Dropbox Beats One Patent, Will Face Jury on Last File-Icon Claim

Dropbox Inc. won dismissal of one patent in a file-sharing lawsuit but must face trial on another after a federal judge split rulings in a fight over technology that makes cloud-based and locally stored files appear identical.

Judge P. Casey Pitts granted Dropbox’s request for judgment on all allegations tied to Entangled Media LLC’s US Patent No. 8,484,260, but he left intact infringement claims over US Patent No. 8,296,338. Pitts’ order, issued Wednesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, narrows the case but leaves to a jury to decide whether Dropbox’s system ...