Judge Stark Denies Plaintiffs’ Motion For Reconsideration And Grants Defendants’ Motion For Summary Judgment In Part Finding Certain Claims Patent-Ineligible

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By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. T-Mobile USA, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 13-1632-LPS (D.Del. August 23, 2017) (consolidated), the Court denied Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration of a prior Order of the Court and granted in part and denied in part Defendants’ motion for summary judgment.

Specifically, the Court denied Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration of the Court’s December 30, 2016 Memorandum Opinion which granted Defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings that certain claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,115,737 (“the ‘737 patent”), 8,078,200 (“the ‘200 patent”), and 7,450,957 (“the ‘957 patent”) are patent-ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. In denying Plaintiffs’ motion for reconsideration, the Court found that Plaintiffs failed to demonstrate an intervening change in controlling law, the availability of new evidence, or the need for the Court to correct a clear error of law or fact that warranted reconsideration. Id. at *1-14.

With respect to Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, the Court denied Defendants’ motion for summary judgment that claims 1, 7, and 8 of the ‘0032 patent are patent-ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 after finding that those claims are not directed to an abstract idea and, thus, are patent eligible. Id. at *15-19. The Court granted Defendants’ motion for summary judgment that claims 17, 20 and 24 of the ‘490 patent and claim 17 of the ‘306 patent are patent-ineligible under § 101 after finding that those claims are not directed to patent-eligible subject matter. Id. at *19-27. The Court also granted Defendants’ motion for summary judgment that claims 1, 5 and 9 of the ‘352 patent are patent-ineligible under § 101 after concluding that those claims are not directed to patent-eligible subject matter. Id. at *27-33.

A copy of the Memorandum Opinion is attached.

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