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On September 20, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an opinion affirming the summary judgement that Abbott’s U.S. Patent No. 5,344,915 (“the ’915 Patent”) was sufficiently supported by the written…
The Federal Circuit recently decided two related cases concerning media content delivery patents 1 owned by Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC. In both cases, the Federal Circuit held that the patents do not cover patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C.…
“All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.” -- Sunset Boulevard (1950) The Supreme Court decision Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank , 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014) pronounced, in no uncertain terms, preemption “drives” patent subject…
In the fourth of a recent series of appellate decisions establishing patent-eligibility of patent claims post-Alice, in McRO, Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games America , the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court ruling of…
TDE Petroleum Data Solutions, Inc. v AKM Enterprise, Inc . is one of several recent Federal Circuit cases concluding that pure data processing claims—that is, claims directed to merely collecting, analyzing, and outputting data—are not…
“As she said these words her foot slipped, and in another moment, splash! she was up to her chin in salt water….'I wish I hadn't cried so much!' said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out.” Lewis Carroll,…
The Federal Circuit has released its long-awaited opinion in McRo v. Bandai , reversing the lower court’s decision that the claims were ineligible subject matter. McRo’s invention in U.S. 6,307,576 was a method used in 3D computer animation,…
On July 5, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an opinion vacating the summary judgment of invalidity of U.S. Patent No. 7,604,929 (“the ’929 Patent”) and sent the case back to the District Court for the…
In an en banc decision on July 12, 2016 in The Medicines Co. v. Hospira, Inc ., the Federal Circuit established the circumstances under which a product manufactured according to product-by-process claims is invalid under the “on sale” bar of 35…
By Joshua Davenport and Aseet Patel While the number of decisions holding claims to be patent eligible under the two-part Alice test has been few and far between, sometimes even seemingly unfavorable decisions provide valuable insight into courts’…
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank , courts have been struggling to define the line between abstract idea and patent-eligible invention. The Federal Circuit on Friday, December 11, heard oral arguments in McRO…
Is claim construction an issue of law to be decided de novo on appeal, or are there relevant issues of fact, justifying that deference be given to the decisions and opinions of trial courts? The CAFC has recently denied a petition for en banc rehearing of…
