PatentN.D. Cal.4:12-cv-03733Closed

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

For the plaintiff
For the defendant
Other counsel (amici, etc.)
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

Amazon.com, Inc Nordstrom Inc. Oath, Inc. Oath Holdings Inc. RPX Corporation Brian David Range Yahoo! Inc. Droplets, Inc. YouTube, LLC Facebook Inc. Google LLC Apple, Inc.

Docket entries

  1. 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)

  2. 2022-08-16

    Clerk's Notice

  3. 2022-08-16

    1 - Terminate Hearings AND Clerk's Notice

  4. 2021-11-30

    ~Util - Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings AND ~Util - Teleconference Zoom AND Clerk's Notice

  5. 2021-11-30

    ~Util - Teleconference Zoom AND Clerk's Notice AND ~Util - Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings

  6. 2021-08-04

    Electronic Filing Error

  7. 2021-05-18

    ~Util - Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings AND Clerk's Notice Continuing Motion Hearing

  8. 2021-01-21

    Electronic Filing Error

  9. 2021-01-21

    ~Util - Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings AND Clerk's Notice Continuing Motion Hearing

  10. 2020-10-22

    Electronic Filing Error

  11. 2020-08-26

    Electronic Filing Error

  12. 2020-07-14

    Electronic Filing Error

  13. 2020-07-01

    ~Util - Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings AND Clerk's Notice Setting Zoom Hearing

  14. 2020-02-24

    Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings

  15. 2020-02-20

    Order on Stipulation

  16. 2019-10-10

    Motion Hearing

  17. 2019-08-21

    Clerk's Notice Regarding Location Change for Judge Jon S. Tigar

  18. 2019-08-02

    Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings

  19. 2019-07-25

    Clerk's Notice

  20. 2019-06-21

    Motion Hearing

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