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Dropbox, Inc. v. Synchronoss Technologies, Inc, No. 19-1765 (Fed. Cir. June 19, 2020)

Affirmed
§ 101 Eligibility Motion to Dismiss
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 19-1765
Also Docketed
No. 19-1767, No. 19-1823 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
June 19, 2020
Judge
Hughes, J.
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
18 pages

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Dropbox, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Orci- nus Holdings, LLC, appeal the district court’s decision holding three of their patents ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. We agree with the district court th at the patents claim abstract ideas, and that the claims provide no in- ventive concept transforming the abstract idea into patent- able subject matter. We therefore affirm the district court’s decision. I In June 2018, Dropbox filed suit against Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., alleging infringement of three patents . Dropbox, Inc. v.

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