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LaVoult disappearing messages patent suit against Meta dismissed in US

( April 4, 2025, 23:02 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A patent infringement suit against Meta in the Northern District of California has been dismissed with prejudice, with US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley holding that LaVoult's patent for a disappearing message system is ineligible as abstract under Section 101. LaVoult alleged last October that Meta infringed the patent in features on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.See attached file....

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