By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Richard G. Andrews in Tuxis Technologies, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc., Civil Action No. 13-1771-RGA (D.Del., March 25, 2015), the Court granted Defendant Amazon's Motion to Dismiss the patent infringement action for failure to state a claim after finding all claims of the patent-in-suit, U.S. Patent Number 6,055,513 ("the '513 patent"), invalid because they are drawn to a patent-ineligible subject matter. Applying the two-step framework outlined in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, 134 S.Ct. 2347 (2014), the Court found that (1) the claims of the ‘513 patent are directed to the abstract idea of "upselling," which is a longstanding commercial practice; and (2) while limitations narrow the scope of the claims, the patent does not contain an "inventive concept." Id. at 4-9.
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