17 Cited authorities

Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 260,142 times 281 Legal Analyses
Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 273,590 times 368 Legal Analyses
Holding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing
Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International
573 U.S. 208 (2014) Cited 1,398 times 513 Legal Analyses
Holding ineligible patent claims directed to the concept of "intermediated settlement," i.e., the use of a third party to mitigate the risk that only one party to an agreed-upon financial exchange will satisfy its obligation
Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc.
566 U.S. 66 (2012) Cited 794 times 150 Legal Analyses
Holding that "the basic underlying concern that these patents tie up too much future use of laws of nature" reinforced the holding of ineligibility
Bilski v. Kappos
561 U.S. 593 (2010) Cited 814 times 159 Legal Analyses
Holding claims directed to hedging risk ineligible
Fernandez-Montes v. Allied Pilots Ass'n
987 F.2d 278 (5th Cir. 1993) Cited 1,396 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that "conclusory allegations or legal conclusions masquerading as factual conclusions will not suffice to prevent a motion to dismiss."
Content Extraction & Transmission LLC v. Wells Fargo Bank
776 F.3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2014) Cited 608 times 21 Legal Analyses
Holding claims directed to the "abstract idea of 1
Electric Power Group, LLC v. Alstom S.A.
830 F.3d 1350 (Fed. Cir. 2016) Cited 532 times 39 Legal Analyses
Holding that claims directed to "a process of gathering and analyzing information of a specified content, then displaying the results, and not any particular assertedly inventive technology for performing those functions" are directed to an abstract idea
Ultramercial, Inc. v. Hulu, LLC
772 F.3d 709 (Fed. Cir. 2014) Cited 494 times 47 Legal Analyses
Holding that displaying an advertisement in exchange for access to copyrighted material is an abstract idea
OIP Technologies, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc.
788 F.3d 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2015) Cited 269 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that a Section 101 inquiry is a question of law
Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing
Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 Cited 354,229 times 943 Legal Analyses
Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 22,753 times 16 Legal Analyses
Allowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system
Section 101 - Inventions patentable
35 U.S.C. § 101 Cited 3,465 times 2245 Legal Analyses
Defining patentable subject matter as "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof."

T-Rex Property AB v. Table Top Media, LLC

17 Cited authorities

Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint

Holding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing

Holding ineligible patent claims directed to the concept of "intermediated settlement," i.e., the use of a third party to mitigate the risk that only one party to an agreed-upon financial exchange will satisfy its obligation

Holding that "the basic underlying concern that these patents tie up too much future use of laws of nature" reinforced the holding of ineligibility

Holding claims directed to hedging risk ineligible

Holding that "conclusory allegations or legal conclusions masquerading as factual conclusions will not suffice to prevent a motion to dismiss."

Holding claims directed to the "abstract idea of 1

Holding that claims directed to "a process of gathering and analyzing information of a specified content, then displaying the results, and not any particular assertedly inventive technology for performing those functions" are directed to an abstract idea

Holding that displaying an advertisement in exchange for access to copyrighted material is an abstract idea

Holding that a Section 101 inquiry is a question of law

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Allowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system

Defining patentable subject matter as "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof."