Patent claims reciting “buying and selling an item relating to unique subjects” unsurprisingly could not meet the patent-eligibility bar of 35 U.S.C. § 101 and the Alice/Mayo test when the patent owner appealed a lower court…
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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…
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The Southern District of Florida recently granted a motion to dismiss in favor of Minted LLC, and a motion for judgment on the pleadings in favor of ShoppersChoice.com LLC based on lack of patent-eligible subject matter, under 35…
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The District of Delaware recently issued an instructive decision on eligible subject matter under § 101, invalidating one family of patents while upholding another. IPA Technologies, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc.
Plaintiff IPA Technol…
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A court found that claims of two patents were ineligible under 35 U.S.C. §101 and the Alice/Mayo test because the claims were all “directed to the same economic practice: the idea of presenting discounts or offers for goods a…
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Effective January 7, 2019, United States Patent and Trademark Office patent examiners and PTAB judges will be operating under new guidance for evaluating subject matter eligibility. Specifically, the USPTO is changing its interpr…
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Unsurprisingly, a Federal Circuit panel has affirmed the USPTO’s refusal to withdraw a patent-eligibility rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 101 for claims directed to playing and wagering on a dice game. In re Marco Guldenaar Holding…
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Magistrate Judge Payne in the Eastern District of Texas recently recommended invalidating two e-ticket patents for ineligible subject matter under § 101. In Bytemark v. Masabi, No. 2:16-cv-00543-JRG-RSP (E.D. Texas, Nov. 25, 2018…
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The District of Delaware recently granted a motion to dismiss based on lack of patent-eligible subject matter, under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and the Alice/Mayo test, in claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,429,005 directed to a method for prov…
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The Federal’s circuit has affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision in turn affirming a patent examiner’s rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 101 for lack of patent-eligibility, and under 35 U.S.C. § 112 for lack of…
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