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Transcend Abstract Concepts: A Comprehensive Understanding of Patent Eligibility

By Babak Akhlaghi on July 28, 2023. The Federal Circuit upheld a decision of the district court that claims directed…

Unruly Distribution: Meeting 101 Conditions in Computer-related Claims

In Sanderling Management Ltd. vs. Snap, Inc., the Federal Circuit held that a method for using distribution rules to load…

Federal Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Patent Claims Failing Alice Two-Step Test

Hawk Technology Systems, LLC sued Castle Retail, LLC for patent infringement based on Castle Retail’s use of security surveillance video…

IBM Sues Home Search Giant Zillow for Patent Infringement

IBM’s Patent Battle with Zillow: Mapping Out the Limits of Eligible Subject Matter

Executive Summary IBM owns a patent (“‘789 patent”) for a method of selecting an area on a map by drawing…

One Key Lesson from Dropbox Losing on 3 Key Patents

In Dropbox Inc., Ornicus Holdings, LLC v. Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., No. 19-1765 (Fed. Cir., Jun 19, 2020), the US Court…

Claims Directed to a Network Packet Monitor Held Patent Eligible

In Packet Intelligence LLC v. Netscout Systems, Inc., No. 19-2041 (Fed. Cir., July 14, 2020) the U.S. Court of Appeals…

An Artificial Intelligence (AI) System Is Not Eligible to be an Inventor

On April 22, 2020 the US Patent and Trademark Office ruled that Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are not eligible to…

A Broad Claim Directed to an Addition of a Data Field to a Communication Message Held Patent Eligible

In Uniloc USA, INC. v. LG Electronics USA, INC., No. 19-1835 (Fed. Cir., April 30, 2020), the U.S. Court of…