Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft v. Sirius XM Radio Inc., No. 18-2400 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 17, 2019)

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Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur F örderung der an- gewandten Forschung E.V. (“Fraunhofer”) sued Sirius XM Radio Inc. (“SXM”) alleging infringement of claims of four of Fraunhofer’s patents. The district court granted SXM’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim on the ground that it had a valid license to the patents -in-suit. We con- clude that this license defense cannot be resolved on a mo- tion to dismiss . We vacate the judgment, and remand to the district court for further proceedings.