Electronic Gaming Patents Found Invalid under § 101 -
In the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Houston Division), Plaintiff Epic Tech, LLC (a seller of so-called "sweepstakes games") sued...more
Claims Directed to Selecting Fishing Hooks for Use Are Not Patentable -
Christopher John Rudy, represented pro se, appealed from a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("Board") affirming the rejection of claims...more
Land Rover's Patented "Terrain Response Technology" Found Patent Eligible -
In 2016, Bentley Motors Ltd. and Bentley Motors, Inc. launched their first SUV, the Bentayga, which is a direct competitor to Jaguar Land Rover...more
Patent Claims for Digital Camera Are Not Patent Eligible -
In two related actions in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California brought by Yanbin Yu and Zhongxuan Zhang (patentee), Apple Inc. and...more
Software Claims Survive Section 101 Challenge and Are Found to Be Directed to Patent-Eligible Subject Matter -
In the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) recently designated its...more
Web Page Creation Patents Found to Be Directed to Patent Eligible Subject Matter -
Two related patent cases Express Mobile, Inc. v. Code and Theory LLC and Express Mobile, Inc. v. Pantheon Systems Inc. within the U.S....more
In the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, a patent directed to electronic gift card distribution was found to be directed to patent-ineligible subject matter....more
Video Game Patent Found to be Patent Eligible -
In the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, Plaintiff (Blackbird) sued Defendant (Niantic) alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,802,127. Niantic filed the...more
Signal Processing Claims Found to be Patent Eligible -
In the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Hybrid Audio, LLC sued Visual Land, Inc. for patent infringement with respect to audio signal...more
Purely Business Method Patent Found Ineligible under Section 101 -
In an appeal from a rejection in initial examination of appellant Mark Eberra's patent application, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and...more
Slot Machine Patent Invalidated As Being Directed to Ineligible Subject Matter -
Konami sued High 5 Games for patent infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,096,869; 8,366,540; 8,662,810; and 8,616,955. The '869 patent, which...more
U.S. Government Fails in Attempt to Invalidate U.S. Patents under § 101 -
In a bit of an ironic outcome, the U.S. government was unsuccessful in invalidating U.S. patents under § 101. It seems odd that the government...more
Plaintiff Image Processing Technologies, LLC ("IPT") filed suit against Samsung in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Marshall Division), alleging infringement of three patents, including U.S. Patent...more
Patents Directed to Mail Barcodes Found to be Directed to Ineligible Subject Matter -
Secured Mail Solutions LLC appealed from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California's grant of a motion to dismiss...more
Telephone Call Processing Patent Claims Found Invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 -
In the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, Plaintiff filed a declaratory judgment action on seeking a declaration that...more
Interpreting Real-Time Sensory Data from Electrical System Found to Be Abstract Idea and Patent Ineligible -
Power Analytics Corp. sued Operation Technology in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California...more
Claims Directed to Providing Financing for Allowing a Customer to Purchase a Car found Invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 -
In a precedential opinion, the Federal Circuit affirmed a final written decision of the Patent Trial...more
Message Publishing Patents Found Invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 -
In a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Court held all asserted claims of five U.S. patents to be invalid under 35...more
Method for Processing Images from 3D Camera System Found Invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 -
It is well-known law today that under 35 U.S.C. § 101, a patent claim that recites a solution to a problem but not the means of...more
Claims Lacking Details Found to be Directed to Patent-Ineligible Subject Matter -
In the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah (Central Division), Polar filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings contending that...more
Patent Directed to System for Remote Mirroring of Digital Data Found Invalid under Section 101 -
Intellectual Ventures brought a patent-infringement suit against Symantec Corpo. and Veritas Technologies asserting that...more
Software Patent Directed to Pairing Activity Trackers to a Device Considered Patent-Eligible -
In the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Jose Division), Fitbit, Inc., sued Aliphcom (d/b/a...more
Business Method / Software Patent Invalidated for Claiming Ineligible Subject Matter -
In the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Integrated Technological Systems, Inc. (ITS) sued First Internet Bank...more
Method for Manufacturing Product (Dental Crown) Found to be Patent Eligible -
Zircore sued Straumann Manufacturing for patent infringement in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Marshall Division)...more
File-Searching Software Patent Found to be Patent Eligible -
Speedtrack sued Amazon for patent infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,544,360 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. ...more