USA IPR2019-01165 Final Written Decision

 

Final Written Decision Determining All Challenged Claims Unpatentable
https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/ptab/case/IPR2019-01165
https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/patents/patent/9978107
https://www.docketalarm.com/cases/PTAB/IPR2019-01165/Inter_Partes_Review_of_U.S._Pat._9978107/12-02-2020-Board/Termination_Decision_Document-33-JUDGMENTFinal_Written_DecisionDetermining_All_Challenged_Claims_Unpatentable35_USC_sec_318a/#q=IPR2019-01165


NetSoc has appealed about patent trial (Match Group and others)
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/12/netsoc-has-appealed-about-patent-trial.html

"Patent Troll Takes Aim At iDating Industry" talking about the U.S. Patent No. 5,623,660 issued April, 1997.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/01/a-patent-issue-from-2007.html

about article: Stupid Patent of the Month: Facebook
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/05/about-article-stupid-patent-of-month.html

Patent troll defeated by Spark Networks.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/08/patent-troll-defeated-by-spark-networks.html

NEW Facebook dating Compatibility Scoring of Users Patent!

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20190340208A1/en

Facebook Dating now integrates with Instagram and Facebook Stories
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/11/facebook-dating-now-integrates-with.html

Facebook Dating, credit scrutiny and more: 3 interesting patents Facebook snagged this month
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/08/facebook-dating-credit-scrutiny-and.html

Another New Silly Patent for eHarmony: SOCIAL MATCHING ???
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/10/another-new-silly-patent-for-eharmony.html
 
The Online Dating Industry needs INNOVATIONS, not more bells and whistles.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/mistakes-at-behavioral-economics-of.html

Breaking "the online dating sound barrier" is to achieve at least:
3 most compatible persons in a 100,000 persons database.
12 most compatible persons in a 1,000,000 persons database.
48 most compatible persons in a 10,000,000 persons database.
100 times better than Compatibility Matching Algorithms used by actual online dating sites!


The 3 milestone discoveries of the 2001 - 2010 decade for Theories of Romantic Relationships Development are:

I) Several studies showing contraceptive pills users make different mate choices, on average, compared to non-users.
"Only short-term but not long-term partner preferences tend to vary with the menstrual cycle"

II) People often report partner preferences that are not compatible with their choices in real life. (Behavioural recommender systems or other system that learns your preferences are useless)

III) What is important in attracting people to one another may not be important in making couples happy. The key to long-lasting romance: COMPATIBILITY is exactly STRICT PERSONALITY SIMILARITY and not "meet other people with similar interests or political views".  

PAPER "Only the congruent survive - Personality similarities in couples. Personality and Individual Differences"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/04/paper-partnership-longevity-and.html 
PAPER "Partnership longevity and personality congruence in couples"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2010/04/only-congruent-survive-personality.html
 
At the paper  "Perceptions of Ideal and Former Partners' Personality and Similarity" 
The authors had written
".... mismatches in personality are a frequently mentioned cause for relationship break-up. If former partners indeed have dissimilar personalities, our findings underline how difficult it is for many people to select a mate with a similar personality, or, alternatively, how little value individuals put on finding a similar partner in terms of personality.
The present study's results, as well as the results found in previous studies (e.g., Eastwick & Finkel, 2008), may be used to educate people, especially singles, about what really matters in long-term relationships, for instance, similarity in personality, instead of complementarity."
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2011/05/big-punch-to-behavioural-recommender.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2012/07/two-papers-debunking-behavioural.html

Online Dating sites have very big databases, in the range of 20,000,000 (twenty million) profiles, so the Big Five model or the HEXACO model are not enough for predictive purposes. That is why I suggest the 16PF6 test instead and another method to calculate similarity.

High precision in matching algorithms is precisely the key to open the door and leave the infancy of compatibility testing.
Without offering the NORMATIVE 16PF6 (or similar test measuring exactly the 16 personality factors) for serious dating, it will be impossible to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry.
 

A US Texas federal judge dismisses NetSoc LLC patent against Match Group (MTCH)

https://patents.justia.com/patent/9978107
https://www.docketalarm.com/cases/PTAB/IPR2019-01165/Inter_Partes_Review_of_U.S._Pat._9978107/06-10-2019-Board/Notice_of_Filing_Date_Accorded_to_Petition-5-Notice_of_Accord_Filing_Date/
https://www.docketalarm.com/cases/PTAB/IPR2019-01165/Inter_Partes_Review_of_U.S._Pat._9978107/
https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1181051/match-fends-off-life-issues-infringement-suit

Match Group LLC Faces 2nd Infringement Suit Over 'Life Issues' Patent
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/07/match-group-llc-faces-2nd-infringement.html

SA article: Match earnings call: Plans for 2H deceleration, mentions tech patent
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/02/sa-article-match-earnings-call-plans.html

"Patent Troll Takes Aim At iDating Industry" talking about the U.S. Patent No. 5,623,660 issued April, 1997.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/01/a-patent-issue-from-2007.html

about article: Stupid Patent of the Month: Facebook
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/05/about-article-stupid-patent-of-month.html

  Patent troll defeated by Spark Networks.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/08/patent-troll-defeated-by-spark-networks.html

Now Bumble is suing Match Group for USD 400 Million ???

https://www.recode.net/2018/3/28/17174986/bumble-match-group-lawsuit-fraud-400-million-acquisition

It is a case of bogus patents!

October 2008 post "Goodbye dating patents." via PlentyOfFish blog
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/03/october-2008-post-goodbye-dating.html

When Match Group (fka IAC Personals) bought OKCupid (7 years ago) for an astronomical amount of money, the OKCupid team had the task to copycat Badoo, but they failed in that mission.
IAC / Match Group "acquired" HatchLabs to "develop" Tinder copycat of Badoo.
http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2011/07/match-wants-facebook-profiles-and-how/
  https://web.archive.org/web/20110608233059/https://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/okcupid-acquistion-was-50-million-40-million-earn-out/

Bumble backed by Badoo: Perhaps it is only a revenge against Match Group! No more than that.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/11/bumble-backed-by-badoo-perhaps-it-is.html

Match Group Is Defending Itself In A Patent Lawsuit Filed In January By PersonalWeb Technologies
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2018/03/match-group-is-defending-itself-in-a-patent-lawsuit-filed-in-january-by-personalweb-technologies.html a case of bogus patents as
Personal Web Technologies, LLC et al v. Match Group, LLC et al
https://insight.rpxcorp.com/lit/dedce-64337-personal-web-technologies-v-match-group
https://insight.rpxcorp.com/litigation_documents/12779752

It is said Badoo is run by Russian Mafia in the spyware business.
Now they are in big war with Tinder (Match Group)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/03/tinders-parent-company-match-group-is.html

another bogus LAWSUIT Match Group, LLC (MTCH) v. Tantan Ltd. (MOMO)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/03/another-bogus-lawsuit-match-group-llc.html