Patent US8069073B2
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Litigation summary
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Known litigation involving US patent US8069073B2 is limited to a single, notable case. Below are the details of this legal action.
Lumen View Technology LLC v. Findthebest.com, Inc.
- Plaintiff: Lumen View Technology LLC
- Defendant: Findthebest.com, Inc.
- Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Case Number: 1:13-cv-03599 (sometimes cited as 13 CIV. 3599 (DLC))
- Filing Date: May 2013
Outcome and Current Status:
The lawsuit, filed by Lumen View Technology LLC, alleged that Findthebest.com, Inc.'s comparison website infringed on US patent 8,069,073, which relates to a "system and method for facilitating bilateral and multilateral decision-making."
In a significant ruling, the court invalidated the patent. Judge Denise Cote found that the patent covered an abstract idea, specifically the computerization of a fundamental matchmaking process, and therefore was not eligible for a patent.
The court deemed the case "exceptional," concluding that Lumen View's lawsuit was baseless and part of a "predatory strategy" to extract nuisance settlements. Consequently, the court awarded attorney's fees to the defendant, Findthebest.com, Inc. Initially, the District Court doubled the fee award as a deterrent.
Lumen View Technology LLC appealed the decision. However, following the Supreme Court's ruling in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, which provided more clarity on patent eligibility for software, Lumen View voluntarily dropped its appeal. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the "exceptional case" finding and the award of reasonable attorney's fees but vacated the doubling of the award, stating that deterrence is not the primary purpose of that specific statute. The patent is now officially considered invalid.
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