Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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Just this Monday, following a seven-week long trial, a jury in the Fairfax County Circuit Court awarded Appian with over $2 billion as damages after their lawsuit filed in May 2020. Appian alleged that Pegasystems had engaged in corporate espionage and…
Inventions directed to “pure software” have arguably had the most difficult time surviving Alice challenges. Software is often characterized as an “abstract idea” without more, and the inventive step requirement in Alice seems…
Written by Cheryl Burgess and Jeremy Anapol The increased prominence of Section 101 in computer-related patent disputes stems from the Supreme Court case of Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank. [1] Before Alice reached the Supreme Court, ten judges of the Federal…
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.…
“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,…
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…
Ric Richardson virtually established the now-familiar product authentication method, the "try and buy" approach seen on everything from magazine distribution to shareware to Microsoft products. The company that Richardson founded, Uniloc, went on…
