Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Erie Indemnity Company, No. 17-1147 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 3, 2017)

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Appellants Intellectual Ventures I LLC and Intelle c- tual Ventures II LLC (together, “IV”) sued Appellees Erie Indemnity Company et al. (collectively, “Erie”) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsy lvania (“District Court”), alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,757,298 (“the ’298 patent”). Erie responded by filing a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), asserting that all claims of the ’ 298 patent are patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 (2012).