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Contour IP Holding LLC v. GoPro, Inc.

113 F.4th 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2024)

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Contour IP Holding LLC v. GoPro, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
113 F.4th 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2024)

Facts

Contour IP Holding LLC (Contour) (plaintiff) held two patents related to portable point-of-view (POV) video cameras. Such cameras were often used by sports enthusiasts, who mounted the cameras in locations that made it difficult to access the camera’s controls or viewing screen, such as on their helmets. The invention covered by Contour’s patents was intended to address that problem. The relevant patent claims described a portable POV camera that (1) recorded a low-quality and a high-quality video simultaneously; (2) streamed the low-quality version wirelessly, in real time, to a remote device, such as a cell phone; and (3) allowed the user to remotely adjust the camera’s settings from the same device. Streaming the low-quality video avoided wireless-bandwidth issues. The high-quality video was stored on the camera for later use. When Contour sued GoPro, Inc. (defendant) for infringing the patents, protracted litigation ensued. GoPro eventually moved for summary judgment, arguing that Contour’s patent claims concerned subject matter that was ineligible for patent protection because it consisted of merely the abstract idea of generating multiple video streams in parallel. The district court granted GoPro’s motion, and Contour appealed to the Federal Circuit.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Reyna, J.)

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