by Carl Kukkonen | Dec 2, 2016 | CBMs, Federal Circuit Appeal, Patent Eligible Subject Matter
By Carl Kukkonen and Stephanie Brooker On November 29, 2016, in Apple Inc. v. Ameranth, Inc. 15-1703, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) findings of unpatentable independent claims in a Covered Business Method (CBM) review and...
by Doug Pearson | Nov 4, 2016 | CBMs
Article and Photo By Doug Pearson In a decision dated October 25, 2016, the PTAB denied institution of Google Inc.’s petition for Covered Business Method Patent Review (CBM) of claims 14-17 and 19 of U.S. Patent No. 6,771,970 (“the ‘970 patent”) owned by Locationet...
by Jones Day's PTAB Team | Nov 23, 2015 | CBMs, PTAB Trial Basics
In the America Invents Act (“AIA”), Congress granted the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB,” “the Board”) heightened jurisdiction to hear challenges to patents related to performing data processing or other operations used in the...
