District Court Dismissed Infringement Claims Regarding Online Video Streaming Because the Patents Recited Patent-Ineligible Abstract Ideas

April 13, 2023District Court, Southern District of New York, Patent Litigation, Prior Art, Patent-Ineligible Abstract Ideas, 35 U.S.C. § 101, Patent Infringement

Judge Cronan in the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) recently granted a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s complaint because the patents-in-suit are directed to patent-ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The patents are directed to online video streaming. The court found the claims unpatentable because they recite abstract ideas of reformatting and recording data and transmitting audiovisual data.

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