On May 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in Free Stream Media Corp. v. Alphonso Inc. in which the appellate court reversed-in-part a ruling from the Northern District of California that had denied Alphonso’s motion to dismiss the case. In overturning the district court, the Federal Circuit panel found that patent claims covering a system of presenting targeted advertising to mobile phone users based on data gathered from the user’s television were directed to an unpatentable abstract idea under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
Litigation
- CAFC Affirms Water Heater Infringement Ruling Based on District Court Claim Construction
- CAFC Upholds PTAB’s Finding that Samsung Failed to Prove Magnetic Stripe Emulator Claims Obvious
- Seventh Circuit Throws Out Antitrust Suit Against AbbVie in Welcome Victory for Patent Rights
- Induced Infringement: The Knowledge Requirement and When it is Established
- Federal Circuit Delivers Amazon a Win, Vacating Jury Verdict that Echo Induced Infringement
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- Win for Photographer in Ninth Circuit Reversal of Fair Use Finding
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- Studebaker & Brackett is Hiring a Patent Attorney or Agent
- Other Barks & Bites for Friday, August 5: Win for AbbVie at Seventh Circuit; Eleventh Circuit Affirms Ruling for Monster Energy; and Ninth Circuit Reverses Fair Use Finding in Death Valley Lake Photo Case