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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAP AMERICA, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

LAKSHMI ARUNACHALAM,

Defendant.

Case No. 13-cv-1248-PJH 

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO LIFT 

STAY

Before the court is the motion of defendant Dr. Lakshmi Arunachalam for an order 

lifting the stay imposed in this case on October 15, 2013. At that time, the parties 

stipulated to stay the case “until the PTAB has reached a final decision on the PTAB 

reviews, including any appeals . . . .” While the PTAB reviews were on-going, the District 

of Delaware issued an order on May 14, 2014, construing claims in the ‘492, ‘500, and 

‘158 patents, and granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment of invalidity and 

non-infringement. See Pi-Net Int’l, Inc. v. JPMorgan Chase & Co., 42 F.Supp. 2d 579 (D. 

Del. 2014). The court entered judgment and plaintiff filed a notice of appeal. 

On September 18, 2014, and March 6, 2015, the PTAB issued written decisions 

finding all challenged claims in the ‘492, ‘500, and ‘158 patents to be unpatentable. Dr. 

Arunachalam filed appeals of the PTAB decisions and all underlying orders, which were 

consolidated by the Federal Circuit. On July 21, 2015, the Federal Circuit granted SAP’s 

request to stay the appeals from the IPRs and CBM reviews pending the disposition of 

any petition for certiorari that might be filed in the JPMorgan case. The U.S. Supreme 

Court denied Dr. Arunachalam’s petition for writ of certiorari on January 11, 2016, and 

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denied her petition for rehearing on March 7, 2016. 

However, to date, the Federal Circuit has issued no further order in the JPMorgan

case, and the stays in the appeals of the PTAB decisions have not been lifted. 

Accordingly, the conditions under which the stay in this case was imposed remain in 

place, and the motion for an order lifting the stay is DENIED. Because the case remains 

stayed, defendant and counterclaimant’s motion for leave to file an amended 

counterclaim is DENIED as moot.

The date for the hearing on the motion, previously set for April 27, 2016, is 

VACATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 22, 2016

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PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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