GoTV Streaming, LLC v. Netflix, Inc., No. 24-1669 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 9, 2026)

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GoTV asserted U.S. Patent Nos. 8,478,245, 8,989,715, and 8,103,865 against Netflix in the Central District of California; a jury found infringement of only the '715 patent and awarded $2.5 million. On appeal, the Federal Circuit reversed the district court's judgment that the '865 patent claims were invalid for indefiniteness, but held that the asserted claims of all three patents are invalid as ineligible under § 101 — entitling Netflix to judgment in its favor ending the case. The court also vacated the summary judgment of no induced infringement and the denial of GoTV's motion for a new trial on damages, noting substantial questions about the district court's damages-evidence rulings, though those issues were mooted by the ineligibility holding.