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Mankes v. Vivid Seats Ltd., No. 15-1500 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 22, 2016)

Affirmed in Part
Infringement Induced Infringement Attorneys' Fees Motion to Dismiss
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 15-1500
Also Docketed
No. 15-1501, No. 15-1909 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
April 22, 2016
Judge
Taranto, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
18 pages

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Robert Mankes owns U.S. Patent No. 6,477,503, which describes and claims methods for managing a reservation system that divides inventory between a local server and a remote Internet server. In October 2013, Mr. Mankes sued Vivid Seats Ltd. and Fandango, LLC in the Eastern District of North Carolina, alleging that their MANKES v. VIVID SEATS LTD. 3 operation of I nternet-based reservation systems, in co n- junction with the operation of local reservation systems by movie theaters and other entertainment venues, infringes the ’503 patent.

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