July 24, 2019
A Texas federal judge tossed a lawsuit against Match Group LLC, which operates the online dating platform Tinder, saying the social networking patent — designed to help people navigate "life issues" — is invalid because it lacks an inventive concept and constitutes an abstract idea.
July 13, 2018
Match Group LLC was hit with a second patent suit alleging its Tinder dating service infringes a Texas company's technology for using social networks to help people with their "life issues," according to a complaint filed Friday in Dallas.