Patent Litigation, Section 101, Patent Ownership

IP Alerts: Federal Circuit Addresses Subject Matter Eligibility of Claims Involving Generic Machine Learning

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP on 4/25/2025

On April 18, in Recentive Analytics, Inc., v. Fox Corp., which presented a question of first impression, the Federal Circuit held that claims that do no more than apply established methods of machine learning to a new data...more

Senior Circuit Judge Issues Split Decision on Patent Eligibility of Claims Directed to Restricting Access to Computer Files

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/27/2023

Senior Circuit Judge Bryson of the Federal Circuit, sitting by designation in the District of Delaware, recently granted-in-part and denied-in-part a Rule 12(c) motion for judgment based on patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C....more

Sanderling Management v. Snap Inc. No. 21-2173 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 12, 2023) Alice – 35 U.S.C. § 101

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/9/2023

This case addresses patent eligibility under Alice and whether the district court should have afforded the patent owner leave to amend its complaint. Background - Sanderling asserted three patents sharing a common...more

Federal Circuit Invalidates Patent Directed to Customer Loyalty and Rewards System

Holland & Knight LLP on 4/2/2021

In cxLoyalty Inc. v. Maritz Holdings Inc., 986 F.3d 1367, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2021), Patent No. 7,134,087 explained that loyalty programs often issue points to customers as a reward for certain activities and allow the customers...more

Federal Circuit Confirms Data Privacy Patent Is an Invalid Abstract Idea under Section 101

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/16/2021

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit looked at a patent directed to a data privacy system that described users operating mobile device apps to "socialize, bank, shop, and navigate." As users operate such apps,...more

2019 Report: Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB - Summaries of Key 2018 Decisions

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 2/28/2019

In 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit docketed close to 600 appeals from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). That is the second highest number since starting to hear post-American Invents Act...more

Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 2/13/2018

Berkheimer v. HP Inc., Appeal No. 2017-1437 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 8, 2018) - In Berkheimer v. HP Inc., the Federal Circuit reviewed the District Court’s summary judgment finding that certain claims of a patent were invalid as...more

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