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Divided Fed. Cir. Panel Holds Government Has Standing for CBM Review
Thursday | August 31, 2017By James Watsoncourt case, federal circuit, patent attorney, patent claimIn Return Mail, Inc. v. U.S. Postal Serv., No. 2016-1502, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 16364 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 28, 2017), the Federal Circuit considered whether the government has standing to request covered business method patent review. Return Mail had argued…
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Thursday | August 31, 2017By Shane Skwarekcourt case, federal circuit, patent attorney, patent claimIn Return Mail, Inc. v. U.S. Postal Serv., No. 2016-1502, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 16364 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 28, 2017), the Federal Circuit considered whether the government has standing to request covered business method patent review. Return Mail had argued…
Read MoreFederal Circuit Raises the Bar for Motions to Dismiss on § 101 Grounds
Thursday | August 17, 2017By James Watsoncourt case, patent infringement, subject-matter eligibilityThe Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the grant of a motion to dismiss on subject-matter ineligibility grounds in Visual Memory v. Nvidia Corp. , No. 2016-2254, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 15187 (Fed. Cir. Aug 15, 2017). The patent claims…
Read MoreFederal Circuit Raises the Bar for Motions to Dismiss on § 101 Grounds
Thursday | August 17, 2017By Shane Skwarekcourt case, patent infringement, subject-matter eligibilityThe Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the grant of a motion to dismiss on subject-matter ineligibility grounds in Visual Memory v. Nvidia Corp. , No. 2016-2254, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 15187 (Fed. Cir. Aug 15, 2017). The patent claims…
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