LaVoult.com, LLC v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LAVOULT.COM, LLC, Case No. 24-cv-06724-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: MOTION TO DISMISS
v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 21 META PLATFORMS, INC., et al., Defendants.
12 LaVoult.com, LLC filed this action for patent infringement against Meta Platforms, Inc. f/k/a/Facebook Inc., Instagram LLC, and WhatsApp, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”). Now pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint. Having carefully considered the parties’ submissions, and with the benefit of oral argument on April 3, 2025, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ motion to dismiss with prejudice. As a matter of law, the ‘594 patent is ineligible for patent protection under 35 U.S.C. § 101. BACKGROUND Patent No. 8,751,594 (“594 patent”) was issued in June 2014. (Dkt. No. 1 ¶ 31.)1 “LaVoult is the legal owner by assignment of the ‘594 patent.” (Id. ¶ 8.) As alleged in the complaint, the ‘594 patent “describes a groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind ‘disappearing’…