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The District of Delaware denied Align Technology’s bid to invalidate two intra-oral dental scanning patents under Section 101, finding the claims directed to specific technological improvements rather than abstract ideas, while dismissing willful and indirect infringement claims against both A

A Delaware federal judge overturned the jury’s willfulness finding in Express Mobile’s $170 million patent verdict against GoDaddy over web-design technology, preventing potential treble damages while leaving the base verdict intact.