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

Fed. Cir.

PersonalWeb Technologies LLC v. Google LLC, No. 20-1543 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 12, 2021)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 20-1543
Also Docketed
No. 20-1553, No. 20-1554 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
August 12, 2021
Judge
Prost, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
16 pages

From the Opinion

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PersonalWeb Technologies appeal s a decision by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granting judgment on the pleadings for a ppel- lees Google LLC, YouTube, LLC, Facebook Inc., EMC Cor- poration, and VMware , Inc . That decision held various claims of U .S. Patent Nos. 7,802,310 (“the ’310 patent”), 6,415,280 (“the ’280 patent”), and 7,949,662 (“the ’662 pa- tent”) ineligible for patenting, and therefore invalid, under 35 U.S.C. § 101.1 PersonalWeb Techs. LLC v. Google LLC, No.