Computer-Related Data Security Patents Found to Recite Patent Eligible Subject Matter -
Spex sued Apricorn for infringing U.S. Patent Nos. 6,088,802 and 6,003,135 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of...more
Patent Directed to Programmable Ticketing System Determined to be Eligible for Covered Business Method Patent Review -
Petitioner, iVenture Card Traveler Ltd, filed a Petition seeking to institute a covered business...more
Computerized Restaurant Ordering Menu Patents Found to Be Directed to Unpatentable Subject Matter -
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reviewed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision in three...more
Federal Circuit Finds Another Software Patent Invalid under Section 101 -
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a recent non-precedential decision in a case captioned Tranxition, Inc. v. Lenovo (United...more
Plaintiff CG Technology Development, LLC sued Defendants Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment, PLC in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada for infringement of various patents via operation of various online casino...more
In the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, in a case captioned Perdiemco, LLC. v. Industrack LLC, the Court found some patents having method claims directed to "conveying user location" to be...more
On October 11, 2016, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion in FairWarning IP, LLC v. Iatric Systems, Inc. affirming dismissal of a patent infringement suit brought by FairWarning holding that the asserted patent,...more
Intellectual Ventures I LLC ("IV") sued Symantec Corp. and Trend Micro (defendants) for infringement of various claims of three U.S. Patents (Nos. 6,460,050; 6,073,142; and 5,987,610). The District Court held the asserted...more
10/5/2016
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"Computer Display System" Patent Found Invalid under § 101 -
Tridim Innovations LLC sued Amazon.com, Inc. for patent infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,838,326 and 5,847,709 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern...more
Bruce Zak, an individual, sued Facebook, Inc. for patent infringement in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on two of his software patents -- United States Patent Nos. 8,713,134 and 9,141,720. ...more
Eastern District of Texas and PTAB Issue Conflicting Decisions on Same Patent -
IV sued J. Crew for patent infringement of three patents: U.S. Patent Nos. RE43,715, 6,782,370, and 5,969,324. J. Crew filed a Motion to...more
Sally Beauty (Petitioner) filed a Petition requesting a review under the transitional program for covered business method (CBM) patents of U.S. Patent No. 5,969,324, owned by Intellectual Ventures I LLC (IV)....more
Last month, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted Defendant Amazon.com's Motion to Dismiss for Invalidity under 35 U.S.C. § 101 on the grounds that the two patents asserted by Plaintiff...more
Life Technologies Corp. filed a petition requesting covered business method (CBM) patent review of a number of claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,996,538. The PTAB determined that the claims are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 101...more
In a nonprecedential opinion issued earlier today, the Federal Circuit invalidated claims under 35 U.S.C. § 101 that had survived the District Court in LendingTree, LLC, v. Zillow, Inc., Nextag, Inc., & Adchemy, Inc. This...more
7/26/2016
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HP Inc. and SAP America, Inc. filed a Petition seeking a covered business method (CBM) patent review of claims 15 and 20–34 of U.S. Patent No. 6,343,275 owned by Big Baboon, Inc. The PTAB, however, determined that the...more
7/21/2016
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On June 21, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued an order granting a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) for lack of patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Defendants...more
The Federal Circuit earlier today vacated a District Court's order dismissing BASCOM's complaint and remanded for further proceedings. BASCOM sued AT&T Inc. for patent infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,987,606, and the U.S....more
6/28/2016
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Patent Having Claims That Apply Law of Nature Is Patent-Eligible -
On June 8, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued an order denying a motion to dismiss, and found that U.S. Patent...more
Electronic Delivery of Messages Equated to U.S. Post Office Services -
On May 12, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an Order in a case captioned Mobile Telecommunications Technologies, LLC...more
Pepys (17th century) recorded his sleep patterns, so wearable devices that record sleep patterns unpatentable?
On April 27, 2016, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued an Order indicating that two patents...more
"Quick Look Test" Used by District Court to Support Lack of Preemption and Find Software Claims Patent Eligible -
On April 15, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an Order Denying...more
U.S. District Court Disagrees with PTAB -
On March 25, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada issued an Order in a case captioned Global Cash Access, Inc. v. NRT Technology Corp., and NRT Technologies,...more
U.S. Patent to Consumer Marketing, Based on Avatar Choices, Survives § 101 Challenge -
On March 22, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware issued a Memorandum Opinion in a case captioned Treehouse...more
After Multiple CBM Petitions, Motorola Invalidates Software Patent -
On March 21, 2016, the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in the Covered Business Method (CBM) patent review...more