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Another Gaming Patent Struck Down as Ineligible

Bot M8 LLC, a patent assertion entity, was unsuccessful in its effort to have the Federal Circuit reverse the lower court’s invalidity finding related to one of six different patents asserted against Sony in Northern District...more

Allegations of Abusive Litigation Tactics Must Be Considered for Attorney Fees Award

When the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the lower court’s award of attorney fees in Munchkin, Inc. v. Luv n’ Care, Ltd. last month, we were reminded that, while a district court has wide latitude to...more

An Early Out Under § 101 Based on Claimed Long-standing Commercial Practices

Late last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit delivered ShoppersChoice.com the affirmation it ordered in Electronic Communication Technologies, LLC (ECT) v. ShoppersChoice.com, LLC. In doing so, the court...more

Done at Step 1: When a Claim Is Tied to an Improvement, No Need to Proceed to Alice Step 2

By reversing the lower court’s ruling that the asserted claims were not patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 in Uniloc v. LG Electronics, the Federal Circuit resurrected Uniloc’s infringement suit against LG Electronics. It...more

Fishing for Eligibility in Murky Waters

Last week, the Federal Circuit decided that claims related to a method of fishing that involved evaluating the water to be fished were not patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. It is a bit of a head scratcher as to why this...more

For the First Time, a Medical Treatment Patent Is Ruled Invalid Under Mayo/Myriad

As discussed in a previous blog post, since Mayo v. Prometheus, critics of medical treatment patents have advocated that such patents should be banned from patenting. While such arguments seemed futile based on the consistent...more

Evidence of Industry Skepticism Supports Finding of Nonobviousness - Intellectual Property News

In a precedential decision delivered recently, the Federal Circuit shot down arguments from Neptune Generics, LLC, Mylan Laboratories Ltd., and Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC that the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) erred in...more

Federal Circuit Votes No on Patent Owner’s Appeal of Dismissal under § 101

In an appeal from the Northern District of Florida, Voter Verified, Inc. asked the Federal Circuit to reverse the lower court’s dismissal of its patent infringement lawsuit against Election Systems & Software, LLC. ...more

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