Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Fed. Cir.

NetSoc, LLC v. Match Group, LLC, No. 20-1195 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 31, 2020)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 20-1195
Also Docketed
No. 20-1430 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
December 31, 2020
Judge
Stoll, J.
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
12 pages

From the Opinion

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NetSoc, LLC appeals the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas’s dismissal of certain pa- tent infringement allegations against Match Group, LLC, PlentyofFish Media ULC, and Humor Rainbow, Inc. (col- lectively, “Match”), and the United States District Court for the Northern District of California’s dismissal of certain patent infringement allegations against Quora, Inc. The Texas district court held the asserted claims of NetSoc’s U.S. Patent No. 9,978,107 ineligible under 35 U.S.C.