Category: court ruling
Alice’s Common-Sense Approach Leads to Rejection of Patent Claims Requiring an MRI Machine as an Abstract Idea
Wednesday | January 18, 2017By Shane Skwarekcourt ruling, federal circuit, patent claimsOn December 30, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent Office entered a new ground of rejection on subject-matter ineligibility grounds for claims involving an MRI machine. Ex parte Itagaki et al.[1] presented claims requiring an…
Read MoreElec. Power Group’s Patent Claims to Computer-Aided Performance Monitoring of a Power Grid Construed as Ineligible Subject Matter
Monday | August 8, 2016By James Watsoncourt ruling, patent attorney, patent claims, patent eligibilityIn its Elec. Power Group v. Alstom, Inc. decision dated August 1, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court for the Central District of California’s grant of a motion for summary judgment on…
Read MoreElec. Power Group’s Patent Claims to Computer-Aided Performance Monitoring of a Power Grid Construed as Ineligible Subject Matter
Monday | August 8, 2016By Shane Skwarekcourt ruling, patent attorney, patent claims, patent eligibilityIn its Elec. Power Group v. Alstom, Inc. decision dated August 1, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court for the Central District of California’s grant of a motion for summary judgment on…
Read MoreLending Tree’s Patent Claims to Matching Borrowers with Lenders over the Internet Invalidated as an Abstract Ide
Monday | August 1, 2016By James Watsoncourt ruling, federal circuit, patent claimThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina’s denial of a motion for summary judgment on July 25, 2016, invalidating patent claims LendingTree had accused Zillow of…
Read MoreLending Tree’s Patent Claims to Matching Borrowers with Lenders over the Internet Invalidated as an Abstract Ide
Monday | August 1, 2016By Shane Skwarekcourt ruling, federal circuit, patent claimThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina’s denial of a motion for summary judgment on July 25, 2016, invalidating patent claims LendingTree had accused Zillow of…
Read MoreBASCOM’s Nonstandard Combination of Known Software Elements Implemented on Generic Computer Hardware Confirmed Patentable
Wednesday | June 29, 2016By James Watsoncourt ruling, patent eligibility, patent infringement, software patentThe Federal Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of a motion to dismiss BASCOM Global Internet Services’ patent infringement claims on the grounds that the claims recite patent-eligible subject matter on June 27, 2016. The Federal District Court for…
Read MoreEnfish Is Not a Panacea, But TLI Communications Is Not a Death Knell
Monday | June 27, 2016By James Watsoncourt ruling, federal circuit, patent claim, software patentOn May 17, 2016, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia’s invalidation of the claims of several TLI Communications patents on a motion to dismiss. A.V. Auto had argued that…
Read MoreEnfish Is Not a Panacea, But TLI Communications Is Not a Death Knell
Monday | June 27, 2016By Shane Skwarekcourt ruling, federal circuit, patent claim, software patentOn May 17, 2016, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia’s invalidation of the claims of several TLI Communications patents on a motion to dismiss. A.V. Auto had argued that…
Read MoreElectronic Arts Secures Early Dismissal of Patent Infringement Suit
Thursday | June 9, 2016By James Watsoncourt ruling, patent eligibility, patent infringement, software patentOn June 2, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah granted Electronic Arts Inc.’s motion to dismiss a patent infringement claim brought by White Knuckle Gaming, LLC. White Knuckle Gaming had asserted claims of U.S. Patent No.…
Read MoreElectronic Arts Secures Early Dismissal of Patent Infringement Suit
Thursday | June 9, 2016By Shane Skwarekcourt ruling, patent eligibility, patent infringement, software patentOn June 2, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah granted Electronic Arts Inc.’s motion to dismiss a patent infringement claim brought by White Knuckle Gaming, LLC. White Knuckle Gaming had asserted claims of U.S. Patent No.…
Read More