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Google Covered Business Method Proceedings

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Internet Advertising Claims Deemed Not Eligible for Covered Business Method Patent Review

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In a decision dated February 27, 2017, the Board denied institution of Google Inc.’s petition for Covered Business Method Patent Review of claims 20, 21, 23–26, 28, and 29 of U.S. Patent No. 6,128,651 (“the ’651 patent”)...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

2016 PTAB Year in Review

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is pleased to present our 2016 PTAB Year in Review. We begin with a look at 2016 activity at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), which again ranked as the busiest jurisdiction in the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

A Solution to Business Problems May Not Be a Technological Invention - Apple Inc. v. Smartflash LLC

Addressing the standard for instituting a covered business method (CBM) review, as well as patent eligibility issues under 35 U.S.C. § 101, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) found patents related to payment...more

McDermott Will & Emery

An Abstract Idea by Any Other Name - Epicor Software Corp. v. Protegrity Corp.; Google Inc. v. Unwired Planet, LLC

Addressing the issue of unpatentable subject matter in a post-Alice world, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) recently invalidated two patents under § 101 in separate covered business...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Tracking #AliceStorm: The Dead Keep Piling Up

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For the first week of April, AliceStorm continues unabated, and though the indices are down, the damage spreads. Not surprisingly, the Eastern District of Texas appears to have become the eye of the storm--that place of calm...more

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