Locascio
- Larson Bruster PLLCShawn A. Latchford
- Yahoo Inc.Hieu H. Phan
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPBenjamin M. Kleinman
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLPMacaulay W. Ivory
- Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton LLPKathleen Rose Geyer
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- Docket no.
- 4:12-cv-03733
- Nature of suit
- Patent
- Judge
- Jon S. Tigar
- Filed
- 2012-07-17
- Last filing
- 2025-02-06
- Terminated
- 2023-04-06
Cause
35:271 Patent Infringement
Entities in this case
Parties
Droplets, Inc. (plaintiff) Amazon.com, Inc (defendant) Yahoo! Inc. (defendant) YouTube, LLC (defendant) Facebook Inc. (defendant) Google LLC (defendant) Apple, Inc. (defendant) Nordstrom Inc. (consol defendant) Oath, Inc. (intervenor) Oath Holdings Inc. (intervenor) RPX Corporation (interested party) Brian David Range (interested party)
Docket entries
- 2023-05-05
Appeal Information Sheet and related documents electronically transmitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (dhm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/5/2023)
- 2022-08-16
Clerk's Notice
- 2022-08-16
1 - Terminate Hearings AND Clerk's Notice
- 2021-11-30
~Util - Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings AND ~Util - Teleconference Zoom AND Clerk's Notice
- 2021-11-30
~Util - Teleconference Zoom AND Clerk's Notice AND ~Util - Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings
- 2021-08-04
Electronic Filing Error
- 2021-05-18
~Util - Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings AND Clerk's Notice Continuing Motion Hearing
- 2021-01-21
Electronic Filing Error
- 2021-01-21
~Util - Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings AND Clerk's Notice Continuing Motion Hearing
- 2020-10-22
Electronic Filing Error
- 2020-08-26
Electronic Filing Error
- 2020-07-14
Electronic Filing Error
- 2020-07-01
~Util - Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings AND Clerk's Notice Setting Zoom Hearing
- 2020-02-24
Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings
- 2020-02-20
Order on Stipulation
- 2019-10-10
Motion Hearing
- 2019-08-21
Clerk's Notice Regarding Location Change for Judge Jon S. Tigar
- 2019-08-02
Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings
- 2019-07-25
Clerk's Notice
- 2019-06-21
Motion Hearing
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