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The Application of Generic Machine Learning to New Data Environments Requires “Something More” to be Patent Eligible

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On April 18, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp. addressing for the first time whether patents that claim no more than the application of generic machine learning to a new...more

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Broadcast Alert! Applying Conventional Machine Learning to New Data Isn’t Patent Eligible

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s ruling that patents applying established machine learning methods to new data are not patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. §101. Recentive Analytics, Inc....more

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What a Piece of Work is a Man [made piece of art] Non-humans (Still) Can’t be Authors Under the Copyright Act

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Last week, the D.C. Circuit upheld the Copyright Office’s refusal to register the copyright in this image, which was created entirely by AI. This is consistent with longstanding precedent (in the US, at least) that only...more

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Healthtech Patents: What Alivecor v. Apple Means for AI-Powered Innovation

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A major Federal Circuit ruling just sent a clear message to AI-driven healthtech companies: AI alone won’t get you a patent....more

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D.C. Circuit Affirms Denial of Copyright Protection for AI-Generated Works

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On March 18, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the “D.C. Circuit”) ruled in Thaler v. Perlmutter, affirming that works created solely by artificial intelligence (“AI”) cannot be...more

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Method for Determining Haplotype Phase Found Subject Matter Ineligible

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In an appeal from a final rejection of a pending application, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that claims directed to methods for determining “haplotype phase” were correctly rejected under 35 USC § 101...more

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