The Federal Circuit affirmed that all four Arendi patents directed to identifying information in a document and searching external databases are patent-ineligible under Section 101, ending a decade-long litigation against Google and Oath (Yahoo).
The Federal Circuit affirmed that patents claiming automated farming data collection using generic computer components are directed to patent-ineligible abstract ideas under Alice, but vacated the district court’s unexplained denial of attorney’s fees and remanded for further proceedings
The Federal Circuit affirmed that a patent for automatically silencing a mobile phone when it pairs with a vehicle is directed to the abstract idea of screening notifications and lacks an inventive concept under Alice.
The Federal Circuit affirmed that a patent for monitoring vehicles using RFID detection and operator identification is directed to the abstract idea of detecting, transmitting, and processing data, and lacks any inventive concept to survive Alice scrutiny.
In a precedential opinion, the Federal Circuit drew a sharp § 101 line between functional ‘optimization’ claims that recite a result without specifying a concrete configuration and ‘constellation’ claims that recite specific non-uniform point arrangements. It vacated summary
Federal Circuit affirms that two augmented-reality patents asserted against Pokémon Go and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite are invalid as abstract ideas under § 101.
The Federal Circuit dismissed a §101 patent eligibility appeal as moot after discovering the parties’ settlement agreement gave the defendant a $100 option to license the challenged patent — an amount so untethered from the patent’s value that it created no real case or controversy.
The Federal Circuit denied FullView’s § 1292(b) petition to take an immediate appeal from district court rulings that invalidated some patent claims under § 101 and excluded FullView’s damages expert, leaving both rulings in place until final judgment.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s finding that patent claims directed to operating an information exchange are ineligible abstract ideas under Section 101, holding that generic computing instructions lack an inventive concept.
The Federal Circuit vacated a $600 million patent infringement judgment against Norton (Gen Digital), holding that Columbia University’s computer virus-detection patent claims are directed to abstract ideas under Alice Step 1, and denied en banc rehearing.
The Federal Circuit affirmed that patents for sharing content using unique identifiers and location data are directed to an abstract idea and lack an inventive concept under Section 101.
The Federal Circuit affirmed that IBM’s patent claims directed to identifying advertisements based on search queries are abstract ideas ineligible under § 101—using a conventional database to match ads with search results adds no inventive concept—while partially reversing on noninfringement,
The Federal Circuit affirmed that patents covering poll-based social networking systems—connecting users via polling questions on mobile devices—are directed to the abstract idea of ‘matching based on questioning’ and fail § 101 patent eligibility.
The Federal Circuit affirmed that patents claiming a method for distributing digital promotional content—loading branding images when a user’s GPS location matches a specified geographic area—are directed to the abstract idea of providing information based on meeting a condition, and contain n
The Federal Circuit affirmed that patent claims directed to isolated nicotinamide riboside (NR)—a form of vitamin B3 found naturally in cow’s milk—are directed to a natural phenomenon and ineligible under § 101, because the claims effectively read on milk with only the isolation step as a diff
The Federal Circuit affirmed that IBM’s patents covering coordinated map-based and list-based selection of geographic data were directed to the abstract idea of organizing and displaying visual information, lacking an inventive concept sufficient for patent eligibility.
The Federal Circuit reversed dismissal of a peer-to-peer video delivery network patent under § 101, holding that the complaint plausibly alleged the claims represented a specific technical improvement over prior content distribution networks.
The Federal Circuit affirmed rejection of claims covering a computer-implemented system for identifying Social Security Disability Insurance eligibility, holding the claims were directed to an abstract mental process that humans perform through observation and evaluation.
The Federal Circuit held that Stanford University’s patents on detecting organ transplant rejection via donor cell-free DNA are ineligible under § 101, finding the claims directed to a natural phenomenon measured by conventional techniques.
The Federal Circuit reversed dismissal of Cooperative Entertainment’s patent on a peer-to-peer content delivery network architecture, holding that claims directed to a specific topology of network nodes for distributing large video files can be patent-eligible when the specific network arrange
The Federal Circuit held that a cardiac monitoring patent claim directed to filtering T-wave data to distinguish it from atrial fibrillation was an abstract idea of data filtering, lacking an inventive concept sufficient to survive § 101 scrutiny.
The Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s patent ineligibility ruling, holding that claims directed to a specific two-channel mobile authentication method that improves cybersecurity represent a concrete technical solution eligible for patent protection.
The Federal Circuit held that four patents covering methods for coordinating multi-factor authentication across secure registries, PINs, biometrics, and universal devices are directed to abstract ideas and lack an inventive concept sufficient to confer patent eligibility.
The Federal Circuit held that patents covering data management systems that use cryptographic hash functions to generate content-based identifiers are directed to abstract mathematical concepts and ineligible under § 101.