Tridim Innovations LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Donato, J.
ORDER RE DISMISSAL
Re: Dkt. No.
TriDim Innovations LLC (“TriDim”) filed this patent infringement suit against Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”) in December 2015. Dkt. No. 1. The case involves two patents owned by TriDim: (1) U.S. Patent No. 5,838,326, entitled “System for Moving Document Objects in a 3-D Workspace” (“’326 patent”); and (2) U.S. Patent No. 5,847,709, entitled “3-D Document Workspace with Focus, Immediate and Tertiary Spaces” (“’709 patent”). Dkt. No. 1 ¶¶ 6-12. TriDim alleges that the “carousel” feature in Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Fire Phone infringes the two patents. Amazon moves to dismiss TriDim’s claims for invalidity under 35 U.S.C. § 101 . Dkt. No. 27. The *1076 Court held oral argument and now dismisses the complaint with prejudice.
BACKGROUND
Inventors from the Xerox Corporation filed the ’326 and ’709 patents in separate applications on September 26, 1996. Dkt. Nos. 1-1, 1-2. The patents issued on November 17, 1998 and December 8, 1998, respectively, and are both set to expire on September 26, 2016. Id. TriDim obtained assignment of the patents. Dkt. No. 1 ¶¶ 6, 10. At the hearing on this motion, the parties advised the Court that the only claims at issue…