U.S. District Judge, Northern District of California

P. Casey Pitts

U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal.

Judge P. Casey Pitts presides over Entangled Media, LLC v. Dropbox, Inc. (5:23-cv-03264) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. In an order issued August 13, 2025, per Bloomberg Law, he '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.' In August 2026, per Law360, he ruled that 'Entangled Media could not prove that Dropbox infringed a patent covering cloud-based data storage under an alternative theory, calling off a Sept. 8 trial date since Entangled had already received a ruling against it on literal infringement.'

Source: Bloomberg Law — 'Dropbox Beats One Patent, Will Face Jury on Last File-Icon Claim'; Law360 — 'Dropbox Escapes Cloud Patent Trial Set For Sept.'; CourtListener — Entangled Media LLC v. Dropbox Inc. docket

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Entangled Media v. Dropbox: district-court rulings favor Dropbox on both patents and a scheduled trial is called off, final status unconfirmed

Entangled Media sued Dropbox over two patents on cloud-based file systems; the patent office declined to review the patents, and by August 2026 the court had ruled against Entangled Media on both patents at the district-court level and called off a scheduled trial, though it remains unknown whether final judgment has been entered or an appeal filed.

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