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Cryptography Claims Survive Patent-Eligibility Challenge

Here is further evidence that claims directed to processing data are not per se patent-ineligible: patent claims directed to cryptography applications have survived a motion to dismiss alleging invalidity under 35 U.S.C. § 101 an… Read More

CAFC: User-Tailored Data Is Patent-Ineligible Abstract Idea

A Federal Circuit panel easily affirmed a lower court holding of patent-ineligibility of claims “directed to systems and methods for allowing computers to process data that are dynamically modified based upon external-to-the-dev… Read More

Can Legislation Resolve the Patent-Eligibility Mess?

A recent proposal by the Intellectual Property Owners Association for amending 35 U.S.C. § 101 to attempt to clarify the law of patent-eligibility has garnered a lot of attention.  In essence, the IPO proposes to curtail, if not… Read More

Software Claims Held Patent Eligible

A Northern District of California court has rejected an argument that “a method of executing an instruction” was not patent eligible subject matter.  Nazomi Communications, Inc. v. Samsung Telecommunications, Inc., No… Read More

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