Electronic Communication v. ShoppersChoice.com, LLC, No. 19-1587 (Fed. Cir. May 14, 2020)

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Electronic Communication Technologies, LLC (“ECT”) sued ShoppersChoice.com, LLC (“ShoppersChoice”), alleg- ing that ShoppersChoice infringed claim 11 of U.S. Patent No. 9,373,261 (“the ’261 patent”). The district court granted ShoppersChoice’s motion for judgment on the pleadings that claim 11 was invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101. ECT appeals. We have jurisdiction over this appeal un- der 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(1). For the reasons stated below, we affirm.