10Tales, Inc. v. TikTok, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 10TALES, INC., Case No. 21-cv-03868-VKD
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
v. MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE
PLEADINGS
TIKTOK INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 206 Defendants.
13 Plaintiff 10Tales, Inc. (“10Tales”) sues defendants TikTok, Inc., TikTok Pte. Ltd., ByteDance Ltd., and ByteDance, Inc. (collectively “TikTok”), alleging infringement of claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 8,856,030 (“the ’030 patent”), titled “Method, System and Software for Associating Attributes within Digital Media Presentations.” TikTok now moves pursuant to Rule 12(c) for judgment on the pleadings, arguing that the ’030 patent is invalid because it claims ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. 10Tales opposes the motion. Upon consideration of the moving and responding papers, as well as the oral arguments presented, the Court grants TikTok’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, without leave to amend. I. …