Judge: Company’s Ticket Patents Invalid; Complaint Dismissed With Prejudice

( December 19, 2024, 1:28 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on Dec. 18 issued a final judgment holding that an electronic ticketing company’s patents are invalid, dismissing with prejudice patent infringement claims the company brought against Ticketmaster LLC and Live Nation Worldwide Inc.; the judge had granted the defendant companies’ motion to dismiss the claims in an in-chambers order in November because the patents were directed at patent-ineligible abstract ideas....