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Meta gets ‘Vanish Mode’ patent suit dismissed in US over Section 101 ineligibility

By Nick Robertson ( April 7, 2025, 16:04 GMT | Insight) -- A patent infringement suit against Meta over vanishing message technology in Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp was dismissed Friday in the Northern District of California, with US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley writing that the invention is ineligible for patent protection under Section 101 as abstract.US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley dismissed a patent infringement suit against Meta on Friday, holding that LaVoult.com’s patent for vanishing messages is ineligible as abstract under Section 101....

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