On Monday, August 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential ruling in PowerBlock Holdings, Inc. v. iFit, Inc., reversing a decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah that had invalidated nearly all claims of PowerBlock’s U.S. Patent No. 7,578,771 under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The Federal Circuit held that independent claims 1 and 20 of the patent are not directed to an abstract idea and therefore are patent-eligible.

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