Business Method Patents

Patent Claims to Selecting Ads for Display Denied Covered Business Method Review

The USPTO’s Patent and Trial Appeal Board has declined to institute a Covered Business Method review of two patents with claims to “directing electronic advertisements” based on user profile attributes with the goal of maxim… Read More

Business Method Patents Survive Alice at Federal Circuit

A recent Federal Circuit case demonstrates that reports of the death of business method patents may be exaggerated, even if not greatly. In Trading Technologies Int’l., Inc. v. CQG, Inc., 2016-1616 (Fed. Cir. Jan 18, 2017) Judge… Read More

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