Free Stream Media Corp. v. Alphonso Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2018)

Claims Directed to Television Survive Abstract Idea Challenge By Joseph Herndon — In a recent decision from the U.S. District Court Northern District of California, involving Free Stream Media Corp. v. Alphonso Inc., claims of a television system patent survived a motion to dismiss under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The Plaintiff in this action is Free Stream Media Corp., which does business as Samba TV (Samba). Samba charged Alphonso with infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,386,356, entitled "Targeting with Television Audience Across Multiple Screens." As the patent title reflects, the claimed invention involves the concept of targeting content—including advertising—to television…Original Article