Bot M8 LLC v. Sony Corporation Of America
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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10 BOT M8 LLC, 11 Plaintiff, No. C 19-07027 WHA
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13 SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, et ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT al., 14 Defendants. 15
16 17 INTRODUCTION 18 Dueling summary judgment motions contest a patent’s validity under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and 19 its infringement by certain videogame systems. The asserted claim is invalid for reciting an 20 abstract idea, failing to describe a specific technological improvement, and including no further 21 inventive concept. Defendants’ motion is GRANTED IN PART; the remainder is DENIED AS 22 MOOT. 23 STATEMENT 24 Patent owner Bot M8 LLC asserts two patents against Sony Corporation of America, Sony 25 Corporation, and Sony Interactive Entertainment, LLC, U.S. Patent Nos. 7,338,363 and 26 7,497,777. Only claim 1 of the ’363 patent remains relevant here. 27 The ’363 patent purports to disclose an improved gaming machine. Different game 1 designed to satisfy different game motives of various game…