In 2019 the Federal Circuit reached the extraordinary conclusion, in American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. v. Neapco Holdings LLC, that a patent for a method of making a drive shaft was invalid because it was directed to a...more
In Cosmokey Solutions Gmbh & Co. KG v. Duo Security LLC, on October 4, 2021, the Federal Circuit jumped straight to Step Two of the Supreme Court’s two-step method for determining patent eligibility and upheld a user...more
In a breathtaking decision, the Federal Circuit has ruled that a patented method of making an automobile drive shaft is not eligible to be patented because it is “directed to a natural law.” In so ruling, the court has...more
11/22/2019
/ Automotive Industry ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dissenting Opinions ,
Manufacturers ,
Manufacturing Method Patents ,
Myriad-Mayo ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Product of Nature Doctrine ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 101 ,
Section 112
In a remarkable collection of opinions that have no direct effect on the law, the Federal Circuit has implicitly given its support to efforts in Congress to override the Supreme Court’s decision in Mayo v. Prometheus, which...more
On April 17, 2019, Senators Tillis (R-NC) and Coons (D-DE), along with a bipartisan group of three members of the House of Representatives, announced the release of a framework on Section 101 patent reform. Senators Tillis...more
5/23/2019
/ Abstract Ideas ,
AIPLA ,
Biotechnology ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Intellectual Property Owner’s Association (IPO) ,
Judicial Exception ,
Mayo v. Prometheus ,
Novelty ,
Obviousness ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Product of Nature Doctrine ,
Proposed Legislation ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 101 ,
Section 102 ,
Section 103 ,
Section 112
In Data Engine Technologies LLC v. Google LLC, holding patent-eligible a spreadsheet provided with tabs to facilitate navigation, the Federal Circuit continued, in late 2018, to refine the law of patent eligibility of...more