Litigation summary

Known litigation involving US patent 11484797 includes:

1. District Court Litigation

• Plaintiff(s): ImagineAR, Inc. and Imagine AR, Inc. (collectively, IAR)
• Defendant(s): Niantic, Inc.
• Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the District of Delaware
• Case Number: 1:24-cv-01252-JDW
• Filing Date: November 13, 2024
• Outcome/Current Status:
  • IAR filed suit claiming Niantic infringes one or more claims of US patent 11484797, among others, by making, using, selling, offering for sale, and/or importing video games including Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom, Peridot, Skatrix, Monster Hunter Now, and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. IAR asserts claims for direct, indirect, and willful infringement.
  • On September 8, 2025, the court granted Niantic's Motion To Dismiss, dismissing IAR's claims for pre-suit indirect and willful infringement of the Patents-In-Suit. As part of that motion, the court also determined that three other IAR patents (not including 11484797) were invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
  • The court found that the asserted claims relating to video game functions such as making changes to the game based on the user's geographic location were directed to patent-ineligible abstract ideas and used only functional, results-oriented language without describing how the claimed functions could be achieved.
  • On April 7, 2026, a memorandum in the case further discussed patent eligibility, with the court noting that all patents at issue (including US 11484797) are directed to using a player's location to tailor content in the virtual world of a game. The court stated that claim 1 of US 10,946,284 is abstract and that IAR's attempts to avoid the same outcome for the remaining Patents-In-Suit (which includes US 11484797) are unavailing. The "local element script" limitation in Claim 1 was not considered sufficient to transform an otherwise abstract idea into a patent-eligible concept.

2. PTAB Case (Inter Partes Review)

• Petitioner: Unified Patents [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Patent Owner: ImagineAR Inc. [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Case Number: IPR2025-01275 [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Filing Date: Not explicitly stated in the provided text, but the case was filed in 2025. [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Outcome/Current Status: Not Instituted - Merits. [cite: Original Patent Text]

3. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) Litigation

• Jurisdiction: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Case Number: 26-1720 [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Filing Date: Not explicitly stated in the provided text. [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Outcome/Current Status: No specific outcome or detailed status is provided in the patent text or search results other than its existence. The Federal Circuit hears appeals from district courts and the PTAB in patent cases. Given the District Court case in Delaware and the PTAB case, this CAFC case likely represents an appeal related to one of those proceedings.Known litigation involving US patent 11484797 includes:

1. District Court Litigation

• Plaintiff(s): ImagineAR, Inc. and Imagine AR, Inc. (collectively, IAR)
• Defendant(s): Niantic, Inc.
• Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the District of Delaware
• Case Number: 1:24-cv-01252-JDW
• Filing Date: November 13, 2024
• Outcome/Current Status:
  • IAR initiated the lawsuit alleging that Niantic, Inc. infringes one or more claims of US patent 11484797, along with other patents. The alleged infringement pertains to video games like Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom, Peridot, Skatrix, Monster Hunter Now, and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, with claims for direct, indirect (induced and contributory), and willful infringement.
  • On September 8, 2025, the court granted Niantic's Motion To Dismiss, resulting in the dismissal of IAR's claims for pre-suit indirect and willful infringement concerning the Patents-In-Suit. During this motion, three other IAR patents (not including 11484797) were determined to be invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
  • The court found that claims related to video game functions, such as altering game content based on a user's geographic location, were directed to patent-ineligible abstract ideas. These claims were deemed to use functional, results-oriented language without adequately describing how the claimed functions could be achieved.
  • A memorandum issued on April 7, 2026, reinforced these findings, stating that all patents at issue (including US 11484797) focus on using a player's location to customize content within a virtual game environment. The court concluded that Claim 1 of US 10,946,284 was abstract, and IAR's arguments to exempt other related patents, including US 11484797, were unsuccessful. The "local element script" limitation was not found to transform the abstract idea into a patent-eligible concept.

2. PTAB Case (Inter Partes Review)

• Petitioner: Unified Patents [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Patent Owner: ImagineAR Inc. [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Case Number: IPR2025-01275 [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Filing Date: The case was filed in 2025. [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Outcome/Current Status: Not Instituted - Merits. [cite: Original Patent Text]

3. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) Litigation

• Jurisdiction: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Case Number: 26-1720 [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Filing Date: Not explicitly provided in the patent text or search results. [cite: Original Patent Text]
• Outcome/Current Status: The specific outcome or detailed current status of this case is not provided in the available information, beyond its listing as ongoing litigation. [cite: Original Patent Text] The Federal Circuit typically hears appeals from U.S. District Courts and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in patent-related matters.