Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Symantec Corp., No. 15-1769 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 30, 2016)

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Intellectual Ventures I LLC (“IV”) sued Symantec Corp. and Trend Micro1 (together, “appellees” or “defend- ants”) for infringement of various claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,460,050 ( “the ’050 patent”), 6 ,073,142 ( “the ’142 patent”), and 5,987,610 ( “the ’610 patent”). The district court held the asserted claims of the ’050 patent and the ’142 patent to be ineligible under § 101, and the asserted claim of the ’610 patent to be eligible. We affirm as to the 1 We refer to Trend Micro Incorporated and Trend Micro, Inc.