Legal Opinion

Align Tech., Inc. v. 3shape

District Court, D. Delaware

Decided September 7, 2018No. C.A. No. 17-1646-LPS-CJB; C.A. No. 17-1647-LPS-CJBPublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STARK, U.S. District Judge

Plaintiff Align Technology, Inc. ("Align") filed four separate suits against Defendants 3Shape A/S and 3Shape Inc. (together, "3Shape" or "Defendants") on November 14, 2017. On February 2, 2018, 3Shape moved to dismiss the complaints in Civil Action Nos. 17-1646-LPS-CJB and 17-1647-LPS-CJB (the "Complaints") for failure to state a claim, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), based on its contention that Align failed to plausibly allege direct, indirect, and willful infringement of all asserted patents and that certain of the asserted patents are not…

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