Berkheimer v. HP

Factual Dispute Precludes Summary Judgment on Alice / § 101 Motion

Finding that competing expert declarations raised a factual question concerning whether claims recited an inventive concept, a  Delaware magistrate judge found that a summary judgment motion for invalidity of claims of U.S.… Read More

Patent-Eligibility: Question of Fact or Law?

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… Read More

Heart-Monitoring Ineligible under § 101 as Abstract Idea

The District of Massachusetts recently granted a motion to dismiss for ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and the Alice/Mayo test in a case involving home electrocardiogram sensors, CardioNet, LLC v. InfoBionic, Inc… Read More

Berkheimer Effect?  Alice Query Deferred For Fact Questions

A complaint for patent infringement has survived a Rule 12 motion to dismiss by making specific factual allegations to support arguments that the claims met the patent-eligibility requirements of Alice and 35 U.S.C. § 101. Read More

How Does Aatrix Software Change Patent-Eligibility Analysis?

Here is a sign that the Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Aatrix Software, Inc. v. Green Shades Software, Inc. (Feb. 14, 2018), may affect district court procedures in deciding motions (especially at the pleadings stage under… Read More

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