![]() ![]() Instead, on March 16, 2018, the district court issued orders granting ooVoo’s and IAC’s motions for judgment on the pleadings, holding the MyMail patents invalid under § 101. Nor did the court address the parties’ dispute. But the district court in this case did not construe “toolbar” or any other terms of the MyMail patent claims. ooVoo and IAC opposed the adoption of that construction. OOVOO, LLC 3 construction of “toolbar” as part of its § 101 analysis. MyMail encouraged the court to adopt the Eastern District of Texas’s MYMAIL, LTD. MyMail opposed both motions, arguing that the claimed inventions are patent eligible, as evidenced in part by a construction of the term “toolbar” rendered by the Eastern District of Texas in an earlier proceeding involving the ’070 patent. On October 31, 2017, ooVoo and IAC each filed identical motions for judgment on the pleadings, asserting that the MyMail patents are directed to patent-ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. On July 12, 2017, both cases were transferred. ![]() ![]() 1514 (2017), all parties agreed to transfer the lawsuits to the Northern District of California. After the Supreme Court’s opinion in TC Heartland LLC v. ooVoo and IAC each moved to dismiss their respective actions for improper venue. (“IAC”), also in the Eastern District of Texas. About a month later, MyMail asserted its patents against IAC Search & Media, Inc. On November 18, 2016, MyMail filed suit against ooVoo, LLC (“ooVoo”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for infringement of the MyMail patents. Because we determine that the district court erred by declining to resolve the parties’ claim construction dispute before adjudging patent eligibility, we vacate and remand. appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granting ooVoo, LLC’s and IAC Search & Media, Inc.’s motions for judgment on the pleadings. Opinion dissenting filed by Circuit Judge LOURIE. OOVOO, LLC 2 Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge REYNA. _ Before LOURIE, O’MALLEY, and REYNA, Circuit Judges. CY WALKER KEVIN PATRICK FLYNN, Cincinnati, OH JARED A. ROBERT LOUIS HAILS, JR., Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington, DC, argued for defendants-appellees. Also represented by BLAKE WILLIAM BUETHER. _ Decided: Aug_ ERIC WILLIAM BUETHER, Buether Joe & Carpenter LLC, Dallas, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellant. OOVOO, LLC, IAC SEARCH & MEDIA, INC., Defendants-Appellees _ 2018-1758, 2018-1759 _ Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in Nos. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit _ MYMAIL, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant v. ![]()
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