Category: intellectual property
U.S. Patent Court Suggests Improvements in GUI Usability Are Patentable
Saturday | October 13, 2018By James Watsonintellectual property, patent attorney, patent eligibilityThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that patent claims generally directed to tabbed electronic spreadsheets were patent-eligible in Data Engine Techs. LLC v. Google LLC , No. 2017-1135, 2018 U.S. App. 28412 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 9,…
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Saturday | October 13, 2018By Shane Skwarekintellectual property, patent attorney, patent eligibilityThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that patent claims generally directed to tabbed electronic spreadsheets were patent-eligible in Data Engine Techs. LLC v. Google LLC , No. 2017-1135, 2018 U.S. App. 28412 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 9,…
Read MoreNew Federal Circuit Opinion May Limit Impact of Berkheimer Decision
Monday | August 20, 2018By Shane Skwarekfederal circuit, intellectual property, patent application, subject-matter eligibilityIn BSG Tech LLC v. Buyseasons, Inc., No. 2017-1980, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 22704 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 15, 2018), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit confirmed that claims to indexing a database according to relative historical usage information were…
Read MoreJudge Plager’s Dissent Calls for Abandonment of Unworkable Abstract Idea Test
Thursday | July 26, 2018By Shane Skwarekcourt ruling, intellectual property, patent eligibilityThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed that software claims to using the unused capacity of a display device by displaying content in that unused capacity were not patent-eligible on July 20, 2018. The claims at issue…
Read MoreJudge Plager’s Dissent Calls for Abandonment of Unworkable Abstract Idea Test
Thursday | July 26, 2018By James Watsoncourt ruling, intellectual property, patent eligibilityThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed that software claims to using the unused capacity of a display device by displaying content in that unused capacity were not patent-eligible on July 20, 2018. The claims at issue…
Read MoreFederal Circuit Pushes Back Against Premature Grant of § 101 Motions
Sunday | February 18, 2018By James Watsoncourt ruling, federal circuit, intellectual property, patent claimsIn a pair of decisions, the Federal Circuit has raised the standard for motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment on grounds that patent claims are unpatentably abstract. In Berkheimer v. HP Inc., No. 2017-1437, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS…
Read MoreFed. Cir. Affirms Award of Attorney’s Fees, Finding Claims to Remote Ordering Clearly Ineligible for Patenting
Monday | December 18, 2017By James Watsonfederal circuit, intellectual property, patent attorney, patent eligibilityThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a Delaware District Court’s award of attorney’s fees because the patent owner should have known its claims were objectively ineligible for patent protection under § 101 in Inventor Holdings, LLC v.…
Read MoreFed. Cir. Affirms Award of Attorney’s Fees, Finding Claims to Remote Ordering Clearly Ineligible for Patenting
Monday | December 18, 2017By Shane Skwarekfederal circuit, intellectual property, patent attorney, patent eligibilityThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a Delaware District Court’s award of attorney’s fees because the patent owner should have known its claims were objectively ineligible for patent protection under § 101 in Inventor Holdings, LLC v.…
Read MorePatent Assertion Entity’s Claims to Malware Detection Invalidated as an Abstract Idea
Thursday | November 9, 2017By James Watsonfederal circuit, intellectual property, patent eligibility, software patentThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the grant of a motion to dismiss on subject-matter ineligibility grounds in Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Erie Indem. Co., No. 2017-1147, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 22060 (Fed. Cir. Nov.…
Read MorePatent Assertion Entity’s Claims to Malware Detection Invalidated as an Abstract Idea
Thursday | November 9, 2017By Shane Skwarekfederal circuit, intellectual property, patent eligibility, software patentThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the grant of a motion to dismiss on subject-matter ineligibility grounds in Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Erie Indem. Co., No. 2017-1147, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 22060 (Fed. Cir. Nov.…
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