New Case Focuses on a “Way for Messages to Disappear Before They Can Be Misused”
September 25, 2024
LaVoult.com, LLC has filed what appears to be its first litigation, suing Meta Platforms (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) (5:24-cv-06724) in the Northern District of California over the provision of “disappearing messaging functionality offered through Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp”. A single patent generally related to “unsend" features in applications with private and nonprivate (e.g., social) communication modes is asserted in the new complaint.
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