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Court Short-Circuits Artificial Intelligence Patents: Federal Circuit Tightens Standards for Patent Eligibility

What does it take to patent an invention on artificial intelligence or machine learning? According to a recent federal appeals court decision, it takes more than just applying a known technique to new data. Rather, the patent...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Recentive Analytics v. Fox: The Federal Circuit Provides Analysis on the Patent Eligibility of Machine Learning Claims

On April 18, 2025, the Federal Circuit remained consistent with previous Alice decisions by holding that four machine learning patents involved in a dispute between Recentive Analytics, Inc. and Fox Corp. were ineligible...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

New Federal Circuit Decision - Expect Getting AI/Machine Learning Patents Past 101 to Get Tougher

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The Federal Circuit recently issued a decision in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., invalidating the patent claims at issue as directed to ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. In what it noted was a case of...more

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Intellectual Property Report May 2025

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On April 18, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Federal Circuit") issued a significant decision in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., Case No. 2023-2437 (Apr. 18, 2025), affirming...more

Haug Partners LLP

The Application of Generic Machine Learning to New Data Environments Requires “Something More” to be Patent Eligible

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On April 18, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp. addressing for the first time whether patents that claim no more than the application of generic machine learning to a new...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

First impressions: Federal Circuit finds applied AI claims ineligible for patenting under 35 USC 101

Answering a much-anticipated question of first impression, the Federal Circuit affirmed an Eastern District of Pennsylvania decision that invalidated machine learning-related patent claims as ineligible subject matter under...more

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Patent Claims Running on AI? Federal Circuit Says Not So Fast on Patent Eligibility

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The question of whether machine learning (ML)-based claims meet the subject matter eligibility requirements under current U.S. patent law remains hotly contested. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)...more

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Federal Circuit Issues First Word on AI Patent Eligibility

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On April 18, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a patent infringement suit brought by Recentive Analytics, Inc. against Fox Corporation. See Recentive Analytics, Inc. v....more

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Federal Circuit Tightens Standards for AI-related Patent Eligibility

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Summary: In Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., No. 2023-2437 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 18, 2025), the Federal Circuit delivered a clear warning: simply applying generic AI-based models to new environments is not enough to secure...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Recentive: Raising the Patent-Eligibility Bar in AI-Related Inventions

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This post is part of MoFo’s 2025 Intersection of AI and Life Sciences blog series. In this blog series, we explore how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing research, innovation, and patient care in the life sciences....more

Holland & Knight LLP

Federal Circuit: Machine Learning Patents Fail Section 101 Patent Eligibility Challenge

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The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp. (April 18, 2025) has garnered a lot of attention. This is not surprising: It hits on hot topics such as machine learning, artificial intelligence...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Federal Circuit Delivers Blow to AI-Based Patents in Precedential Decision

On April 18, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp. The Federal Circuit held that the Asserted Patents — which relate to methods of...more

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Recentive: Federal Circuit’s Patent-Eligibility Guideposts for Machine-Learning Inventions

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In one of the first cases from the Federal Circuit addressing patent eligibility for machine-learning (ML) inventions, the court ruled that applying “generic” ML techniques to a new data environment to automate a task...more

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Evolving Landscape of Technology Rights Enforcement

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Established 25 years ago at the turn of the century by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), World IP Day celebrates the unique contributions made by global inventors and creators. Over the past half century,...more

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Latest Federal Court Cases: Recentive Analytics, Inc., v. Fox Corp.

Recentive Analytics, Inc., v. Fox Corp., Appeal No. 2023-2437 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 18, 2025) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit addressed a question of first impression concerning whether developments in machine...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Healthtech Patents: What Alivecor v. Apple Means for AI-Powered Innovation

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A major Federal Circuit ruling just sent a clear message to AI-driven healthtech companies: AI alone won’t get you a patent....more

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Understanding How to Patent Agentic AI Systems

Artificial intelligence is evolving beyond simple pattern recognition and content generation into autonomous decision-making. Agentic AI systems act independently—or with limited human supervision—to achieve specific...more

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DeepSeek, Model Distillation, and the Future of AI IP Protection

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A flurry of developments in late January 2025 has caused quite a buzz in the AI world. On January 20, DeepSeek released a new open-source AI model called R1 and an accompanying research paper....more

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Intellectual Property Report February 2025

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It is well established that “a petitioner in an inter partes review … is not permitted to assert a ground of unpatentability under 35 U.S.C. § 112.” Dexcowin Golabl, Inc. v. Aribex, Inc., IPR2016-00436, Paper 12 (PTAB July 7,...more

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OpenAI Accuses DeepSeek of Unlawful Use of AI Models, Raising Ethical and Legal Concerns

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In a major development within the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry, OpenAI has lodged serious accusations against DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, alleging that the latter has illegally utilized its proprietary...more

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AI IP Year in Review - Five Key Takeaways from the 2024 House Judiciary Hearing on AI-Assisted Inventions and Creative Works

As companies—and more recently, courts—have struggled to address the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in innovation, legislators are embroiled in a struggle of their own. Over the past two years, the Senate and House have...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

AI IP Year in Review - Patent Law and Generative AI 101

While Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, such as predictive AI, have been around for decades, generative AI systems are recent innovations with far reaching implications for patent law. Generative AI, such as ChatGPT,...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Expected Changes to IP Policy under the Second Trump Administration

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Intellectual property (“IP”) policy does not weigh heavily on most voters’ minds, and so is not often addressed in presidential campaigns. This past campaign was no different – President-elect Donald Trump did not expressly...more

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Protecting Innovation in an AI-Powered Age: Patents

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With the advent of generative artificial intelligence (or “GenAI”), many companies have begun to shift their innovation strategies to incorporate and rely on GenAI tools. These tools can be powerful drivers of technological...more

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Intellectual Property Report January 2025

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In an era of content creation, social media influencers are tasked with the creative job of building a personal brand to influence the general public’s purchasing decisions and lifestyle choices. Creating a brand identity...more

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