PHOENIX LICENSING, L.L.C. v. CENTURYLINK, INC., 2:14-cv-965-JRG-RSP. (2015)
Court: District Court, E.D. Texas
Number: infdco20151005667
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Filed: Sep. 30, 2015
Latest Update: Sep. 30, 2015
Summary: ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS RODNEY GILSTRAP , District Judge . Before the Court is Defendants' Objections to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation Denying Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Asserted Patents Under 35 U.S.C. 101 ("Defendants' Objections"). Dkt. No. 188. In the Report and Recommendation, the Magistrate Judge correctly held that a determination of patent validity under 101 "requires a legal analys
Summary: ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS RODNEY GILSTRAP , District Judge . Before the Court is Defendants' Objections to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation Denying Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Asserted Patents Under 35 U.S.C. 101 ("Defendants' Objections"). Dkt. No. 188. In the Report and Recommendation, the Magistrate Judge correctly held that a determination of patent validity under 101 "requires a legal analysi..
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ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS
RODNEY GILSTRAP, District Judge.
Before the Court is Defendants' Objections to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation Denying Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Asserted Patents Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 ("Defendants' Objections"). Dkt. No. 188.
In the Report and Recommendation, the Magistrate Judge correctly held that a determination of patent validity under § 101 "requires a legal analysis that can—and often does—`contain underlying factual issues.'" Dkt. No. 184 at 3 (citing Accenture Global Servs., GmbH v. Guidewire Software, Inc., 728 F.3d 1336, 1340-41 (Fed. Cir. 2013)). Accordingly, the Magistrate Judge correctly held that the nature of the Asserted Patents and the parties' unresolved claim construction disputes would render an analysis under Mayo premature and improper at the pleading stage. Id. at 3-5 (citing Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., 132 S.Ct. 1289, 1293-94 (2012)).
For the foregoing reasons, the Court agrees with the conclusions of the Report and Recommendation, and the Court finds the Magistrate Judge's rulings neither "clearly erroneous [n]or contrary to law." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A); FED.R.CIV.P. 72(a). Accordingly, Defendants' Objections are OVERRULED and the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation Denying-in-Part Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. No. 184) is hereby ADOPTED.
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