Legal Opinion
Media Rights Technologies, Inc. v. Capital One Financial Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 4, 2015No. 2014-1218PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’MALLEY, Circuit Judge.
Media Rights Technologies, Inc. (“Media Rights”) appeals the district court’s decision to grant judgment on the pleadings that all claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,316,033 (the “'033 Patent”) are invalid for indefiniteness. Because the trial court correctly determined that the term “compliance mechanism,” which is a limitation in every single claim, is a means-plus-function term that lacks sufficient structure, we affirm.
Background
On April 19, 2013, Media Rights filed suit against Capital One Financial Corporation; Capital One Bank (USA), N.A.; and Capital One, N.A.…
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