The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Friday addressed an issue of first impression in the patent eligibility context, holding that “claims that do no more than apply established methods of machine learning to a new data environment” are not patent eligible. Recentive Analytics, Inc. sued Fox Corp., Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC, and Fox Sports Productions, LLC for infringement of four U.S. Patent, Nos. 10,911,811; 10,958,957; 11,386,367; and 11,537,960. The patents are directed to solving problems in the entertainment industry and television broadcasting with respect to optimizing the scheduling of live events and “network maps,” which “determine the programs or content displayed by a broadcaster’s channels within certain geographic markets at particular times.”
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