Pace Anti-Piracy, Inc. v. Inside Secure et al, No. 4:2017cv05860 - Document 57 (N.D. Cal. 2018)

Court Description: ORDER DIRECTING SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING ON RECENT FEDERAL CIRCUIT DECISION re Docket No. 37 . Signed by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. on 3/16/18. (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/16/2018)

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Pace Anti-Piracy, Inc. v. Inside Secure et al Doc. 57 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 PACE ANTI-PIRACY, INC., Plaintiff, 8 v. 9 10 INSIDE SECURE, et al., Defendants. 11 United States District Court Northern District of California Case No.17-cv-05860-HSG ORDER DIRECTING SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING ON RECENT FEDERAL CIRCUIT DECISION Re: Dkt. No. 37 12 Pending before the Court is a motion to dismiss by Defendants Inside Secure S.A. and 13 14 Inside Secure Corp. Dkt. No. 37. On February 8, 2018, after briefing on the motion was 15 complete, the Federal Circuit decided Berkheimer v. HP Inc., No. 2017-1437, -- F.3d --, 2018 WL 16 774096 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 8, 2018). Berkheimer may impact the analysis to be applied at the motion 17 to dismiss stage under the second step of the standard set forth in Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS 18 Bank International, 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014). 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // Dockets.Justia.com 1 Accordingly, the parties are DIRECTED to submit simultaneous supplemental briefs, not 2 to exceed five pages, addressing whether, in light of Berkheimer, the inventive concept 3 determination of Alice step two can be made in this case on a motion to dismiss. The briefs must 4 be submitted by March 23, 2018. The March 22, 2018 hearing on the motion to dismiss is 5 VACATED, and unless otherwise ordered the motion will be taken under submission once the 6 supplemental filings are submitted. 7 8 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: 3/16/18 9 10 HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. United States District Judge United States District Court Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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