Legal Opinion

Alarm.Com. Inc. v. Ipdatatel, LLC

District Court, S.D. Texas

Decided June 5, 2019No. Civil Action No. H-18-2108PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Lee H. Rosenthal, Chief United States District Judge

When a system is changed and improved using computer technology that already exists, is that improvement patentable? This case raises that question. To decide whether ipDatatel, LLC infringed Alarm.com Incorporated's patents for home-security technology, the court must determine if the technology was patentable in the first place.

*723ipDatatel denies infringement, arguing that the asserted claims cannot be patented under 35 U.S.C. § 101, and moves to dismiss Alarm.com's second amended complaint on that basis. Alarm.com responded, ipDatatel…

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