Category: patent eligibility
Fed. 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.…
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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 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.…
Read MoreTechnical Solutions to Computer-Based Problems Give Patent Applicants Success at the PTAB
Saturday | September 23, 2017By James Watsonpatent application, patent eligibility, software patent, subject-matter eligibilityIn August and September of 2017, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent Office has issued an unusually high number of reversals in response to appeals from rejections based on subject-matter ineligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101.…
Read MoreTechnical Solutions to Computer-Based Problems Give Patent Applicants Success at the PTAB
Saturday | September 23, 2017By Shane Skwarekpatent application, patent eligibility, software patent, subject-matter eligibilityIn August and September of 2017, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent Office has issued an unusually high number of reversals in response to appeals from rejections based on subject-matter ineligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101.…
Read MorePTAB Looks to Specification for Patent-Eligibility
Wednesday | August 23, 2017By James Watsoncourt ruling, patent application, patent attorney, patent eligibilityDuring the past week, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued opinions in response to two requests for rehearing that shed light on how it decides questions of subject-matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. In Ex parte Dickson et al.,…
Read MorePTAB Looks to Specification for Patent-Eligibility
Wednesday | August 23, 2017By Shane Skwarekcourt ruling, patent application, patent attorney, patent eligibilityDuring the past week, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued opinions in response to two requests for rehearing that shed light on how it decides questions of subject-matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. In Ex parte Dickson et al.,…
Read MoreEasyWeb’s Claims to Automation of Sender Identity and Format Conversion for Electronic Messages Found Invalid
Thursday | May 18, 2017By James Watsoncourt ruling, federal circuit, intellectual property, patent attorney, patent eligibilityBefore the case arrived at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Twitter secured summary judgment on grounds that the subject matter of the asserted claims was ineligible for patenting under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The District Court…
Read MoreEasyWeb’s Claims to Automation of Sender Identity and Format Conversion for Electronic Messages Found Invalid
Thursday | May 18, 2017By Shane Skwarekcourt ruling, federal circuit, intellectual property, patent attorney, patent eligibilityBefore the case arrived at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Twitter secured summary judgment on grounds that the subject matter of the asserted claims was ineligible for patenting under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The District Court…
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