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D. Ariz.: Exchanging Geographic and Demographic Data is not Patent Eligible under Section 101

In the case USADATA Inc. v. DataWidget LLC, No. CV-21-00526-PHX-DLR, 2021 WL 5084283 (D. Ariz. Nov. 1, 2021), the patent at issue is titled, "System and Method for Selling Customer-Specific Data Subsets on a Third-Party...more

Remote Appliance Control Patent Compared to Pony Express, Invalid Under Section 101

Karamelion has asserted its two patents more than 40 times since the summer of 2018, typically settling the cases prior to a responsive pleading. This activity will have to go on hold, at least for the time being, as the U.S....more

Advantage over Prior Methods Inadequate to Confer Patent Eligibility without Technological Improvement

In a short, two-page opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana's ruling that a method of using peer-to-peer networking to verify...more

Prior Judicial Rulings Unrelated to Patent Eligibility Inconsequential to Federal Circuit Section 101 Analysis

WhitServe LLC asserted two patents against Donuts Inc., both of which claimed systems and methods by which providers of professional services, using the internet, could send reminders to clients and obtain responses from...more

C.D. California: Online Loan Origination Patent Is Abstract and Invalid Under Section 101

Plaintiff brought suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California for alleged infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,548,902, which related to online loan origination services. The defendant moved for...more

USPTO Designates Ex Parte Linden as an Informative § 101 PTAB Decision

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), on occasion, publishes certain Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decisions as precedential or informative. An informative decision provides PTAB norms on recurring issues,...more

Federal Circuit: Complexity Does Not Necessarily Impart Section 101 Patentability

Earlier this week, the Federal Circuit reviewed a PTAB affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims directed to a computer-conducted method of "assigning and managing the rights to receive taxes when amounts are disbursed...more

Fed. Cir. Agrees: Patent Directed to Monitoring Baggage Delivery is an Invalid Abstract Idea

Earlier this month, the Federal Circuit affirmed another District of Delaware decision without a written opinion. The Delaware decision, from January 2019, granted Roadie, Inc.'s motion for judgment on the pleadings, finding...more

Peer-to-Peer Employment Verification Patent Directed to Unpatentable Subject Matter

Tenstreet asserted its patent against DriverReach, a recruiting company for hiring CDL drivers, in the Southern District of Indiana. DriverReach moved to dismiss the complaint, arguing that the asserted patent was directed to...more

Rep. Collins (R-Ga.) Calls for Patent Reform After American Axle Decision

We wrote about the Federal Circuit’s American Axle decision last week, highlighting Judge Kimberly Moore’s fierce dissent. Judge Moore was not the only person with a strong reaction. A day after the decision, Rep. Doug...more

E.D. North Carolina Axes Patent Directed to Teaching Guitar

Rocksmith sued Yousician Oy, alleging infringement of its patent entitled "interactive guitar game." The patent discloses software for learning to play the guitar and provides an "effective way to provide interactive method...more

It's Not You; It's Your Patent: Dating App Patent Held To Be Abstract, Ineligible

NetSoc filed suit against several online dating platforms, alleging infringement of its patent entitled "Method and System for Establishing and Using a Social Network to Facilitate People in Life Issues." The defendants moved...more

Game Over: Multiplayer Gaming Patent Found to be an Abstract Idea

Judge Maryellen Noreika (D. Delaware) has been very active since receiving her judicial commission less than a year ago, including already issuing a handful of Section 101 opinions. In Sandbox Software v. 18Birdies, she holds...more

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