Voip-Pal.com Inc. v. Apple Inc.
Published: Apr. 26, 2019 | Result Date: Mar. 25, 2019 |Case number: 18-cv-06217-LHK Bench Decision – Dismissal
Judge
Court
USDC Northern District of California
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Kevin N. Malek
(Malek Moss PLLC)
Kurt R. Bonds
(Alverson, Taylor, Mortensen & Sanders)
Adam R. Knecht
(Alverson, Taylor, Mortensen & Sanders)
David J. Kaminski
(Carlson & Messer LLP)
J. Grace Felipe
(Carlson & Messer LLP)
Defendant
John M. Desmarais
(Desmarais LLP)
for Apple
Ameet A. Modi
(Desmarais LLP)
for Apple
Peter C. Magic
(Desmarais LLP)
for Apple
Facts
Voip-Pal.com Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple Inc., AT&T Corp., Twitter Inc., and Verizon Wireless Services LLC, in relation to plaintiff's patents describing a computerized method of diverting telephone calls through various networks according to information concerning the callers.
Contentions
PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS: Plaintiff claimed its patents, 8,542,815 and 9,179,005, were infringed upon by defendants' phone call and text messaging products and services.
DEFENDANTS' CONTENTIONS: Defendants denied the allegations and moved to dismiss, arguing plaintiff's patents were invalid pursuant to Alice v. CLS Bank, which held abstract ideas realized using a computer were not patentable.
Result
The court granted defendants' motion to dismiss, finding plaintiff's cited patents invalid. Specifically, the court found the relevant patents were too generalized and abstract under the standard set forth in Alice because they covered subject matter that could be performed by humans.
Other Information
Related Cases: Voip-Pal.com Inc. v. AT&T Corp., Case Number: 18-cv-06177-LHK; Voip-Pal.Com Inc. v. Twitter Inc., Case Number: 18-cv-04523-LHK; Voip-Pal.Com Inc. v. Verizon Wireless Services LLC, et al., Case Number: 18-cv-06054-LHK
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