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).
In Anonymous Media Research Holdings LLC v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00439 (E.D. Tex.), Judge Rodney Gilstrap denied Samsung’s […]
The Federal Circuit affirms that patents claiming a farming data relay system with equipment-specific protocol profiles are directed to abstract ideas and lack an inventive concept under §101, while remanding for reconsideration of attorney’s fees.
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 District of Delaware dismissed an Australian fintech company’s patent infringement suit against JPMorgan, holding that a blockchain-based financial transaction processing patent is directed to patent-ineligible abstract ideas under Section 101.
A federal court in the Southern District of California dismissed all claims from five ad-viewability and ad-refresh patents as patent-ineligible under Section 101, finding they recite abstract ideas of determining whether a webpage area is visible and sending content based on that determination.
The Supreme Court denied certiorari in Rideshare Displays’ challenge to the Federal Circuit’s invalidation of vehicle identification system patents under Section 101, where the court also declined to follow the USPTO’s own eligibility guidelines.
The Supreme Court denied certiorari in USAA’s challenge to the Federal Circuit’s invalidation of mobile check deposit patents under Alice, leaving the abstract-idea framework unchanged despite broad industry support for review.
The Supreme Court denied certiorari in USAA v. PNC Bank, leaving intact the Federal Circuit’s ruling that mobile check deposit patents are unpatentable abstract ideas under Section 101, effectively killing $222.8 million in jury verdicts.