Cooperative Entertainment, Inc. v. Kollective Technology, Inc., No. 21-2167 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 28, 2022)

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Cooperative Entertainment, Inc. (Cooperative) appeals the United States District Court for the Northern District of California’s dismissal of its amended complaint under Rule 12(b)(6) , which held all claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,432,452 ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. We reverse the district court’s dismissal and remand for further pro- ceedings. BACKGROUND The ’452 patent relates to systems and methods of structuring a peer-to-peer (P2P) dynamic network for dis- tributing large files, namely videos and video games. ’452 patent at 4:28 –40.