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The accused products are location-based games that use player gestures and real-world locations to alter gameplay. These games also feature a system for trading virtual goods whose value is determined by user ratings.
ImagineAR, Inc. and Imagine AR, Inc. sued Niantic, Inc. for direct, indirect, and willful infringement of US patents 11484797 and 10946284 related to video games like Pokémon GO. The court dismissed pre-suit indirect and willful infringement claims and determined that the asserted patents were directed to patent-ineligible abstract ideas.
Niantic, Inc. filed an Inter Partes Review (IPR) against Imagine AR Inc. and 2343127 Ontario Inc. challenging the validity of US patent 10946284 at the PTAB. The IPR was not instituted on the merits.
This is an active district court litigation in the Delaware District Court, identified by case number 1:24-cv-01252, involving US patent 10946284.