After a patent case pending since 2015, a Delaware federal judge held that claims directing bit and phase scrambling to reduce peak-to-average power ratio are patent-eligible, but that claims for calculating scrambled phases without applying them are abstract and lack an inventive concept.
The Federal Circuit held that a patent covering remote diagnosis and treatment used generic devices to perform an abstract version of an ordinary doctor visit and lacked an inventive concept.
The Federal Circuit held that patent claims for repositioning and enforcing digital advertisements recited an abstract data-handling idea implemented with conventional computer components.
Sitting by designation in Delaware, Federal Circuit Judge Bryson denied dismissal on patent eligibility grounds because the complaint plausibly alleged inventive concepts, but dismissed speculative pre-suit knowledge and multi-defendant direct infringement allegations with leave to amend.
The Federal Circuit required a fuller sanctions analysis where multiple pre-suit signals raised serious questions about software-patent eligibility.
The Federal Circuit held that patents combining user history, page context, and ad-performance data claimed an abstract targeted-advertising idea without an inventive concept.
An Eastern District of Texas court let induced-infringement claims over contactless credit-card technology proceed and declined to invalidate five patents under Section 101 at the pleading stage.