Immersion Corp. v. Fitbit, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2018)

District Court Throws Out Haptic Feedback Claims on Grounds of Patent Ineligible Subject Matter By James Korenchan — Last week, Judge Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California deemed claims relating to transmission of haptic messages to be directed to an abstract idea and therefore invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The Plaintiff, Immersion Corp., alleged that Fitbit's wearable health and fitness devices infringe three of Immersion's patents, each of which involve "haptic" feedback technology — namely, technology that provides forces, vibrations, or other motion feedback that recreates a sense of touch for a user….Original Article