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Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

Federal Circuit Offers Some Helpful Patent Eligibility Guidance

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On August 11, in Powerblock Holdings, Inc. v iFit, Inc., the Federal Circuit offered at least two observations that can benefit patentees seeking patent protection for inventions involving software. First, the court noted...more

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CAFC Patent Cases - October 2021 #2

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Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - CELGENE CORPORATION v. MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC. [OPINION] (2021-1154, 11/05/2021) (PROST, CHEN, and HUGHES) - Prost, J. This is a case about venue and pleading under the...more

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Distribution of Software Alone Does Not Infringe a Claim That Requires Hardware

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SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC v. DROPBOX, INC. Before Prost, Reyna, and Taranto. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Summary: A claim construed to require hardware does not...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Patent Eligibility: Where We Are Now

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Since I last wrote on the Coons-Tillis patent eligibility reform in Congress, the Federal Circuit declined to take up an en banc rehearing of Athena v. Mayo. The court was deeply divided in the 7-5 decision, with all 12...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

‘Where’ Is Patent Infringement Committed, and What Could It Mean for Georgia-Based Companies Sued Outside of Georgia?

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Is patent litigation coming home to Georgia? Last year the U.S. Supreme Court holding in TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods Grp. Brands significantly affected the law of venue jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b) for patent...more

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Software Is Still Patent Eligible

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In recent years, software patents have come under fire from legislation (the American Invents Act) that has generally made patents easier to invalidate, and from court decisions (the Supreme Court’s decision in Alice v. CLS...more

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