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Motion to Dismiss Inventive Concept Test

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - October 2022 #2

Weisner v. Google LLC, Appeal No. 2021-2228 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 13, 2022) - In its only precedential patent case this last week, the Federal Circuit again revisited the thresholds for disposing of cases under Section 101,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

District Court Denied Rule 12(b)(6) Motion Based on Section 101 Because Additional Facts and Claim Construction Would Provide...

While a district court in California remained “skeptical” of the patent eligibility of three computer-implemented patents, the court denied a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The court found that claim...more

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D. Delaware Invalidates Patent Directed to Onsite Data Backup; Discusses Role of Evidence, USPTO and Preemption

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The District of Delaware recently found a patent directed to onsite data backup to be abstract and ineligible for patent protection. The court's discussion went beyond the standard Alice inquiry, and touched on the roles of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Specific Factual Allegations of Inventive Concept Defeat Motion to Dismiss

Addressing patent eligibility at the motion to dismiss stage of a case, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a district court’s grant of a motion to dismiss, finding that the district court improperly...more

Holland & Knight LLP

RPX: The Berkheimer/Aatrix Effect is Real

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RPX’s latest quarterly review provides a deep dive on the effects of Berkheimer and Aatrix. If you forget, the Federal Circuit found in those two 2018 cases that Section 101 motions – at the Rule 56 and Rule 12 stages,...more

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Searching for How: The Federal Circuit’s Continued Quest under Alice

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On October 16, 2017, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling that the claims in Secured Mail Solutions LLC, v. Universal Wilde, Inc. (“Secured Mail”) were directed to patent-ineligible subject matter under 35...more

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