By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Richard G. Andrews in Sonos, Inc. v. D&M Holdings Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 14-1330-RGA (D.Del. March 13, 2017), the Court denied Defendants’ Motion for Partial Judgment on the Pleadings for Lack of Patent-Eligible Subject Matter under Section 101 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 101. The patents at issue in the motion were U.S. Patent Nos. 8,588,949 (“the ‘949 patent”), 7,571,014 (“the ‘014 patent”), 9,202,509 (“the ‘509 patent”), and 9,219,959 (“the ‘959 patent”). Id. at *2. Defendants moved for partial judgment claiming that those patents are directed to patent ineligible subject matter. Id.

After evaluation of Defendants’ motion and the patents at issue, the Court found that the patents at issue claim patent eligible subject mater and are not drawn to an abstract idea. Id. at *5-16. Thus, it was unnecessary for the Court to proceed past step one of the Mayo/Alice analysis for determining patent subject matter eligibility in reaching its conclusion. Id.

A copy of the Memorandum Opinion is attached.