The Federal Circuit recently heard oral argument in Ameranth, Inc. v. Domino’s Pizza, LLC, Nos. 2019-1141, -1144, in which the Court grappled with the issue of determining whether unasserted claims of a patent can be invalidated under Section 101. In 2011, Ameranth filed patent infringement actions against several defendants, including Domino’s, alleging infringement of two patents.  In an amended complaint filed in 2013, Ameranth accused Domino’s of infringing thirteen claims – specifically, claims 1, 3, 6-9, 11-13, and 15-18 – of a third patent, U.S. Patent No. 8,146,077 (“the ’077 Patent”), which was directed to a system for generating and… Read more