Bridge And Post, Inc. v. Verizon Communications, Inc., No. 18-1697 (Fed. Cir. July 5, 2019)

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Bridge and Post, Inc. appeals the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which dismissed Bridge and Post’s complaint s under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). The district court held that the claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,657,594, 8,862,747, and 9,659,314 were ineligible for patenting under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Bridge & Post, Inc. v. Verizon Commc’ns, Inc. , 319 F. Supp. 3d 818, 821 (E.D. Va. 2018). For the reasons dis- cussed below, we affirm.