X Corp. ‘Forum-Shopping’ May Unleash Copycat Cases, Adeia Argues

Adeia Inc. accused Elon Musk’s X Corp. of trying to be “first in line for an event that may never occur” with its federal lawsuit seeking a declaration that the social media platform doesn’t infringe four streaming-media patents Adeia hasn’t charged it with violating.

X’s 2023 declaratory judgment suit against a former technology partner is “gamesmanship” designed to “stake a claim on the Northern District of California as its preferred forum for hypothetical patent litigation that has never been threatened and may never be filed,” Adeia said in a March 5 reply supporting its motion to dismiss filed in California ...