Legal Opinion
Visual Memory LLC v. Nvidia Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 15, 2017No. 2016-2254PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge HUGHES.
*1255STOLL, Circuit Judge.
Visual Memory, LLC appeals the district court’s dismissal of its patent infringement complaint against NVIDIA Corporation. The district court held that Visual Memory’s U.S. Patent No. 5,953,740 is drawn to patent-ineligible subject matter, and therefore its complaint failed to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). We conclude instead that the ’740 patent claims an improvement to computer memory systems and is not directed to an abstract idea. Accordingly, we reverse the district court and remand for…
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