Silver State Intellectual Techs. v. Facebook Inc.

Now before the Court is the motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by Defendant Facebook, Inc. ("Facebook"). Having carefully reviewed the parties' papers, relevant legal authority, and the record in this case, the Court hereby GRANTS Facebook's motion for judgment on the pleadings.

BACKGROUND

Facebook moves for judgment on the pleadings on the basis that Silver State Intellectual Technologies, Inc.'s ("Plaintiff") patent infringement claims must fail as a matter of law because the two asserted patents, United States Patent Nos. '165 and '117, are invalid under 35 U.S.C. section 101 (" Section 101") for lack of patent-eligible subject matter as interpreted by the Alice court. Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int'l , --- U.S. ----, 134 S.Ct. 2347 , 189 L.Ed.2d 296 (2014) (" Alice "). The '165 and '117 patents are designed to improve the sharing of location-based information for people with personal communication devices. To improve the sharing of location-based information, a system receives from the user's mobile device the location of the user. The system stores that location data, along with other information about the user and the user's location, in a user-specific…