Category: Patents
Patent Trial and Appeal Board Newly Designates Decisions as Precedential
Tuesday | January 26, 2016By James Watsoncourt ruling, patent eligibilityThe Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent Office has newly designated its opinion in LG Elecs., Inc. v. Mondis Tech. LTD., No. IPR2015-00937, 2015 Pat. App. LEXIS 10261 (P.T.A.B. Sept. 15, 2015) as precedential. Mondis had asserted…
Read MoreCan Better Drafting Save Your Claim?
Monday | January 4, 2016By James Watsonpatent application, patent claim, patent eligibilityThe Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s invalidation of a patent’s claims in Vehicle Intelligence & Safety LLC v. Mercedes-Benz U.S., .No. 2015-1411, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 22681 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 28, 2015). The claims at issue were directed to…
Read MoreCan Better Drafting Save Your Claim?
Monday | January 4, 2016By Shane Skwarekpatent application, patent claim, patent eligibilityThe Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s invalidation of a patent’s claims in Vehicle Intelligence & Safety LLC v. Mercedes-Benz U.S., .No. 2015-1411, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 22681 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 28, 2015). The claims at issue were directed to…
Read MoreIs Software Solving Computer-Specific Problems Patentable
Monday | December 14, 2015By Shane Skwarekpatent application, patent eligibilityOn October 23, 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board at the U.S. Patent Office reversed a subject-matter eligibility rejection in Ex part Balestrieri et al., No. 2013-007305, 2015 Pat. App. LEXIS 10588 (P.T.A.B. October 23, 2015). This decision looks…
Read MoreIs Software Solving Computer-Specific Problems Patentable
Monday | December 14, 2015By James Watsonpatent application, patent eligibilityOn October 23, 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board at the U.S. Patent Office reversed a subject-matter eligibility rejection in Ex part Balestrieri et al., No. 2013-007305, 2015 Pat. App. LEXIS 10588 (P.T.A.B. October 23, 2015). This decision looks…
Read MoreSubject-Matter Eligibility May Depend on Decision-Maker’s Willingness to Consider Details
Friday | December 4, 2015By Shane Skwarekcourt ruling, patent eligibility, patent infringement, subject-matter eligibilityOn November 10, 2015, the Central District of California denied a motion for summary judgment in the patent infringement suit underlying Timeplay, Inc. v. Audience Entertainment LLC, Case No. CV 15-05202. The patent’s claims are directed generally to a multiplayer…
Read MoreThe Ongoing Mysteries…
Wednesday | October 28, 2015By Shane Skwarekpatent application, Patent ProtectionAn applicant’s ability to secure patent protection for certain types of subject matter continues to be unpredictable. On September 29, 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent Office decided Ex parte Mishra et al., No. 2013-008084,…
Read MoreThe Ongoing Mysteries…
Wednesday | October 28, 2015By James Watsonpatent application, Patent ProtectionAn applicant’s ability to secure patent protection for certain types of subject matter continues to be unpredictable. On September 29, 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent Office decided Ex parte Mishra et al., No. 2013-008084,…
Read MoreThe Ongoing Mysteries of 35 USC 101
Thursday | September 24, 2015By Shane Skwarekfederal circuit, patent eligibility, subject-matter eligibilityThe law on subject-matter eligibility for patents continues to evolve as the U.S. Patent Office and the courts wrestle with the results of recent Supreme Court and Federal Circuit opinions. On September 2, 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board…
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