Grecia v. McDonald's Corporation, No. 17-1672 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 6, 2018)

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William Grecia appeals from the dismissal of his co m- plaint for failure to state a claim for relief by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Grecia alleged that McDonald’s Corporation through its use of various credit card companies’ authorization ne t- works directly infringed two of hi s patents that claim systems for managing access to d igital data. Because we hold that Grecia’s complaint fails to plausibly allege that McDonald’s obtained a benefit from each and every claim element, we affirm.