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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 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 -

U.S. District Judge: Method of Determining Webpage Visitor Intent Is Abstract

Holland & Knight LLP on 4/4/2022

In USC IP Partnership, L.P. v. Facebook, Inc., 2021 WL 6690275, U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas found U.S. Patent No. 8,645,300 invalid under 35 U.S.C. §101...more

You Win Some and Lose Some: Judge Koeltl Finds Claims Patent-Eligible But Not Infringed

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 3/17/2022

On March 8, 2022, Judge John G. Koeltl (S.D.N.Y.) denied Defendant Facebook Inc.’s (“Facebook”) motion for summary judgment that the claims of three related patents directed to “storing documents in a chronologically ordered...more

Latest Federal Court Cases - March 2021 #3

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 3/17/2021

Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Facebook Inc., Appeal Nos. 2019-1688, -1689 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 9, 2021) In this week’s Case of the Week, Uniloc appealed from two consolidated IPR decisions finding multiple claims unpatentable as obvious....more

BlackBerry Ltd. v. Facebook, Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2018)

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 8/30/2018

Claims for Displaying Message Timing Data Found Patent Ineligible - Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled that claims related to providing time data for messages communicated...more

Computer-Based Publishing Patent Goes Offline after Alice Inquiry

Proskauer - New England IP Blog on 6/21/2017

In a recent order from the District of Massachusetts, the court granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a patent infringement dispute, finding the asserted patent claims invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The court’s...more

Zak v. Facebook, Inc. (E.D. Mich. 2016) - Software Patent Found to Be Directed to Abstract Idea, But Survives § 101 Challenge with...

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 9/20/2016

Bruce Zak, an individual, sued Facebook, Inc. for patent infringement in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on two of his software patents -- United States Patent Nos. 8,713,134 and 9,141,720. ...more

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