No. 18-1448

Glasswall Solutions Limited, et al. v. Clearswift Ltd.

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 35-usc-101 berkheimer berkheimer-standard conclusory-legal-assertions federal-circuit patent-eligibility patent-eligibility-35-usc-101 patent-infringement patent-specification pleading presumption-of-validity rule-12(b)(6) rule-12b6 twombly
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Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the claimed invention improves computer function by eliminating a then-conventional method

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW This Petition presents the following questions: 1. Where a _ threshold patent-eligibility determination under 35 U.S.C. § 101 is presented in a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, under what circumstances can assertions of fact pleaded by a patent owner, and statements of fact recited in a patent specification, be deemed “conclusory legal assertions” a court is “not bound to accept as true,” pursuant to Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007)? 2. Where a patent infringement complaint asserts as fact that the invention claimed improves computer function by eliminating a_ then-conventional method, does the Federal Circuit’s determination that the improvement is also conventional present a question of fact that underlies the legal question of patent-eligibility, pursuant to Berkheimer v. H-P Inc., 881 F.3d 1360, 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2018), petition for cert. filed 2018 U.S. 8. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 3613 (U.S. Sept. 28, 2018) (No. 18-415)?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-04
Motion to dismiss by petitioner Glasswall Solutions Limited, et al. received.
2019-07-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-28
Reply of petitioners Glasswall Solutions Limited, et al. filed.
2019-06-19
Brief of respondent Clearswift, Ltd. in opposition filed.
2019-05-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 19, 2019)
2019-03-07
Application (18A907) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until May 19, 2019.
2019-03-06
Application (18A907) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 20, 2019 to May 19, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Clearswift, Ltd.
Ramsey M. Al-SalamPerkins Coie, LLP, Respondent
Ramsey M. Al-SalamPerkins Coie, LLP, Respondent
Glasswall Solutions Limited, et al.
Robert James CarlsonLee & Hayes, P.C., Petitioner
Robert James CarlsonLee & Hayes, P.C., Petitioner