Daily fantasy sports giant FanDuel has filed a motion for dismissal of a lawsuit filed by sports-book technology supplier Cantor Gaming against several DFS and online gaming companies, in which Cantor claimed patent infringement in online and mobile gaming technologies used by the suppliers.
The former Cantor Gaming—now known as CG Technologies—filed a federal complaint against FanDuel, DraftKings, Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment, 888 Holdings, Big Fish Games and Zynga identifying several patents and claiming willful patent infringement. It is the second complaint filed by Cantor, after a first case collapsed when a judge determined the claims to be too abstract.
The complaint alleges that FanDuel infringed on six specific Cantor patents. Among them are a patent for Cantor’s Personalized Wireless Video Game System, which stores personalized information on players. FanDuel attorneys, in the move for dismissal, claim there is no infringement because all of its customer information is stored on a server and not on the device.
Other allegations claim that FanDuel’s system violates various Cantor patents for in-game wagering and competitive wagering. FanDuel’s dismissal motion calls all claims “meritless” and argues that Cantor cannot “provide any plausible mapping of even an exemplary claim” od infringement.
Cantor is seeking compensatory damages plus interest, and compensation for alleged ongoing and future infringements.
