Slot Machine Patent Invalidated As Being Directed to Ineligible Subject Matter -
Konami sued High 5 Games for patent infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,096,869; 8,366,540; 8,662,810; and 8,616,955. The '869 patent, which...more
Fair Use and Social Media Sites like BuzzFeed -
Fair use, an evolving doctrine and a very popular fallback for those on the Internet, has continued to be “the most troublesome in the whole law of copyright.” Its goal has...more
Video Doorbell Patent Found to Be Patent Eligible -
Plaintiff Eyetalk365, LLC sued Defendant Zmodo Technology Corp. for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,432,638, entitled "Communication and Monitoring System," which issued...more
Patent claims serve to provide notice as to the scope of an invention described in a patent. The claims can be directed to various statutory types, such as an apparatus, article, composition, method, system, or any other...more
U.S. Government Fails in Attempt to Invalidate U.S. Patents under § 101 -
In a bit of an ironic outcome, the U.S. government was unsuccessful in invalidating U.S. patents under § 101. It seems odd that the government...more
Claims Directed to Television Survive Abstract Idea Challenge -
In a recent decision from the U.S. District Court Northern District of California, involving Free Stream Media Corp. v. Alphonso Inc., claims of a television...more
Plaintiff Image Processing Technologies, LLC ("IPT") filed suit against Samsung in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Marshall Division), alleging infringement of three patents, including U.S. Patent...more
Patents Directed to Mail Barcodes Found to be Directed to Ineligible Subject Matter -
Secured Mail Solutions LLC appealed from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California's grant of a motion to dismiss...more
Telephone Call Processing Patent Claims Found Invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 -
In the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, Plaintiff filed a declaratory judgment action on seeking a declaration that...more
Telecommunication Call Processing System Held to Be Eligible for Covered Business Method (CBM) Patent Review -
On August 3, 2017, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a decision...more
On July 27, 2017, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion in Audatex North America, Inc. v. Mitchell International, Inc., upholding the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB) decision in which...more
Interpreting Real-Time Sensory Data from Electrical System Found to Be Abstract Idea and Patent Ineligible -
Power Analytics Corp. sued Operation Technology in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California...more
In the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Dialware Communications sued Hasbro, Inc. alleging that Hasbro's Furby toys infringe on five patents: U.S. Patent Nos. 7,183,929 (the "'929 Patent"),...more
In a nonprecedential decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in inter partes review proceedings which upheld the patentability of claims due to construction of the claim term "is...more
Claims Directed to Providing Financing for Allowing a Customer to Purchase a Car found Invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 -
In a precedential opinion, the Federal Circuit affirmed a final written decision of the Patent Trial...more
Message Publishing Patents Found Invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 -
In a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Court held all asserted claims of five U.S. patents to be invalid under 35...more
Method for Processing Images from 3D Camera System Found Invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 -
It is well-known law today that under 35 U.S.C. § 101, a patent claim that recites a solution to a problem but not the means of...more
Acting as Lexicographers Saves Patent from Being Found Invalid -
In a recent Federal Circuit decision, the Court highlighted an old rule in that the inventors may act as their own lexicographers to create a claim term and...more
Claims Lacking Details Found to be Directed to Patent-Ineligible Subject Matter -
In the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah (Central Division), Polar filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings contending that...more
No CBM Review for On-Line Registration Patent Having Financial Applications and Uses -
Twilio Inc. filed a Petition requesting covered business method patent review of claims 1–18 of U.S. Patent No. 9,300,792. The Board...more
In 2011, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) established new post-issuance procedures for challenging the validity of a granted patent before the Patent Trials and Appeal Board (“PTAB” or “Board”). Inter partes...more
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In 1998, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc., which upheld the patentability of business methods in the United States. Since...more
Patent Directed to System for Remote Mirroring of Digital Data Found Invalid under Section 101 -
Intellectual Ventures brought a patent-infringement suit against Symantec Corpo. and Veritas Technologies asserting that...more
Federal Circuit Finds That USPTO Board Interpreted CBM Statute Too Broadly -
In an appeal of a Covered Business Method (CBM) patent review, the Federal Circuit overturned a decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark...more
Software Patent Directed to Pairing Activity Trackers to a Device Considered Patent-Eligible -
In the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Jose Division), Fitbit, Inc., sued Aliphcom (d/b/a...more