MLB Asks Court to Throw Out $720 Million Ticketing Patent Suit

A Major League Baseball Blue Inc. subsidiary said a patent infringement lawsuit seeking $720 million should be tossed because the dynamic barcode invention isn’t valid and the plaintiff doesn’t own it, according to a new filing by MLB Advanced Media LP.

Alan Amron divested his rights in US Patent No. 9,047,715 after filing his lawsuit against MLB, teams, and major ticket exchanges in April and therefore doesn’t have standing, MLBAM said in a motion to dismiss filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Even if he had standing, MLBAM said the invention is ...