Hawk Technology Systems, LLC v. Castle Retail, LLC, No. 22-1222 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 17, 2023)

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HAWK TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, LLC v. CASTLE RETAIL, LLC 2 Appellant Hawk Technology Systems, LLC sued Appel- lee Castle Retail, LLC in the Western District of Tennessee for patent infringement based on Castle Retail’s use of se- curity surveillance video operations in its grocery stores . Castle Retail moved to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. I t argued that the asserted patent claims were directed to ineligible subject matter and therefore invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101.