Gradient Enterprises, Inc. v. Skype Technologies S.A.

DECISION AND ORDER

DAVID G. LARIMER, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff, Gradient Enterprises, Inc. (“Gradient”), a New York corporation, commenced this patent infringement action against defendant Skype Technologies S.A. (“Skype S.A.”) and Skype, Inc., which are, respectively, a foreign corporation based in Luxembourg and a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business in California.

Gradient owns U.S. Patent No. 7,669,207 (“the patent” or “'207 patent”), which was issued in 2010 for a “Method for Detecting, Reporting and Responding to Network Node-Level Events and a System…