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Patent-Eligible Subject Matter refers to the types of inventions that can be legally patented. The criteria for patentability varies depending on the jurisdiction. In the United States, for instance, if a... more +
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter refers to the types of inventions that can be legally patented. The criteria for patentability varies depending on the jurisdiction. In the United States, for instance, if a researcher discovers a naturally occurring substance, the substance itself cannot be patented. This issue was examined in a United States Supreme Court case, AMP v. Myriad, in regard to the patentability of human genes.  less -
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Amazon Won-Oh-Won Its Patent Challenge Against Broadband

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On September 3, 2024, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision affirming a district court decision where claims relating to “video-on-demand” systems did not constitute patentable subject matter because the claims...more

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Federal Circuit Patent Watch: An Expert Need Not Have Acquired the Requisite Skill Level Prior to the Time of the Invention

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Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION v. APPLE INC. [OPINION] (2022-1884, 8/28/2024) (Prost, Taranto, and Chen) - Prost, J. The Court affirmed two final judgments of the...more

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Combining Abstract Ideas Does Not Make Them Less Abstract

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Before Dyk, Reyna, and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Summary: When assessing patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101, combining two abstract ideas does not make...more

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District Court Dismissed Claim Directed to Natural Speech Processing in a Vehicle-Mounted System as Patent Ineligible

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The Eastern District of Virginia recently dismissed a patent infringement claim, holding that the asserted claim directed to natural speech processing is patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101, because it fails the Alice...more

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Kaavo Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. (D. Del. 2018)

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Cloud Computing Claims Deemed Patent-Ineligible - This month, in an infringement case against Defendant Amazon, Judge Stark of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware ruled that Plaintiff Kaavo Inc.'s cloud...more

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Accused Infringer Estopped from Asserting Prior Art Disclosed in Invalidity Contentions

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In an order issued on April 4, 2018, Judge Lynn granted plaintiff ZitoVault’s motion for summary judgment under 35 U.S.C. 315(e)(2), holding that defendant IBM is estopped from asserting invalidity defenses based on prior art...more

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D.Del. - MJ Burke Describes Analysis Framework for Assessing Section 101 Motion to Dismiss

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In the most recent section 101 opinion out of Delaware, Magistrate Judge Burke addressed patent eligibility of three patents directed to systems, apparatuses, and methods of using wireless machine to machine (“M2M”)...more

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Speedtrack Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2017)

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File-Searching Software Patent Found to be Patent Eligible - Speedtrack sued Amazon for patent infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,544,360 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. ...more

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Federal Circuit Finds Another Software Patent Ineligible

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In Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc., Chief Judge Prost affirmed a district court’s finding that Affinity Labs’ patent was invalid for being directed to ineligible subject matter because it was directed to an...more

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Tridim Innovations LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2016)

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"Computer Display System" Patent Found Invalid under § 101 - Tridim Innovations LLC sued Amazon.com, Inc. for patent infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,838,326 and 5,847,709 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern...more

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Amazon Defeats Appistry’s Distributed Computing Patents With Finding Of Patent Ineligibility

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On July 19, 2016, the District Court for the Western District of Washington (“Court”) dismissed a patent suit because the asserted patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 8,682,959 and 9,049,267) cover ineligible subject matter. See...more

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Appistry, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. (W.D. Wash. 2016)

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Last month, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted Defendant Amazon.com's Motion to Dismiss for Invalidity under 35 U.S.C. § 101 on the grounds that the two patents asserted by Plaintiff...more

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OIP Technologies, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2015)

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In its first substantive application of Alice v. CLS Bank in 2015, the Federal Circuit has once again shot down claims for not meeting the patent-eligibility requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 101. In 2012, OIP sued Amazon in...more

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Alice in Wonderland: The Ongoing Impact of Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l on Computer-Implemented Inventions

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On June 19, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l (Alice)[i]. In Alice, the Court held that several patents that pertained to a computerized platform for eliminating risk...more

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Early Lessons on Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International and Section 101 From Recent Court Decisions

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Alice and its immediate aftermath in the lower courts – In Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014), the US Supreme Court held that claims to “generic computer implementation” of abstract ideas are...more

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