Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Capital One Financial Corp., No. 16-1077 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 7, 2017)

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Intellectual Ventures I LLC and Intellectual Ventures II LLC (collectively, “IV”) appeal from a final decision of the United States District Court for the District of Mary- land finding all claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,984,081 (“’081 patent”) and U.S. Patent No. 6,546,002 (“’002 patent”) ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and barring IV from pursuing its infringement claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,715,084 (“’084 patent”) under a collateral estoppel (issue preclusion) theory.1 For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.