Litigation involving US Patent 6073142

6073142

Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Symantec Corporation et al.

Appealed

Docket:: 1:10-cv-01067
Court:: U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Filed:: 2010-12-09

π Intellectual Ventures I LLC Δ Symantec Corporation Δ Trend Micro Inc.

The district court found the asserted claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,073,142 to be ineligible for patenting under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The decision was subsequently appealed.

Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Canon Inc. et al.

Dismissed

Docket:: 1:12-cv-01581
Court:: U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Filed:: 2012-12-04

Patents:6073142

π Intellectual Ventures I LLC Δ Canon Inc.Δ Canon U.S.A., Inc.Δ FedEx Corporation Δ FedEx Corporate Services, Inc.

This was a multi-defendant litigation where claims against most defendants were eventually dismissed, following settlements or as a result of the § 101 invalidity finding in the separate Symantec case.

Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Symantec Corp.

Affirmed

Docket:: 2015-1769, 2015-1770, 2015-1771
Court:: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Terminated:: 2016-09-30

Patents:6073142

π Intellectual Ventures I LLC Δ Symantec Corp.

The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's decision, holding that the asserted claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,073,142 were invalid because they were directed to the abstract idea of filtering email without adding an inventive concept.