Via Vadis, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., No. 19-2269 (Fed. Cir. July 8, 2020)

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Via Vadis, LLC and AC Technologies S.A. (collectively, Via Vadis) appeals a decision of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas finding the claim term “pre- specified parameters” in U.S. Patent No. RE40,521 (’521 patent) indefinite, thereby rendering the asserted claims invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 2. 1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm-in-part and reverse-in-part. 1 Paragraph 2 of 35 U.S.C. § 112 was replaced by § 112(b) when the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), Pub. L. No. 112–29, 125 Stat.