Much of the modern economy is driven by software development. Companies are creating and refining new apps that run on mobile devices, and using machine learning to provide users with personalized user interfaces and...more
1/29/2019
/ Abstract Ideas ,
America Invents Act ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Inventions ,
Non-Practicing Entities ,
Patent Examinations ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Software ,
Software Developers ,
Software Patents ,
USPTO
In the recent decision of Data Engine Technologies LLC v. Google LLC, the Federal Circuit may have expanded how factual questions underpin subject matter eligibility analysis under Section 101. Since the two-part eligibility...more
10/23/2018
/ Appeals ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Extrinsic Evidence ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Question of Fact ,
Section 101 ,
Section 103
Over the last year, several Federal Circuit judges have filed opinions lamenting the state of the case law that interprets the abstract idea exception to patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. For example, Judge Linn...more
Machine learning is one of the fastest growing categories of granted patents[1]. However, there do not appear to be many examples of patent infringement lawsuits where machine learning claims have been analyzed by the courts...more
9/18/2018
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Predictive Analytics ,
Section 101
In Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. v. LG Electronics, Inc., the Federal Circuit held that user interface claims are patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 because they “recite a specific improvement over prior systems,...more