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Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Does the United States Patent Office Protect Unpublished Applications When Searching the Internet and Artificial Intelligence...

Short answer: Yes, but… Short answer: Yes, but… Many practitioners in sensitive technology areas file patent applications with non-publication requests or may abandon their applications if examination is not going well...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Symantec Corp. v. Zscaler, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2018)

Claims for Dynamically Rating Internet Content Deemed Patent-Ineligible - In a suit by Plaintiff Symantec Corp. ("Symantec") against Defendant Zscaler, Inc. ("Zscaler"), Symantec alleged that Zscaler's cloud-based security...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Federal Circuit Affirms Decision Finding Telephone Dialing Claims Ineligible

Federal Circuit Decision - Broadsoft, Inc. v. Callwave Communications, LLC, No. 2018-1124, 2018 WL 4999375, at *1 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 16, 2018) (per curiam) (affirming district court’s order finding claims invalid) District...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

McRo, Inc. v. Square Enix, Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2014)

Note: This coverage of a district court case from last year provides an overview of the patented invention, as well as the decision currently being appealed to the Federal Circuit. In a subsequent article, we will review the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Federal Circuit Wrestles With Patent Eligibility of Internet-Based Business Methods"

When are Internet-based business methods eligible for patent protection under 35 U.S.C. § 101? In 2014, the Supreme Court laid the groundwork for the Federal Circuit to grapple with this question, when it decided Alice Corp....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Solving Problems Unique to the Internet May Be Patent-Eligible - DDR Holdings, LLC, v. Hotels.com, L.P.

In another decision sculpting the contours of what is patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit determined that an invention that combined one webpage with a...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Viability of certain Internet and software patents reconfirmed in DDR Holdings, LLC v. Hotels.com

DDR Holdings, LLC v. Hotels.com, L.P., Appeal No. 2013-1505 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 5, 2014) For those following the law of patent eligibility in the United States, a December 5, 2014 precedential decision by the Court of...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Summer 2013

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January 2012 saw an explosion of controversy over two Internet-related bills that had been progressing through Congress: the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, and the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic...more

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