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SMARTFLASH LLC v. APPLE INC., 6:13cv447-JRG-KNM (2015)

Court: District Court, E.D. Texas Number: infdco20150217e99 Visitors: 21
Filed: Feb. 13, 2015
Latest Update: Feb. 13, 2015
Summary: JURY TRIAL DEMANDED. RODNEY GILSTRAP, District Judge. ORDER Before the Court are Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment Regarding Invalidity Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 101 (6:13CV447, Doc. Nos. 266; 6:13CV448, Doc. No. 320) and the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (6:13CV447, Doc. No. 423; 6:13CV448; Doc. No. 454) recommending that the Motions be denied. Having considered Defendants' Objections to the Report and Recommendation Regarding Apple's and Defendants' Motions for Summary
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JURY TRIAL DEMANDED.

RODNEY GILSTRAP, District Judge.

ORDER

Before the Court are Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment Regarding Invalidity Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 101 (6:13CV447, Doc. Nos. 266; 6:13CV448, Doc. No. 320) and the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (6:13CV447, Doc. No. 423; 6:13CV448; Doc. No. 454) recommending that the Motions be denied. Having considered Defendants' Objections to the Report and Recommendation Regarding Apple's and Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment Regarding Invalidity Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 101 (6:13CV447, Doc. No. 457; 6:13CV448, Doc. No. 477), and having conducted a de novo determination of those portions of the Report and Recommendation as to which objection was made, the Court finds no error therein.

Defendants assert that the Court's claim construction that not all asserted claims require "logically separate" memories for certain types of data directly contradicts the Court's reliance on the patents' recitations of distinct memory types. However, in ruling on the instant motion, the Court recognized that the patents recite several different memory types throughout the claims—as opposed to simply generic computer memory. This is one element among the combination of limitations that provides an inventive concept. Recognizing that the claims do more than recite generic computer memory does not contradict a finding that some claims require "logically separate" storage of certain data types.

The Court hereby adopts the findings and recommendations of the Magistrate Judge. Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment Regarding Invalidity Pursuant to § 101 (6:13CV447, Doc. Nos. 266; 6:13CV448, Doc. No. 320) are DENIED.

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