17 Cited authorities

Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 257,305 times 280 Legal Analyses
Holding for a complaint to survive Rule 12(b), it must "state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face"
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 270,937 times 367 Legal Analyses
Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "
Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International
573 U.S. 208 (2014) Cited 1,387 times 510 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 787 times 147 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 810 times 158 Legal Analyses
Holding claims directed to hedging risk ineligible
Fernandez-Montes v. Allied Pilots Ass'n
987 F.2d 278 (5th Cir. 1993) Cited 1,381 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 605 times 20 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 525 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 493 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 267 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 351,086 times 937 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 22,480 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 3,439 times 2225 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 for a complaint to survive Rule 12(b), it must "state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face"

Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "

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."