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Robinson, J. Defendants’ motions for summary judgment of invalidity are granted and plaintiffs’ cross-motions of validity are denied. Defendants’ motions to strike the expert declaration are denied as moot.
The court finds that the asserted claims operate in an asynchronous message-based communications environment and fix problems only existing in those environments. Under the Alice framework, the court finds that despite narrowing the idea to a particular technological environment is insufficient under § 101. The court rules that despite an expert’s declaration plaintiff has not raised triable issue of fact sufficient to withstand summary judgment. A method of accomplishing routine functions requires more than just an “apply it” directive even in a specific technical environment. The motion to strike the declaration of plaintiff’s expert Mr. Shutz is denied as moot.
