In a decision with implications for machine learning-related patent filings, the Federal Circuit in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., No. 2023-2437 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 18, 2025), affirmed the District of Delaware’s...more
On September 9, the Federal Circuit reversed a Northern District of California decision that invalidated two video camera patents as being directed to patent-ineligible abstract ideas under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Contour IP...more
On July 17, the USPTO published an update to the patent eligibility guidance and added three new examples to aid practitioners and examiners in determining whether a claimed invention is eligible subject matter under Section...more