Not for the Faint of Heart: Magistrate Judge Wicks Recommends Dismissal of Heart Monitoring Patent Case for Failure to Join a Necessary Party and under Section 101
By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/25
United States Magistrate Judge James M. Wicks (E.D.N.Y.) recommended that Defendant Apple Inc.’s (“Apple”) motion to dismiss Plaintiff Joseph Wiesel’s (“Wiesel”) action for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,020,514 (the “’514 patent”) be granted for lack of standing and failure to state a claim. Slip Op. at 1-2, 9-10. The ’514 patent is titled “Method of and apparatus for detecting atrial fibrillation” and was asserted against the Apple Watch, with “features that monitor and detect atrial...
By: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP