Federal Circuit Affirms § 101 Ineligibility of Set-Top Box Advertising Claims: Customedia Techs., LLC v. Dish Network Corp.

Claims of two patents directed to “data management and on-demand rental and purchase of digital data products,” e.g., selling advertising to be displayed via a set-top box, recites patent-ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S… Read More

No CBM: Check Deposit Patent Claims Technological Invention

Patent claims reciting a “medium comprising computer-readable instructions for depositing a check” included a “technological invention,” and thus were not eligible for Covered Business Method (CBM) review, held the Patent… Read More

Lack of Technical Solution in Patent Claims Justifies CBM Review and Alice Ineligibility

Finding that claims of patents directed “to a graphical user interface (‘GUI’) for electronic trading” lacked a technical solution to a technical problem, the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisi… Read More

NASDAQ Patent Doesn’t Claim Covered Business Method

The PTAB has declined to institute a Covered Business Method (CBM) review for a patent, owned by NASDAQ, claiming a computerized system for executing securities transactions. Investors Exchange LLC v. NASDAQ, Inc., Case CBM2018-00… Read More

Covered Business Method Patent Survives Alice

Patent claims can survive a patent-eligibility challenge under Alice and 35 U.S.C. § 101 even without a showing of a technological improvement.  In Dailygobble, Inc. v. SCVNGR, Inc., Case No. CBM2018-00002 (May 8, 2018), the USP… Read More

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