Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Fed. Cir.

Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Erie Indemnity Company, No. 16-1128 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 7, 2017)

Affirmed in Part
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 16-1128
Also Docketed
No. 16-1132 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
March 7, 2017
Judge
Prost, C.J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
27 pages

From the Opinion

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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 Western District of Pennsylvania finding all claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,510,434 (“’434 patent”), U.S. Patent No. 6,519,581 (“’581 patent”), and U.S. Patent No. 6,546,002 (“’002 patent”) ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101, and dismissing IV’s infringement claims of the ’581 patent for lack of stan d- ing. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm -in-part, vacate-in-part, and remand-in-part.