Section 101, Covered Business Method Patents, Inventions

Is the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act a Good Thing? Probably Not.

Amundsen Davis LLC on 11/14/2024

On September 6, 2024, House Representatives Kevin Kiley (R-CA) and Scott Peters (D-CA) introduced the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) to Congress. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced an...more

PTAB Reconciles Its Prior §101 Ruling With CBM Institution

Jones Day on 12/3/2019

Following guidance from the Federal Circuit, the PTAB has vacated a previous Board decision granting Covered Business Method review in Apple, Inc. v. Universal Secure Registry LLC (P.T.A.B. Dec. 3, 2018). The PTAB’s...more

Framing Your Pitch: A Lesson from the TTI v. IBG Cases

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/7/2019

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently issued three interesting, related opinions interpreting and applying the “technological invention” exception to Covered Business Method Review (“CBM Review”). These...more

Federal Circuit Provides Guidance on Section 101 and CBMs

Jones Day on 4/23/2019

On Thursday, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. IBG Interactive Brokers, LLC, No. 17-2257 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 18, 2019), that provides another data point on how CBM...more

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC (PTAB 2016)

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 8/25/2016

Sally Beauty (Petitioner) filed a Petition requesting a review under the transitional program for covered business method (CBM) patents of U.S. Patent No. 5,969,324, owned by Intellectual Ventures I LLC (IV)....more

#AliceStorm: July is Hot, Hot, Hot…and Versata is Not, Not, Not

Fenwick & West LLP on 7/14/2015

Part I: #AliceStorm and Versata - July invokes images of hot days, cool nights, and fireworks. When it comes to #Alicestorm, the fireworks are happening in the courts, with the Federal Circuit lighting up the sky....more